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What insects are able to talk and perform simple arithmetic operations?

Ants are able to explain to each other the way to food, they can count and perform simple arithmetic operations. For example, when a scout ant finds food in a specially designed maze, it returns and explains how to get to it to other ants. If at this time the labyrinth is replaced with a similar one, that is, the pheromone trail is removed, the scout's relatives will still find food. In another experiment, the scout searches in a maze of many identical branches, and after his explanations, other insects immediately run to the designated branch. And if you first accustom the scout to the fact that food is more likely to be in 10, 20, and so on branches, the ants take them as basic and begin to navigate by adding or subtracting the desired number from them, that is, they use a system similar to Roman numerals.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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