NOVA: How Ants Respond to Predators Suggests Superorganism Capabilities

Entomologist Thomas O’Shea-Wheller studies these behaviors in colonies of Temnothorax albipennis ants in his lab at the University of Bristol. When he simulates predator attacks, he said the ants “are able to communicate the location of where it is happening very precisely,” and thus execute the most effective escape. When attacked outside the nest, they retreat inside, while if attacked from the inside, they jump nest and search for a new home...
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