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michael

#SwarmIntelligence directs longhorn crazy #ants to clear the road ahead for sisters carrying bulky food
Scientists show how collective form of understanding emerges from simple actions of unintelligent worker ants

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 #science #behaviour #insects #zoology

EurekAlert!Swarm intelligence directs longhorn crazy ants to clear the road ahead for sisters carrying bulky foodScientists studied the obstacle-clearing behavior of longhorn crazy ants, where a subset of workers temporarily specializes in removing tiny objects blocking the path between the nest and large food items. Experiments revealed that serial clearing behavior can be triggered by a single pheromone mark, which happened to be deposited near an obstacle by a forager recruited to a large food item. Clearing mostly occurs in the context of collective transport, which typically stalls in front of obstacles. The authors concluded that obstacle-clearing is a form of ‘swarm intelligence’ which emerges at the colony level, and which does not require understanding by individual ants.
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Alex Block

So, the #ants this evening have a question. I'm not sure what the question is, but they are keen to make sure I know they have one. Maybe their question is just "#Why?" And in the times we live in, I suppose it is a question shared by us all.

Ants battling it out on an interlock patio have piled themselves on top of each other, clearly forming the shape of a question mark.
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Big Biology

What’s the fiber you may be wondering?
Learn more about this discovery in their recent Ecological Entomology paper titled: Plastics and insects: Records of ants entangled in synthetic fibers published in September of 2023. 📑

🎙️And check out our episode: Microplastics, macroproblems - now available!

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llewelly

wikipedia: "On the border of the Very Large Colony and the Lake Hodges Colony thirty million ants die each year, on a battlefront that covers many miles. While the battles of other ant species generally constitute colony raids lasting a few hours, or skirmishes that occur periodically for a few weeks, Argentine ants clash ceaselessly; the borders of their territory are a site of constant violence and battles can be fought on top of hundreds of dead ants."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentin

en.wikipedia.orgArgentine ant - Wikipedia
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