Ants Ants foraging for food Directions Click on the applet to specify a new food position. Use the scroll bar to control how many ants are used.
Ants are great.
Each individual ant is relatively small and simple. On there own they are capable of running around quite well, and when they find food they are able to take it back home. Different ant species use quite a few sensory techniques to find their way home. Some use the sun, some remember how much they have turned and how far they have moved. Finding home is quite clever, but the really clever bit about ants is that they can cooperate.