cANT we all just get along

[Dawgy]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...antcolony.html

i dunno if i should be amazed or scared shitless that there are 4k miles of ants living together...

[XXXManager]

Goddamn amazing shit. Fascinating.
BUT
I dont know what is more frightening:
That there is such a huge supercolony of ants in Europe..
OR
That even with the internal "friendship" inside the colony there is still a basic inherited need for another rival colony forming to superpowers that fight each other till death
(and I quote...)

What is clear is that the recognition genes between the main European supercolony and the Catalonian supercolony are very different. Ants from these colonies fight aggressively?biting at the head, releasing venom and locking body parts in the jaws. Death usually occurs within a minute.

Damn - is it a coincidence that the other colony fighting with the 1st European is Catalonian
And the vicious battles - venom bites to the head - death withing a minute
a) So what does it say more? That there is a change for a vast population of people to get along?
OR
b) There will always be another colony to fight with till death?


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