How do ants figure out where they’re going?
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According to Scientific American, ants account for everything from the Sun’s position to the wind direction to light and smell patterns to the number of steps they’ve taken when they travel. But while humans may visualize all this information in a mental map, ants adjust their navigation patterns by taking these factors into account separately.
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
How do ants figure out where they’re going?
- They’re constantly communicating information
- They envision a mental map based on memory
- They compare a complex array of distance and environmental factors
- They follow what other ants have historically learned
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