Scientists in Brazil poured 10 tons of concrete down two air vents to a maasive ant city that onced housed millions of leaf cutter ants. They removed 40 tons of dirt, meaning the ants lifted 40 tons to build the city. The sophisticated metropolis features highways and roads, family dwellings, waste and recycling stations, fungal gardens and larvae nurseries. Leaf cutter ants have complex communities second only to humans. Ants, bees and humans advanced technologically because of high division of labor. Researchers said the ant colony was a superorganism. But when asked jf the ants are cognizant or their structural planning, the researcher said no, the ants somply respond to an algorithm in the superorganism. This perverse attitude that denies the dignity of other lifeforms is what I dont like abt science. We’re all just atoms and chemicals emerging as life and moving in super organism societies. Even electrons have independent and collective magnetism. #ants #antsoftiktok #antcolony #superorganism #science #insects #earth #naturetiktok #googleearth #naturalwonders