C ada member of the colony is able to cut and carry loads equivalent to 50 times the size and weight of your own body.
Leaves transported to the colony are used as a surface to grow mushrooms as food.
The researchers found that older ants have difficulty holding and cutting blades. Due to the progressive wear suffered by their jaws. Why change jobs in the assembly line, assuming the drag operation leaves the nest by delegating the task of cutting the youngest leaves.
Scientists determined that the deterioration of the jaws is such that to continue cutting its work would have had to use more than twice as much energy and time on it.
This also shows a selective advantage of social insects in front of the lonely, lonely because an ant can not use your jaw probably ed there will be dead.
Research suggests that in these highly organized societies, individuals can adapt and remain useful even when their physical attributes begin to decline.
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