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    Driver Ant Experiment

    Nigricans-group Driver Ants (Complex Dorylus nigricans), Bouamir Research Station, Dja Faunal Reserve, Cameroon


    These driver ants live in exceedingly large colonies, with estimates of up to 20 million workers. When a column showed up outside of camp, I was curious how they would react to a perturbation.

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