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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"An ant mill was first described in 1921 by William Beebe, who observed a mill 370 meters (1,210 ft) in circumference. It took each ant two and a half hours to make one revolution."

I'm curious where he found it. Sounds like quite a sight

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apparently, it was in a forest in Guyana. And well, perhaps you're imagining a filled-out spiral, but in this case, it looked like a normal ant migration at the first. They were going in 6 lanes at most and at 370 meters circumference, that just looks like a line until you follow it around.

That's according to this source, which seems to have excerpts from his book: https://themountainsarecalling.earth/the-army-ant-death-spiral/

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

That is fascinating. Thanks for sharing

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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