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Sunday, 23 July 2017
quote [ When faced with rushing floodwaters, fire ants are known to build two types of structures. A quickly formed raft lets the insects float to safety. And once they find a branch or tree to hold on to, the ants might form a tower up to 30 ants high, with eggs, brood and queen tucked safely inside. Neither structure requires a set of plans or a foreman ant leading the construction, though. Instead, both structures form by three simple rules:
1. If you have an ant or ants on top of you, don’t move. 2. If you’re standing on top of ants, keep moving a short distance in any direction. 3. If you find a space next to ants that aren’t moving, occupy that space and link up. ] Ants don't need no bosses telling them what to do.
#Life #ants-bees-wasps
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Dienes said @ 11:38pm GMT on 23rd Jul
I swear there was a similar article years ago that showed that ants only needed 3 simple rules to dig out their tunnel networks, too. Damned if I could find it, though.
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HoZay said @ 1:28am GMT on 24th Jul
Probably this, from 2014:
The Remarkable Self-Organization of Ants |
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lilmookieesquire said @ 5:58am GMT on 24th Jul
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HoZay said @ 6:19am GMT on 24th Jul
I was surprised you hadn't posted this already.
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lilmookieesquire said @ 8:57am GMT on 24th Jul
This one got past my radar. Thank you. I absolutely love the ant stuff. They'll teach us a lot about how to be better humans someday.
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steele said @ 12:55pm GMT on 24th Jul
Now I'm worried you've got an observation container somewhere in a dimly lit room filled with ants wearing tiny little clothes. You sit there patiently each day, staring, whispering, "Show us your secrets." There's a faded poster on the northern wall with an ant hanging by one appendage from a branch with only the word "Believe." written above it.
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lilmookieesquire said @ 1:34pm GMT on 24th Jul
[Score:1 Informative]
*Hang in there baby.
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