Madbrad200 to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 1 year 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-square8arrow-up133arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]til[email protected][email protected]todayilearned[email protected]
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 • 1 year agomessage-square8cross-posted to: [email protected]til[email protected][email protected]todayilearned[email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year 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