

Held on 2022
Friday Special Lecture for High School and University Students
Evolutionary ecology of “idle” worker ants
Shigeto Dobata
Video
When you hear the words "idle" worker ants, what do you think of? Ants are very different creatures from humans. But if you take a close look at their "society", you’ll see a way of life that is reasonable from our point of view, such as division of labor, cooperation, living together, and cheating each other, even making us pause to think about it. Why do we feel rationality and empathy for the "society" of ants? Through this lecture, I hope you will find biological research on wild animals interesting.
NOTE:
- This lecture was conducted only in Japanese.
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