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The Secret Of Ant Transportation Networks
Just how ants create the highly efficient network of trails around their nests has never been fully understood. Now researchers think they've cracked it Among the most impressive transportation networks on the planet are the complex trails that ants create around their nests. These networks arise through the ants' exploration of their environment and end up channelling the distribution of food for the colony and the daily movements hundreds of thousands of individuals.
Just how ants create the highly efficient network of trails around their nests has never been fully understood. Now researchers think they've cracked it Among the most impressive transportation networks on the planet are the complex trails that ants create around their nests. These networks arise through the ants' exploration of their environment and end up channelling the distribution of food for the colony and the daily movements hundreds of thousands of individuals.
Source: Technology Review
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 02, 2012, 8:12am
Views: 34
Posted on: Thursday, Feb 02, 2012, 8:12am
Views: 34
