Re: Coordinated behavior among birds, fish, and insects

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    On 21 Aug 2001, at 11:53, Dace wrote:

    > > > It was assumed that the termites use their sense of
    > > > smell to guide the columns together, but when Eugene Marais stuck
    > > > a
    > steel
    > > > plate between two columns, he found that they still matched
    > > > perfectly. Marais also discovered that all the coordinated
    > > > activities of the
    > termites
    > > > are somehow facilitated by their queen. Even if the queen is
    > > > isolated
    > from
    > > > the workers in a compartment, when the queen is killed, all work
    > instantly
    > > > stops.
    > >
    > > I'd love some references for these two pieces of work
    > > (I'm assuming they were published in the normal way).
    >
    > > Chris Taylor
    >
    > Marais, E. N., The Soul of the White Ant, Penguin, 1973, pp. 119-121.
    >
    I don't suppose it's at all possible that this guy read E. O. Wilson.
    >
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