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Ants crack the secret to perfect teamwork (www.mpg.de)
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  • Most human and animal teams suffer from the Ringelmann effect: individuals contribute less the more the team grows
  • Weaver ants avoid the Ringlemann effect as they work in a team to fold leaves into nest chambers
  • A study showed that weaver ants use division of labor to not only avoid the Ringlemann effect but to achieve super efficiency
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[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago

Is ant crack better than people crack? What makes it so much better for teambuilding?

[-] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Are ant colonies one of the best displays of what a communist state could look like?

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 1 hour ago

I hope people in a communist state won't dump you onto the garbage pile just because you smell bad.

[-] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

"Danmit, Antony, I keep telling you I ain't garbage! I'm just the groundskeeper."

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