^^^ Video for my other point above since Callum was kind enough to link to the anthill video

Their size doesn't really place any limits on our ability to understand their habits or intelligence. Their physical makeup does put a limit on their mental capacity, though.

If not the most disgusting, disturbing, yet most awsum thing I've seen ever…

Well, this is why ants/bees/swarming insects are studied so closely. When on their own, they can't do much of anything at all; they will more often than not die because they can't sustain themselves; but when together they accomplish great tasks.

This isn't to say that they aren't intelligent, it is just to say that their intelligence stems from cooperation and coordination, where humans/dolphins/monkeys excel in cognition (the way we can think and plan.)

There are even some weird animals that show basic cognizant principles; crows have facial recognition, and if you feed them will grow to like you. If you throw rocks at them, they hold grudges and swarm your house. Ravens have been shown to solve puzzle blocks and use tools to get food! There is one study where ravens were observed in the wild to bring walnuts to crosswalks, so that way cars would run them over and they could get the nuts.

I was originally a bio major and this is what I wanted to go into, but that dream came crashing down second semester Accounting 4 lyfeeee

Kii. If only humans could do the same

For y'all who think this is awesome, watch Terra Formars (coming out 26th Sept )

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That's adorable

So apparently ants raise little pet bugs that they suck the excretions out of for food (like we do with cow's milk) and they herd them, move them around to sweeter parts of flowers, and herd them under large leaves before rain comes (which they always detect ahead of time) They protect them from predators as well. They have domestic animals and an internal weather channel

And they can also squirt fomic acid in the face of bears/larger creatures to keep their ant hills safe

I can't

I think I watched this on t.v. Ants are really fascinating

This is so cool

I love this thread

We've known that they're intelligent for years, sis. Just look at some of the info in this thread.

I've always wondered if they'd discover electronic technology on their own or if we'd have to introduce it to them after we found a way to communicate. I'm sooo interested in seeing/reading an ant's own interpretation of its life.

amazing