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  2. Ant mill - Wikipedia

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    An ant mill is an observed phenomenon in which a group of army ants, separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle. This circle is commonly known as a "death spiral" because the ants might eventually die of exhaustion. It has been reproduced in ...

  3. Mysterious video shows ants forming a circle around a ringing ...

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    Ants moving in a circle is actually a phenomenon that occurs even without a phone. ... forming a mill known also as 'death spiral' in which the ants will walk until they die of exhaustion like in ...

  4. Fascinating 'Ant Death Spiral' Caught on Camera in Venezuela

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    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 ...

  5. Ants walk around in a never-ending circle known as an “ant ...

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    Ants do this when they lose track of their colony, and sometimes will keep walking until death Ants walk around in a never-ending circle known as an “ant death spiral” [Video] Skip to main content

  6. Death spiral - Wikipedia

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    Graveyard spiral; Spiral dive; Death spiral (figure skating), an element of pair skating; Death spiral (insurance), an insurance plan whose costs are rapidly increasing; Death spiral financing; Ant mill, a behavioral phenomenon in ants; Death Spiral, a 1989 novel by John Ballem "Death Spiral", a song by Dirty Projectors from Dirty Projectors

  7. Dorylus - Wikipedia

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    Dorylus, also known as driver ants, safari ants, or siafu, is a large genus of army ants found primarily in central and east Africa, ...

  8. Apparent death - Wikipedia

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    Apparent death [a] is a behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead. It is an immobile state most often triggered by a predatory attack and can be found in a wide range of animals from insects and crustaceans to mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.

  9. Necrophoresis - Wikipedia

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    A black garden ant (Lasius niger) engaging in necrophoresis. Necrophoresis is a sanitation behavior found in social insects – such as ants, bees, wasps, and termites – in which they carry away the dead bodies of members of their colony from the nest or hive area.