An interesting article on ant behaviour which could indicate they are more intelligent than previously thought.
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Hungry ants corral aphids into nearby food-producing herds by rounding them up and penning them in with trails of chemical footprints they leave behind, a new study finds.
The result is "honeydew on tap," researchers say.
Scientists have known that ants tend to hang out near colonies of certain types of aphids that produce a sugar-rich, sticky honeydew when they munch on plants. Because the sugary substance is a staple of the ant diet, the ants use many means to manipulate the aphid populations for their own use
rest of article here http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200710...nquilizevictims