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[Ernteameise]

Question to all the ant keepers out there.

So there has been this experiment where scientists examined the intelligence of bumblebees.

They trained bumblebees to pull strings to get to a sweet treat.

Pulling strings to get at food is something only "higher animals" could do- or so it was thought previously.

Turns out the humble bumblebee is also quite clever.

 

https://www.scienced...61004141432.htm

 

 

Has anyone ever tried something like this with their ants?

It would be very interesting to find out if some ants would do this, too.

I am actually tempted to build something for my Messors, and use some kind of string with seed at the end and see if they would pull it.

However, I think it will be a challenge to find a string that the ants cannot climb, but are able to pull....

[OwlThatLikesAnts]

 

Has anyone ever tried something like this with their ants?

It would be very interesting to find out if some ants would do this, too.

I am actually tempted to build something for my Messors, and use some kind of string with seed at the end and see if they would pull it.

However, I think it will be a challenge to find a string that the ants cannot climb, but are able to pull....

 

they actually use tools

There was a science experiment where they gave ants a sponge and a bunch of sugar water, and what they did is they immediately went for the sponge and put it on the water and waited for a bit then ran away with the sponge full of sugary sweetness

 

They also can recognise themselves in a mirror

scientist put a blue dot on their heads (so the scientist could tell colony members apart) and gave them a mirror, the ants with a blue dot saw it in the mirror and tried to groom the blue dot off

 

I also think you can rig up a contraption similar to the one for the bumble bee except it is full of seeds

Edited by OwlThatLikesAnts, December 3 2024 - 11:26 AM.