Animals That Outsmart Everyone with Their Sneaky Survival Tricks

The Ants That Build Living Bridges

Army ants don’t just march—they engineer. When confronted with gaps or tricky terrain, they create living bridges using their own bodies. These ant structures can stretch over air, water, or leaves and are formed and adjusted in real-time as the colony moves forward.

What’s astounding is the teamwork and coordination involved. The ants constantly analyze traffic flow across the bridge and optimize it for efficiency, sometimes sacrificing their own roles in the process. It’s a decentralized system with no leader, yet it works seamlessly, mimicking an intelligent transportation network. Ants may be tiny, but their collective genius is massive.

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