Sunday, June 07, 2009

Mango season

Mango season, originally uploaded by rpb1001.

I am not exactly sure how this small piece of mango reached the floor, but these ants found it and claimed it and are dragging it up the wall, homeward bound.

On the one hand, it shows the fantastic cooperation of ants: all pulling and pushing together in the right direction with such effectiveness that 30 or so can lift an oh-so-delicious object up a vertical wall.

On the other hand, a couple of hours on, and after a bit of help from me and a spoon, they seem to have just realised that they're never going to be able to get it though the narrow crack between the window and its frame.

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