Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #03421
To: Victor Snesarev vsn@eel.ufl.edu
From: John Mitchell johnm@magnet.com
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 11:55:41 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: ANts
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Victor Snesarev wrote:
> Hi, I'm not sure if you're the first one, Jesse, but if ants do rotate
> their antennae in an "8" patter, and if they do use them to sense a
> chemical trail, then can it be analogous to the way a human brain
> figures out if any two points are connected? [...]
> Sorry, for what might be an off-topic post. It seems to me, some people
> here might be interested.
>
> Vic
I, for one, find this completely fascinating. The current book on my
table is "The Ants", by Holldobler and E.O. Wilson. This reference work
condenses a lifetime of research papers into one volume. If it aint here,
you dont need to know it.
Alas, I'm most interested in ants vision and senses, but the book focuses
more on how to determine which of the 8,800 species you have, and
(also-interesting) colony behaviours. Some species have multiple nests,
and if they're attacked, will move from one to the other. Some species
(army ants) relocate every few days, and others stay in the same
well-protected and -ventilated hive for decades.
Neat stuff!
- j
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0674040759/002-8513947-4881447
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