hello my name is dean, im into computer games ect also pool. A story about ants by Dean Hadfield
In a two year study about ants by British researchers have discovered that ants show each other the way to food.
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Scientists recorded how the ant leaders slowed down if the following ant fell to far behind, and speeded up if the gap was narrower.
If the tandem leaders had gone alone they would have reached the food source four times quicker. However the teaching shown that the follower ant learned quicker where the location of food was.
As the learning passes through the ant colony, followers are promoted to leaders and the whole teaching process begins again.
Scientists explained tit involves the teacher modifying its behaviour at some initial cost to itself.
What is nice about the demonstrations is that the ant is an animal with a small brain. The human brain is a million times larger, and yet the and is very good at learning and teaching.
