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People have this funny idea that war is a human invention and that nature would be peaceful and quiet without us. But it turns out ants and termites have been
by snek_case 5y ago
People have this funny idea that war is a human invention and that nature would be peaceful and quiet without us.
But it turns out ants and termites have been at it for probably over 100 million years:
https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/why-ants-and-termites-declare-war-on-each-other-on-sight/ https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/why-ants-and-termite...
- juanani 5y agoI think that some people have noticed that greater progress is made through cooperation which is why they gape their mouths when the people running the war machine buy an extra yacht for their great grandkids.
- skyfaller 5y agoThanks for suggesting an interesting research topic! I found this article comparing how ants and humans wage war to be more insightful : https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-it-comes-waging-war-ants-humans-have-lot-common-180972169/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-it-comes-...
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoKurzgesagt has an ongoing, educational, animated series about the war of ants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QTAgHlwEg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QTAgHlwEg
- alecco 5y agoThat seems to be a blatant ripoff from BBC Earth (6yo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdpGAdB_zpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdpGAdB_zpc