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Ants crack the secret to perfect teamwork (www.mpg.de)
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  • Most human and animal teams suffer from the Ringelmann effect: individuals contribute less the more the team grows
  • Weaver ants avoid the Ringlemann effect as they work in a team to fold leaves into nest chambers
  • A study showed that weaver ants use division of labor to not only avoid the Ringlemann effect but to achieve super efficiency
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[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

Is ant crack better than people crack? What makes it so much better for teambuilding?