Guamer [she/her]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agoSo much for the taller ant Lefthexbear.netexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkSo much for the taller ant Lefthexbear.netGuamer [she/her]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareAntiOutsideAktion [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoScientists actually did this to ants to determine whether they navigated by counting their steps
minus-squareGuamer [she/her]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoThe results? They do.
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-23 months ago “Gotta get my 10k steps in today.”
minus-squareRobert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-23 months agoWhat the fuck they cut some of the ants legs and made them walk on stumps. Of course they’re German.
minus-squarePoogona [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoWhat the fuck this is MY trivia to bring into convos this is THEFT (Ants also do complex geometry by instinct and they even triangulate positions with the sun as reference, they are amazing)
minus-squarethe_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoWait a tic counting? there’s a science explanation or ‘counting’ is the layman’s term for what they’re doing? I’m asking cuz i was under the impression most animals don’t know numbers at all
minus-squareHexboare [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoWhole wiki page for it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sense_in_animals
minus-squarethe_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoWell I’ll be. Thanks!
Scientists actually did this to ants to determine whether they navigated by counting their steps
The results?
They do.
What the fuck they cut some of the ants legs and made them walk on stumps. Of course they’re German.
What the fuck this is MY trivia to bring into convos this is THEFT
(Ants also do complex geometry by instinct and they even triangulate positions with the sun as reference, they are amazing)
Wait a tic counting? there’s a science explanation or ‘counting’ is the layman’s term for what they’re doing? I’m asking cuz i was under the impression most animals don’t know numbers at all
Whole wiki page for it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sense_in_animals
Well I’ll be. Thanks!