Lost in a loop | How army ants commit suicide
Lost in a loop | How army ants commit suicide
Jun 27, 2023
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A phenomenon where army ants follow each other in circles, sometimes until they die — and thus known as an “ant death spiral” — was captured on camera at a university in Venezuela. 🐜⭕ The video went viral after a recent repost, where responses included one from Elon Musk. 👀 | ABC7
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A phenomenon where army ants follow each other in circles, sometimes until they die — and thus known as an “ant death spiral” — was captured on camera at a university in Venezuela. 🐜⭕ The video went viral after a recent repost, where responses included one from Elon Musk. 👀 | ABC7
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A phenomenon where army ants follow each other in circles, sometimes until they die — and thus known as an “ant death spiral” — was captured on camera at a university in Venezuela. | storyful
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A phenomenon where army ants follow each other in circles, sometimes until they die — and thus known as an “ant death spiral” — was captured on camera at a university in Venezuela. | storyful
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These ants are definitely spiraling. It’s a phenomenon called a ‘death circle’ or a ‘death spiral.’ Army ants will start circling around and around. They won’t stop until they literally drop dead from exhaustion. Ants are blind and rely on pheromones to follow the trails of other ants. But if that trail loops, they end up in the aforementioned death spiral. Ants’ survival is based on group behavior. But this same pathological behavior is what traps them on this path toward their inevitable demis
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These ants are definitely spiraling. It’s a phenomenon called a ‘death circle’ or a ‘death spiral.’ Army ants will start circling around and around. They won’t stop until they literally drop dead from exhaustion. Ants are blind and rely on pheromones to follow the trails of other ants. But if that trail loops, they end up in the aforementioned death spiral. Ants’ survival is based on group behavior. But this same pathological behavior is what traps them on this path toward their inevitable demis
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