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These ants passed soil from worker to worker
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- Every pellet had to come back up
On a Brazilian bank, Bates watched ants digging toward another colony’s nest. As the holes deepened, removing the soil became a climb.
- Pass it up. Carry it clear.
Workers at the rim took soil pellets from the climbers and carried them away from the edge, where they could not roll back in.
- The jobs could change
Bates watched individual ants switch between digging and carrying. In this operation, the workers were not locked into one job.
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