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Sunday Night Movie: Harvester Ants, Day and Night

From the BBC’s amazing Life in the Undergrowth:

This story is based on research by Barton et al 2002.

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  1. Andrew says:

    Wow, so fascinating!

  2. Vincent says:

    I assume you know about this programme on BBC2 tomorrow, about Honeypot Ants, filmed in Arizona?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013cj7q

  3. Andrew says:

    Reminds me of when I bait honey at a particular Formica nest and they eventually get outcompeted by a nearby Tetramorium colony. The Tetramorium throw soil/rocks into the nest entrance lol!

  4. [...] million years ago”? Is there some rule that says non-Homo species can’t use tools? Ants drop small stones onto other ants nests – why can’t Australopithecus species do something similar? But due to their dogmatic [...]

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