[ExI] drones and ants. was: RE: Input for article on "The Extropian Roots of Bitcoin"

[BillK]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:50 AM, spike wrote:
> Ooops apologies, my cut and paste failed.  Below is the correct link:
>
> Had I heard this described, I would be sure it was a hoax.  I have been
> observing ants all my life and I have never seen anything like it.  I have
> seen ants surround a dead bug and work together to move it, but never by
> forming a daisy chains.  This defies everything I thought I knew about how
> an ant brain works...  spike
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzjA-b2vnjA
>


This viral video seems to be newly noticed behaviour that has got the
entomologists quite excited.
See:
<http://www.myrmecos.net/2014/08/29/did-liveleak-just-leak-an-unknown-ant-behavior/>
The comments there are also relevant.

BillK