Neat News 2016-268 (added 2016-09-24)
Backup System that Ants Use
Public Domain by Stephen Ausmus
| Ants living in the desert have two systems to navigate, one based on path integration (counting steps in a direction using the sun's position) and another based on optic flow (how does the visual data received by the eyes change). This helps them to find food and bring it back to the nest fast. |
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