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Tango0120 May 2026 5:51 p.m. PST

"Imagine trying to build a house without a blueprint, find a shortcut through an unfamiliar city without a map, or govern a large organisation with no leaders and no meetings.

It sounds impossible. Yet tiny-brained ants, working without leaders or blueprints, have been solving problems like these for millions of years – and no, the queen isn't the boss telling them what to do.

By almost any measure, ants are a wildly successful group of animals – there's an estimated 20 quadrillion of them on Earth and they thrive on every continent but Antarctica.

How have these minuscule animals managed to take over the world (and our kitchens)? The answer is teamwork…"


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Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP22 May 2026 12:19 p.m. PST

"The Kingdom of the Ants" by H.G. Wells.

14Bore Supporting Member of TMP12 Jul 2026 10:13 a.m. PST

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Tango0119 Sep 2026 11:01 p.m. PST

(smile)


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