Food for Thought: Ants

Posted by C.Locke / at 5:09 AM / /

I came across this while doing some philosophy homework I had. Quite uplifting if I may say so myself...and informative at the same time, I mean, I had no idea ants did this. Fascinating indeed. And may I mention that it's 5:11 am and I've had no sleep. weeeeeee.

An ant releases a chemical when it dies, and its fellows then carry it away to the compost heap. Apparently the communication is highly effective; a healthy ant painted with the death chemical will be dragged to the funeral heap again and again. (Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember, Cultural Anthropology 7th ed.)

I s'pose I can appreciate when there are miscommunications sometimes...