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Weaver ants pull off the impossible: they get stronger, not weaker, in bigger teams — a secret “force ratchet” trick that ...
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The weaver ants, it seems, are not only able to avoid the Ringelmann effect – they are“superefficient” in their teamwork. Weaver ants formed chains to pull the paper 'leaf' into a nest shape.
Weaver ants work as a team to build bridges and create nests in trees. Nature has once again proven to be an efficient designer, showing time and again how ant teamwork is much better than that of ...
(vi BBC Earth) Unlike most ants, weaver ants live above ground building nests out of leaves. But the way they hold their structures together may shock you.
Ants are masters of collective architecture. Several species are documented to self-assemble into functional structures to overcome challenges in their habitats. For instance, weaver ants (of the ...
A leaf nest made with spit and combined efforts Unlike many ant species, Asian weaver ants build their nests in trees. They weave and glue leaves together until they form a spherical structure.
However, the researchers found that a spitting spider does not come near a jumping spider when the latter positions its own nest near that of weaver ants.
Weaver ants craft treetop nests by pulling living leaves together and binding them with larval silk. To do so, they form “pulling chains” – each ant gripping the waist of another with its ...