Ant Mega-Colony Covers the World

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 1, 2009 @02:02PM from the ant-lords-demand-more-sugar dept.

Deag writes "A mega colony of one family of ants has spread all over the world. Previous mega colonies in California, Europe and Japan have been shown to be in fact one global colony. Ants from the smaller super-colonies were always aggressive to one another. So ants from the west coast of Japan fought their rivals from Kobe, while ants from the European super-colony didn't get on with those from the Iberian colony. But whenever ants from the main European and Californian super-colonies and those from the largest colony in Japan came into contact, they acted as if they were old friends."

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Obligatory by incognito84 · 2009-07-01 14:13 · Score: 0, Redundant

I, for one, welcome our new insect Overlords!
Do I really Need to Say It? by Flere+Imsaho · 2009-07-01 14:59 · Score: 0, Redundant

I for one welcome our... ah never mind.

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