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Army Ants
A quote made by Lewis Thomas, "Ants are so much like human beings as to
be an embarrassment. They farm fungus, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies
into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, and exchange
information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch tel ....
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.... to attack
each individual location. This is very similar to the way army ants set out on a
hunting raid. They will send out thousands of ants at once in two or three
different directions.
When ants go out on their raids, a subgroup called Dorgline ants, walk
along margins of the trails as though protecting the smaller individuals in the
center. Dorglines are large soldiers that broaden the trail where it follows a
narrow ledge of bark and twigs or smooth the path where it crosses a rough plate
and they do this with their own body. They do this because footing for the large
ants ....
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