2006-07-15 22:41:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Say an ant finds a large supply of food and begins eating. This full belly will trigger the secretion of a chemical trail they lay down behind them that indicates the presence of food. The other ants do not have noses but "smell" the trail laid down with their antennae.
2006-07-16 13:02:55 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you watch ants for any length of time you will see that they really do communicate with each other and very effectively too. Ants communicate by touching each other with their antennae. Ants also use chemicals called pheromones to leave scent trails for other ants to follow.
2006-07-16 07:26:26 · answer #2 · answered by Amor Mia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you watch ants for any length of time you will see that they really do communicate with each other and very effectively too. Ants communicate by touching each other with their antennae. Ants also use chemicals called pheromones to leave scent trails for other ants to follow.
2006-07-16 05:45:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ants just wonder how humans communicate with each other.
2006-07-20 02:08:49 · answer #4 · answered by corrona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ants also wonder how human beings communicate without touching antennas .
2006-07-16 05:49:02 · answer #5 · answered by sixthsense350 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pheromones and mild energy currants
ants ,like bees ,or jelly fish ,termites ,and many more
are in reality one mentality made up of dislocated cells ,so to speak
the colony is one animal that follows one direction by a central intelligence .
it is why a bee in isolation cut of from the main body for to long will die
with all of these insects are complicated means of communication .varying from sign language (the 3 dimensional dance of the bee to describe the location of honey)chemical trails ,both local and airborne(pheromones) as well as vibrations passed along from touch.and could even be sound as well
2006-07-18 02:19:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They communicate by touch and by scent.
2006-07-16 11:08:40 · answer #7 · answered by dpfw16 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same as above. Touching each other's antennas
2006-07-16 06:52:38 · answer #8 · answered by Eve W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know they touch each others antennas in passing.
2006-07-16 05:44:53 · answer #9 · answered by elliebear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's via touch, and also via pheromones marking "trail to food," or "danger," etc.
2006-07-16 05:47:23 · answer #10 · answered by Michael Gmirkin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋