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miszt: How Cataglyphis find their way home (13. Okt 2007 21:54)

some interesting (if a little cruel :( ) research into how Cataglyphis Fortis find their way home...

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20060809/Note3.asp

sithmaster676: (13. Okt 2007 22:13)

interesting research but it s really cruel to cut the legs of an ant they wouldn't like it if i done it to them but that is how humanity is thinking that we are better than anything else and that we can do what we want :(
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darradar: (13. Okt 2007 23:47)

yes quite cruel, and to what end? did we really need to know how they made it home, they just can and they do......

mzfckr: (14. Okt 2007 18:54)

they count steps, right?

Purifier: (14. Okt 2007 19:07)

Yeah right, they count their steps. And they navigate with the sun....i saw an video from these kind of ant. In the video they said the same....

JimmyVe: (15. Okt 2007 15:23)

Cruel i agree, but nice to know i think.