From the NOVA episode “Lord of the Ants”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HKl8Luuotw]
Alex Wild on insects, science, and photography
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A personal blog by Illinois-based biologist and photographer Alex Wild.
Myrmecos- derived from the ancient greek word for "ant"- hosts Alex's musings about these and other little creatures that share our planet.
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Of course, this was filmed before we understood that the death signal was not a presence of oleic acid alone but an absence of other “life” chemicals as well.
Whoever demonstrated the death signal experiment there clearly has a sense of humor. Making Formica slaves drag one of their Polyergus parasites out to the dump was hilarious.