Comments on: Ants Counting Their Step http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2009/11/30/ants-counting-their-step/ Science and Engineering: Innovation, Research, Education and Economics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:32:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Ants, Ants, Ants http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2009/11/30/ants-counting-their-step/comment-page-1/#comment-72765 Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Ants, Ants, Ants Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:13:18 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2917#comment-72765 [...] Ants Counting Their Steps – E.O. Wilson: Lord of the Ants – Symbiotic relationship between ants and bacteria [...] [...] Ants Counting Their Steps – E.O. Wilson: Lord of the Ants – Symbiotic relationship between ants and bacteria [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2009/11/30/ants-counting-their-step/comment-page-1/#comment-69867 Anonymous Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:02:39 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2917#comment-69867 Very Interesting article. It surprised ants are the very small creatures but having a complete network and system to live their lives. Very Interesting article. It surprised ants are the very small creatures but having a complete network and system to live their lives.

]]> By: Joseph Condron http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2009/11/30/ants-counting-their-step/comment-page-1/#comment-69226 Joseph Condron Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:29:13 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2917#comment-69226 That was an entertaining and informative video. Engineering geniuses, farmers and now brilliant counters. It just raises one slight question. Ants do not necessarily always march in straight lines. What happens if they go take a more circular route? Here is an <a rel="nofollow" href="http://yellowmagpie.com/ant-about">article</a> that has more interesting ant insights and a video about their complex homes. That was an entertaining and informative video. Engineering geniuses, farmers and now brilliant counters.

It just raises one slight question. Ants do not necessarily always march in straight lines. What happens if they go take a more circular route?

Here is an article that has more interesting ant insights and a video about their complex homes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2009/11/30/ants-counting-their-step/comment-page-1/#comment-69223 Anonymous Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:39:56 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2917#comment-69223 Ants continue to amaze me, I can't figure out how they pack everything in their little brains. I saw a Nat. Geo. show with them systematically attacking a termite mound. Pretty coordinated, when they started losing the battle they all were given a retreat signal. I don't know how they all new to retreat? The termites were smart too, they walled in their queen for safety when the attack started... and they have tiny little heads? Ants continue to amaze me, I can’t figure out how they pack everything in their little brains. I saw a Nat. Geo. show with them systematically attacking a termite mound. Pretty coordinated, when they started losing the battle they all were given a retreat signal. I don’t know how they all new to retreat? The termites were smart too, they walled in their queen for safety when the attack started… and they have tiny little heads?

]]> By: andi http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2009/11/30/ants-counting-their-step/comment-page-1/#comment-69051 andi Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:01:48 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2917#comment-69051 I really enjoyed <a href="http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/06/30/ants-on-stilts-for-science/">Ants on Stilts for Science</a>... nice followup! I really enjoyed Ants on Stilts for Science… nice followup!

]]> By: Oliver http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2009/11/30/ants-counting-their-step/comment-page-1/#comment-68955 Oliver Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:35:15 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/?p=2917#comment-68955 It make sense that ants counts their steps. Even us humans uses steps to measure length sometimes when we don't have the measurement tools. It make sense that ants counts their steps. Even us humans uses steps to measure length sometimes when we don’t have the measurement tools.

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