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How fire ants use their bodies to form mini Eiffel Tower-like structural marvels

Six-legged building blocks.
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Nikolay Nikolov
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How fire ants use their bodies to form mini Eiffel Tower-like structural marvels
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A recent Georgia Tech study examined how fire ants join together to form tower-like structures without a a plan or a leader.

It follows previous studies that looked into fire ants' ability to use its six limbs to band together and form large shapes as a survival mechanism.

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