So, I have come to realize that it is much harder to get ants to lead you back to their nest than I at first suspect. Indeed, I think it should be possible to prove that if an ant is chased or alarmed she will NOT run home, like a mother bird faking a broken wing and leading the predator from her nest a lone ant will take you on a wild goose chase.
Only calm ants, who do not suspect they are observed will show you where they live.
Clever girls!
Doe this count as being "outsmarted" by an ant?
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