Suicidal Ants

posted by Chris on 07.15.09 at 2:37 pm

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Ants do not jump off buildings nor do they slit their wrists when they commit suicide. They run around in a circle continuously till they die from exhaustion. How awesome is that?

It’s called the ant death spiral. For some reason, the ants form a circle and just keep walking around and around. Because ants navigate by following other ant scents, more ants will join in on the circle of death. It isn’t until a group of ants break away that the spiral stops.

Here’s some more videos of this phenomenon.

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