Quick-thinking ants trim foliage to fit

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Watch how ants switch their leaf-carrying tactics when an obstacle is placed in their path.

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Dear all you lovely New Scientist readers, apologies for the occasional outbreaks of tedious comments along the lines of "first!"

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[rcpmac]

We do the same thing here in America. When the sofa is too big to fit through the front door, we gnaw at the edges until that sucker goes in.

[unobb]

house ants is even smarter.. they found ways today to get into one of my ziplock bag with dry squid in it :( they are annoying!!!

[SuperFlukester]

That's very interesting, But Ant's have always been know for there intellect :P

[grendelee]

Did the decision come from each individual ant or was it crowdsourced?

[studio41698]

very good ol chaps

[Toby Grylls]

I don't know about you but i'm watching these videos for the music at the end.

[SubZeroOneProduction]

i second that......*giggle*

[Evo Lutionz]

How the fuck did i get here

[J Bowers]

Then I was right! The pyramids really were landing sites for interplanetary starships that enslaved primitive populations by posing as their gods.

[stuffiscoolandstuff]

i have no idea what so ever.

[Joseph Stalin]

how can you understand the concept of hivemind, yet have such disgraceful spelling?