UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE(See A. Avril et al., “Ant workers exhibit specialization and memory during raft formation,” The Science of Nature, 2016.)
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Floodplain-dwelling Formica selysi ants, marked here with paint to tell them apart, assume specialized positions to form rafts in the event of a flood.
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