Still Waters Posted February 12, 2016 #1 Share Posted February 12, 2016 When sand wasps leave home in the morning they capture snapshots of the landscape around their nest to make sure they can find their way back later, a study using high-speed video has found. The field study, published today in the journal Current Biology, is the first to reconstruct what a homing insect in the field sees, co-author Professor Jochen Zeil from the Australian National University's Research School of Biology said. "They look back at the nest from the view point of their future return," he said. http://www.abc.net.a...ay-home/7160082 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeGorilla Posted February 12, 2016 #2 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I don't give a damn what wasps do or how they fly, just stay the hell away from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted February 12, 2016 #3 Share Posted February 12, 2016 What an enlightened individual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted February 12, 2016 #4 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Great read... I sometimes wondered how they are able to find their "home" doing what they do to feed and such. Though the study is specific to the "sand wasp" I wonder if other wasps, bees, or flying insects with "nests" do the same. Not sure, maybe use different methods. I was, however, impressed with the correlation of humans "looking back at their hotel room as they are leaving" in order to establish some sort of basic visual return map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblykiss Posted February 12, 2016 #5 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Sounds like me retracing my steps through sober to drunk, ass first into chaos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Goatman Posted February 12, 2016 #6 Share Posted February 12, 2016 See where you have been before you even get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdesert50 Posted February 13, 2016 #7 Share Posted February 13, 2016 There is much to be said with regards to hindsight ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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