Awesome video about an interesting new theory on ants presented in carton format. The video features a study that either cut off or placed little stilts on dessert ant legs in order to test the theory if ants could count. (see picture on left)

Want to make a guess before watching it as to how scientists might test whether a ant could count using the methods mentioned above.

Hint: most ant use scent to create trails from home to food and back again allowing them to get places without ever needing a GPS. Dessert ants, however, can not rely on scent in the hot arid dessert, instead these ants must rely on counting to accomplish these tasks so says the theory.

Tags: ants, counting, cognition, behavior,

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