And of course, don't miss our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social:
www.cell.com/current-biol...

Read the full paper in Current Biology!

t.co/pJ2XloIE0c

Here it is!

tinyurl.com/3jnnevfn

Huge thanks to my co-authors for their massive effort! @chris-r-reid.bsky.social, Madi Stewardson and David La Bonte

And thanks to Macquarie University, @cbehav.bsky.social, @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, @uni-konstanz.de, @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social, @maxplanck.de for making this possible!

And of course a big thank you to my co-authors @ChrisRReid1, @sjmgarnier, Ofer Feinerman, @StewardsonMadi, @GeoffreyMazue and @jimmclean9 for making this study possible!

And, of course, a big thank you to my collaborators @StewardsonMadi, @sjmgarnier, Ofer Feinerman and @ChrisRReid1!

Check out also the accompanying blog contribution, written by Madeleine Beekman from @Sydney_Uni!

https://blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2023/07/12/from-many-individuals-to-one-whole/

Our paper was also featured on @abcnews @ABCaustralia! Watch my interview with @ChildsRos

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-11/what-can-ants-teach-us-about-problem-solving/102587810

Check out also my conversation article about the paper! @ConversationEDU

https://theconversation.com/humans-set-budgets-when-facing-an-uncertain-future-so-do-ants-209327?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1689022919-1

We ran another experiment where we could lower the platform ants had to reach using a slider. As the chain grew, we lowered the platform, keeping it just out of reach of the ants. We could trick ants into forming chains as long as 125mm!

https://youtu.be/7JFEPnlXFNk

Can this simple rule predict a distance threshold beyond which ants would stop forming chains?
We tested this using a theoretical model, which predicted that ants would stop forming chains over gaps taller than 89mm.