Madbrad200 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 2 years agoTIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europenews.bbc.co.ukmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down11cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmy.ml
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkTIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europenews.bbc.co.ukMadbrad200 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmy.ml
minus-square@phx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoI wonder if they have some sort of deep under-sea network that allows access to other continents or if they just recognize a common pheromone etc from their cousins who hitched a boat etc to a new home
I wonder if they have some sort of deep under-sea network that allows access to other continents or if they just recognize a common pheromone etc from their cousins who hitched a boat etc to a new home
The latter