Tuesday, 11 October 2011

TIL ant mill

Ant mill is when ants circle around and around until they die. As ants walk, they leave a trace for other ants to follow. If for some reason, a ant walk in a full circle while there is another ant follow it, the first ant would follow the trace of second ant and go another circle while the second ant follows first ant. Then, they will go on and on while more ants join. This creates a black hole effect where all nearby ants get suck in this scheme and run in circles until they die.

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