▲ 176 ▼ TIL some species of ants farm aphids like we do cows (www.westcoastseeds.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by LillyPip@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments Link: https://www.westcoastseeds.com/blogs/wcs-academy/do-ants-farm-aphids. Also ants that farm aphids select for certain traits. e: added link
[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) And, youre aware of the depth of ant cognition.... How? Exactly? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Insect cognition has been a researched topic for some time. Most people tend to reduce them to some robotic form of being, I think that’s not the case as does more modern research. They are capable of learning, bumblebees have been observed displaying playful behaviour (or at least something that resembles it). However all evidence still suggests that their behaviour is very much governed by instincts and can be predicted quite well. There are no known intellectual abilities of insects that come close to those of somewhat intelligent vertebrates. Humans and primates are in another category altogether. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) And then there are the naked mole rats... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago The only eusocial mammal, what about it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Insect cognition has been a researched topic for some time. Most people tend to reduce them to some robotic form of being, I think that’s not the case as does more modern research. They are capable of learning, bumblebees have been observed displaying playful behaviour (or at least something that resembles it). However all evidence still suggests that their behaviour is very much governed by instincts and can be predicted quite well. There are no known intellectual abilities of insects that come close to those of somewhat intelligent vertebrates. Humans and primates are in another category altogether. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) And then there are the naked mole rats... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago The only eusocial mammal, what about it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] livus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) And then there are the naked mole rats... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago The only eusocial mammal, what about it? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago The only eusocial mammal, what about it? permalink fedilink source parent