social-behavior

Futurity
Rockefeller University
20d ago

New research shows that ants can update their sense of who is a nestmate versus who is not throughout adulthood.

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Things We Don't Know
RowenafW (noreply@blogger.com)
9/8/2021

Social animals, naked mole rats live in colonies of around 60 individuals, but groups of as much as 300 are not uncommon. They have a single queen, and the workers pull together to help the community survive and thrive. When enemies threaten, they attack together, on cue, a naked army of rodent warriors. To communicate, they chirrup, chatter, gruntle and squeak. If you’ve ever come within close p…

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