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Ants are pretty smart, in groups (www.pnas.org)

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[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From the article:

People attempted to solve the puzzle because they were instructed to, while ants were motivated to carry the load to the third chamber (which was open toward the nest) since the load was made to resemble food.

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I missed the link to the article too... what I get for navigation lemmy under the influence of Christmas cheer. Thank you for the assist, neighbor.