Why army ants get trapped in ‘death circles’

Army ants are blind and use pheromones to follow trails of other ants, but if a trail loops they get locked running in an endless circle.

[Nyobium]

Ant 1: “I feel like we’ve passed by this spot before.”
Ant 2: “Keep walking. The dude in front knows where we’re going.“

[illioptopede]

when you cant remember where you came from or where youre going

[thunderchungus]

So you're telling me, if some ant does a left turn, they can all potentially die

[eliziahbrown]

Listening to Lemon Demon - Spiral of Ants while watching this.

[bugboy]

this comment section is a mess of lemon demon, uzumaki and people who just found this video randomly..
im from lemon demon, where are ya'll from??

[cowboycatss]

The contrast between the deaths of hundreds, maybe even thousands of ants and sick bass boosted techno.

[enderredacted]

Over, and over

The pheromones, the overwhelming

Harmony

Consuming the colony

[polen.l.mushroom]

As we proclaimed:
The circle rules your life.

[gimnyfj]

They are summoning demons, apparently Lemon Demons.

[auroramage]

They have no choice but to dance, of course

[CheeKiatTeo]

Ants: "phew the way home sure is long today!"

[diodressler]

Chop chop, don't want to be late.
Lift up, and carry your weight.
You've got no choice but to dance-
*IN A SPIRAL OF ANTS.*

[simplicitylost]

0:38 I know some of you will think I’m overthinking this or being hyperbolic, but all I could think about while watching this was imagining an alien culture looking down at us and putting out a video on their AlienTube: “Why don’t humans break from the cycle of death? According to scientists the humans wouldn’t survive well on their own. Researchers say humans have evolved instincts to survive as a group but their ‘pathological’ behavior can also trap them on this path toward their doom.”

[centipede]

Me scrolling down listening to Spiral of Ants while reading all the other Lemon Demon comments: :)

[cheesy]

You can’t remember where you came from
You can’t remember where you’re going

[truemisto]

stuck going through the motions of their lives, following each other in circles due to custom and compulsion, accomplishing nothing, marching to death, just like us! truly we can learn so much from observing the natural world

[CosmicPigeonn]

The circle do be ruling their lives tho

[verlax]

The child ant: Where are you going?

The worker ant: I'm going to get the water


The whole army: *dead for months*

[KendrickMegaFan]

I’m proud to see this section full of lemon demon references

[matteobabbeostupideo]

It's the of ....





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