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Did you know that some ants really engage in what we might describe as teaching?
When ant needs to show another ant where a food source or nest site is located, and if the path isn't conducive to laying a trail, some species will use "tandem running"
First the ant acts as if she will carry her sister, but then she walks away, the learner ant follows. The leader ant waits for her sister to catch up and tap her hind legs with her antennae before running forward again.
Did you know that some ants really engage in what we might describe as teaching?
When ant needs to show another ant where a food source or nest site is located, and if the path isn't conducive to laying a trail, some species will use "tandem running"
First the ant acts as if she will carry her sister, but then she walks away, the learner ant follows. The leader ant waits for her sister to catch up and tap her hind legs with her antennae before running forward again.