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Ants, like people, live in groups of millions. But unlike us, individuals don’t pursue their own goals. Their colonies function as one organism, working together to build enormous civilizations right beneath our feet
A lone ant carrying a heavy crumb across a kitchen floor is the picture of a hardworking individual. But there’s no such thing as a lone ant. They form a seamless unit wherever they are—so much so that entomologists call them “superorganisms.”
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