Death Spiral of Army Ants

Death Spiral of Army Ants
A phenomenon where army ants follow each other in circles, sometimes until they die — and thus known as an “ant death spiral” — was captured on camera at a university in Venezuela.
Biologist Javier David Uzcategui Gonzalez filmed the footage at Simon Bolivar University in Miranda, describing the occurrence as “very rare”.
In an August 2020 tweet, Gonzales explained that the phenomenon, also called an ant mill, will happen when some ants lose track of the colony and follow others “in a rotating circle of death.”
The video went viral after a recent repost, where responses included one from Elon Musk.
Credit: Javier David Uzcategui Gonzalez via Storyful
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[tallic]

Over.. and over..
The pheromones..
The overwhelming harmony..
Consuming..
The colony..
The Circle rules your life...

[savagefurry]

So when theyre caught in a circle like this... in theory could you sweep them and save them from the death spiral?

[OzaruPrince]

You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round, round, round

[miguelsanchez]

Don't look at the circle too long then u gonna follow them and be in the same boat n die

[alkenthsaligumba]

Question. If they're introduced to a new queen ant, would they kill it, or it depends?

[indygo]

This is the same as Muslims walking round the black stone in cirles