A strange, rust red conical mound filled the foreground, reminding Atrus of a giant termite's nest.

A Superfriends episode shows Venus as a world inhabited by giant termites who have destroyed the world.

We made it a rest stop, worrying more about giant termites than about bushes... and Jacob found a can opener.

From the restaurant, we could look across the rusty landscape towards Michenzani, a suburb of concrete flats that looked like giant termites' nests.

They also use sticks or grass stems to probe for food, and in particular they use them to 'fish' for giant termites.

The helmet came up and seemed to regard him blindly but sentiently, like the head of a giant termite.

Or did gradual changes in climate slowly wipe the giant termites out?

Only somewhat, as yesterday we didn't know about the giant termite, and Zeb and I considered your guard rules silly.

Deety, grab a rifle and take your father to his 'handy bush' - and do make it handy; that giant termite might be lurking.

But first - Did anyone else see our giant termite?