Comments on: Brazilian Ants Sacrifice a Few Relatives Each Day for the Greater Good

By: MB

MB — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:49:29 +0000

Who send these worker out on duty?
We already know that ants are the most organised society on the planet and that has been going on and known for abou 8 million years. but still no academia have explained how the ants society function with regard to communication , hierarchy, law and order.
There are strict orders ants and bees follow without failure, who is behind these laws that govern these great species.
Human has their laws for example the ten commandements, hardly used
we are an extinct society and we wont’ live longer than the ants and bees they are already older than we and will continue to live way beyond our extinction.

By: Cody

Cody — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:13:32 +0000

Well Alexander, your wish is coming true.
I am a current 9th grader doing a report on this exact article and will be presenting the information to my entire class.
So in some way the news is making its way into the educatioal system.

By: Otis

Otis — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:11:51 +0000

Well Alexander, this should please you.
I am a current 9th grader doing a report on this exact article and will be sharing it with my class.
So in some way it is getting into the educational system.

By: Alexander (the one who does not know the difference

Alexander (the one who does not know the difference — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:48:11 +0000

Thank you. Thank you for the article Ms. Strickland. Just wonderful. And thank you too, Alex for sharing your knowledge with us. Really impressive. I wish we can inlude more of something like that in elementary education. I wish we have more news like this on TV.

By: Opondo

Opondo — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:08:14 +0000

This is significant if indeed the research findings are correct. I wonder how Dawkins would explain these findings.

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:13:07 +0000

I couldn’t find a free, readily available image of Forelius pusillus! And believe me, I tried. But here in the blogosphere, we don’t always have the luxury of spending an hour tracking down a researcher who can provide a photograph. I figured only a few people would know the difference– clearly you, sir, are one of those few.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:21:30 +0000

It'd be nice if you didn't illustrate your article on the Brazilian species Forelius pusillus with a photo of the European species Camponotus cruenatus. That's kind of like showing a picture of a squirrel when your article is about monkeys.