I see no connection was inferred between these two statements
"For their experiments, the researchers followed the ants with a GPS device. This allowed them to track the ants on their way to the saltpan and back home"
"However, we also observed an unexpectedly high mortality rate. About 20 percent of foraging ants do not find their way back home after extremely long runs"
Interesting though, seems they rely more on visual acuity than I'd guess, rather than following chem trails. Suggests some more complex cognition in pattern recognition and memory
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 1 Jun 2023, 12:01,
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Do you mean the ants were led astray by GPS like human drivers?
The researchers carried the GPS device to record the ants' path (because ants are just too lazy)
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Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Thu 1 Jun 2023, 17:58,
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I can't see their methodology without paying, at least til Im at work
they glue microtrackers on other insects, though even if its just trudging over them they might be interfering given their contention the wee buggers are good at seeing. seems to be a lot of research about em, I counted a dozen recent papers on their navigation alone
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 1 Jun 2023, 22:21,
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