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"those living within each super-colony are tolerant of one another, even if they live tens or hundreds of kilometres apart." Good thing. I'd hate to see ants
by jwecker 17y ago
"those living within each super-colony are tolerant of one another, even if they live tens or hundreds of kilometres apart."
Good thing. I'd hate to see ants fighting when they're that far away from each other.
- jsonscripter 17y agoThey're talking about if you took samples from colonies hundreds of kilometres apart, the ants would consider each other family and part of the same colony. This is astonishing, since usually ants fight anything that is hostile to their colony.