Why Some Ants Slack While Others Work
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BIOENGINEER.ORGWhy Some Ants Slack While Others Work
In the bustling world of an ant colony, not every worker answers the call when a nestmate is in trouble. Some ants will race to free a trapped companion, pulling at its legs and digging away the sand that holds it captive, while others walk right up to the distressed individual, inspect it, and simply walk away. This
Some ants dig their way with all their might to a buried nestmate, while others walk past indifferently. Why one ant wants to save and another does not has long been a mystery. A new study makes it clear that it does not depend on muscle strength or energy, but on the activity of specific genes. “Our […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .
Science and Heitech: Researchers at Tel Aviv University with colleagues have found that the willingness of ants to rescue a loved one in distress is determined by the activity of certain genes in the nervous system.
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