AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -By cooperating, ants can do amazing things, like dig huge nests, use their bodies to form rafts or bridges, sew leaves together, or farm other insects for food! Some scientists say that a colony of ants acts like one single animal.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a 2020 study, researchers from the South China Agricultural University demonstrated that ants can use surrounding debris (in this case soil particles) to create a bridge over a sticky, paraffin-smeared surface. But they would do this significantly more if food was within 20 centimeters (7.8 in).

Detailed explanation-3: -Most ants are known to share a kind of “hive mind” and have been shown to think almost in unison with each other. They work together for the colony, protecting the colony, feeding the young and finding food.

Detailed explanation-4: -Among animal groups, ants hold what may perhaps be the richest repertoire of collective behavior such as trail formation, nest excavation and food dissemination. Of the most intriguing of these behaviors is cooperative food transport, where many ants carry items that individuals cannot move.