Here is an experiment (实验) to see how ants can organize some clever teamwork.
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| First you need some ants. You may have to wait until the summer to find them on paths around your home. | When you have found an ant, put a thin slice of fruit in front of it. It may eat some of it or carry bits away. | Check the fruit after an hour, Have other ants been attracted to it? If so, what are they doing? | When there are lots of ants, move the fruit to a new position, a little to the side. What do the ants do? |
What's going on?
You can see one of the best examples of insect teamwork by watching ants. If one ant finds food, it leads others there to eat it too. They follow each other by making long trails. The ants go back and forth collecting food, to take back to their nest (穴). When you move the fruit, the ants will still find it. But, instead of making a new direct route (路线) to the food, they will follow each other through their old trail route.
