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[conuly]

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[siderea]

House-hunting ants know how to take the hassle out of moving:

Tandem running involves one ant that knows the location of a new nest leading an uninformed colony member to it, and sometimes also back again. During this process, one ant teaches another the route to and from the new nest, effectively giving it 'directions.'

"Dude, I found the coolest hole-in-the-wall, let's check it out."

Once a certain number of ants are thus introduced to a new site, a so-called quorum threshold is reached, signalling that the colony has made its decision.

"Everybody will be there."

After this point, the slow tandem running phase is replaced by the much faster social carrying phase, in which workers transport eggs, larvae and pupae rapidly to the safety of the new nest.

"Fucking yuppies."

[conuly]

*grins*