Ants solve pothole problem

Ants solve pothole problem

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Army ants tired of potholes take one for the team, throwing their bodies into rough spots to make a smoother road for their sisters, British researchers have reported.

They found that army ants of Central and South America match their own bodies to the size of the hole they want to plug. Several may plunge together to fill in bigger holes, they report in the journal Animal Behaviour.

Scott Powell and Nigel Franks of the University of Bristol studied an army ant species called Eciton burchelli

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Gee I know of some roads that these Ants could visit.

On an more serious note here is more proofs that Ants are remarkable intelligent creatures considering there size. No species of would be longer then half the length of my thumbs and taller then less them a quarter of my pinky fingers and yet they have sophisticated "society."

Every ant has role that can be anything from laying eggs full time , defending the colony and being an worker ant.

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