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COPYRIGHT 2006 Smithsonian Institution
NAME: Temnothorax albipennis (an English ant)
NEAT TRICK: Tandem running, in which an experienced ant leads a naive ant from the nest to food.
NEATER TRICK: Teaching. The ants establish their route with two-way communication--the follower taps the leader's abdomen with its antennae (below, study subjects daubed with paint...
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