Page 39 - The Miracle in the Ant

cessful explorers leave from the food to the nest, when the explorer
comes to the nest and does the "rock dance", its nest mates reach the
food source without any help from the inviter.
Another interesting side to ants is their production of many chemical
compounds to be used in the process of invitation, each one with a dif-
ferent task. It is not known why so many different chemicals are used
to be gathered around the food source but, as far as one can tell, the di-
versity of such substances make sure that tracks are different from each
other. Apart from these, ants transmit different signals when sending
messages, and the intensity of each signal is different from the others.
They increase the intensity of the signal when the colony gets hungry,
or when new nest areas are needed.
This solidarity among ant societies at such a high level may be re-
garded as behaviour that is worth considering and that can be taken as
an example for men. Compared to human beings who unhesitatingly vi-
olate the rights of other individuals on account of their own interests –
which are all they think about - the tremendously self-sacrificing ants are
much more ethical.
It is in no way possible to explain the totally unselfish behaviour of
ants, in terms of the theory of evolution. This is because evolution as-
sumes that the only rule existing in nature is the fight for survival and
the accompanying conflict. Yet, the behavioural characteristics that ants
and many other types of animals display disprove this and show the re-
ality of sacrifice.
The theory of evolution, in fact, is nothing other than an attempt by
those who wish to legalize their own selfishness to ascribe this selfish-
ness to the whole of nature.

Touch Function in Chemical Communications
The communications by ants by touching each other with their an-
tennas in maintaining intra-colony organization proves that there is in
use an "antenna language" in its fullest sense.
The antenna signals created by touching in ants are used for various
purposes like commencement of dinner, invitations and social meetings
where nest mates get to know each other. For instance, in one type of
worker ant species living in Africa, workers first touch antennas when
they meet each other. Here, "antenna shaking" means just a salute and
an invitation to the nest.

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