From the recent documentary Ants: Nature's Secret Power, a glimpse of how researchers study ant behavior in the lab:
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A clip from the documentary "Ants: Nature's Secret Power":
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Thanks for sharing. Fascinating stuff. Anyone know if this documentary is available on dvd (region 2: UK) ?
I bought my copy from here a few years ago ( http://www.science-shop.de/artikel/842575 ) . Fascinating movie, highly recommendable if your not an expert on ants but just interested :-)
Thanks for the info, Nicolas.