Comment on How many ants live on Earth? (2022)parentComments−BurningFrog1yThe ants in a colony has mostly identical DNA.So you can think of it as a single organism that has a "distributed" body.From that perspective, the individual ants correspond to cells or organs, and it becomes both less and more fantastic :)−v3ss0n1yInteresting, may be that's why they can communicate so efficiently and wouldn't mind to work hard for the greater good.
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The ants in a colony has mostly identical DNA.
So you can think of it as a single organism that has a "distributed" body.
From that perspective, the individual ants correspond to cells or organs, and it becomes both less and more fantastic :)
Interesting, may be that's why they can communicate so efficiently and wouldn't mind to work hard for the greater good.