If they had basic spatial cognition, they would not have needed that bridge. Good example of the emergent intelligence of groups instead of cohesive individual minds? https://twitter.com/boni_bo/status/1026067216360501248 …
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Maybe some practical reason the bridge has that shape? It looks like it might minimize stress/load of each bridge ant or on the connecting points
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Nah, the longer the bridge the more stress. The algorithm probably just days: as long as others walk on you, stay in the bridge; as soon as a gap emerges, fill the gap.
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