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 …
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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Simple algorithm doesn't mean stupid. Given that these ants optimize bridge material vs path length in other experiments I'd expect there to be some benefit in this costly structure. Something something tension. I found a nice picture.pic.twitter.com/migRCuKaSV
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Of course, yet the bridge in the video was a wasteful solution. I understand the desire to romanticize insect cognition, but come on
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