Few animals brave the midday heat of the Sahara desert. An exception is the silver ant, which chooses this time of day to leave its nest and scout for food, typically the corpses of heat-stricken animals. Even the silver ant, however, must be careful: at such times they can become victims of the heat themselves.
The statement 'Silver ants cool themselves by climbing onto small pieces of dried vegetation to take advantage of random light breezes' LEAST helps to explain the silver ant's choice of scavenging times.