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Why do ants always climb upwards?

Started By LC3 , Sep 28 2015 12:46 PM
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#1 Offline LC3 - Posted September 28 2015 - 12:46 PM

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Anyone else noticed that if you keep an ant (or any insect for that matter) in something slender-y (i.e a test tube,cylinder container etc) and turn it upward, even if the exit is at the bottom they still tend to climb upwards. Anyone know why they do that?


#2 Offline Crystals - Posted September 28 2015 - 12:52 PM

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If you fell in a hole, and there were no other tunnels at the bottom, wouldn't you climb up as well?  :D

 

I would probably climb out even if there were additional tunnels to explore...


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#3 Offline LC3 - Posted September 28 2015 - 1:20 PM

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Good point.


#4 Offline Trailandstreet - Posted October 7 2015 - 12:05 AM

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sometimes they dig too.


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