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Do ants know the direct (approximately shortest) path to their nest from the food morsel?
I've been studying a bit on the foraging habits of ants, and one of the things I'm not clear on is whether ants know the shortest path from the food that they find to their nest. I understand that ...
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How ants handle the huge "data" from multiple pheromone trails?
We know that every single ant produces pheromones to communicate and inform others. When there are millions of ants, how do they handle that many signals without getting confused?
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