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Old 20-12-2011, 06:46 AM
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Do Ants Know If Their Mates Are Missing

Hi Guys, now this is probably going to sound a bit silly, but what the heck.

Whilst traveling we, Alice and I came across literally thousands of ant nests with varying number of ants occupying each nest/mound.

It got me thinking about the little critters, and i wondered if they keep count of their members, so to speak.

So if they, the ants were attracted to my caravan and i sprayed a few hundred of them, would the rest of the colony know if they were missing.

Would they have a roll call to some extent and say, well where is John, Peter, and Sally, bugger, Mary is not here as well.

Or do they just not care or notice.

Leon
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