Within living organisms, the main objective for most seems to be survival, but there are many ways to achieve this. While some animals may choose to work alone, other, cleverer animals, have decided to work together as teams instead of individuals. Through this method, many new opportunities are opened for these animals that were not opened before. New types of hunting and gathering styles are now possible that would be dangerous or impossible for single individuals. Faster methods of transportation and construction are also available due to this cunning strategy. This cooperation effort within animals is not just limited to single species either. Animals of completely different species are seen working together daily in what is known as a
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To avoid this, Australian walking sticks have evolved tiny protein deposits on the ends of their eggs in order to attract spider ants. The ants feed off of these protein rich attachments, but they decide to throw the rest of the eggs into waste piles within the colony. These waste piles just so happen to have to right temperature and moisture to hatch these eggs. These walking sticks have also evolved to even look like ants whenever they hatch, so it makes it easier for them to live alongside of these ants temporarily before they make their escape to the forest floor. This relationship is mostly unknown to the spider ants, but to the Australian walking sticks, this relationship is the major reason for why this species of walking stick has been able to survive.
While some animals may choose to work alone, other, cleverer animals, have decided to work together as teams instead of individuals. Within the packs of wolves, these small creatures have formulated strategy that organization that has allowed them to work effectively as a team. Polymorphism in leafcutter ants has enabled them to become efficient leaf collectors for the survival of their colony. The advanced utilities of fire ants has made possible the creation of living rafts for their fire ant community to live. The intuition of bees has allowed them
To avoid this, Australian walking sticks have evolved tiny protein deposits on the ends of their eggs in order to attract spider ants. The ants feed off of these protein rich attachments, but they decide to throw the rest of the eggs into waste piles within the colony. These waste piles just so happen to have to right temperature and moisture to hatch these eggs. These walking sticks have also evolved to even look like ants whenever they hatch, so it makes it easier for them to live alongside of these ants temporarily before they make their escape to the forest floor. This relationship is mostly unknown to the spider ants, but to the Australian walking sticks, this relationship is the major reason for why this species of walking stick has been able to survive.
While some animals may choose to work alone, other, cleverer animals, have decided to work together as teams instead of individuals. Within the packs of wolves, these small creatures have formulated strategy that organization that has allowed them to work effectively as a team. Polymorphism in leafcutter ants has enabled them to become efficient leaf collectors for the survival of their colony. The advanced utilities of fire ants has made possible the creation of living rafts for their fire ant community to live. The intuition of bees has allowed them