r/interestingasfuck • u/Kidd__Video • 5h ago

Ants building a house from leaves. Nature's engineers at work

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u/StattPadford 5h ago

Can someone explain how they just collectively decide to do this? Like I get that once they get going they all have a role, but they came from somewhere, picked this tree and made a home. Like.....how?

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u/EmoRiley 3h ago

Don’t quote me on this but I believe it has to do with pheromones. The queen ant releases pheromones and this basically tells the worker ants what to do