Ant

Some days ago, I observed some ants in my bedroom. This was actually for Introduction of General Linguistic assignment but I was interested in it.

How I observed them was actually simple. I just put some crumb in the floor just after I woke up. LOL. I stayed in my bed, waiting for them patiently.

Not so long, the first ant came. It observed the crumb. It seemed to (maybe) bite the crumb. After a moment, it left the crumb and went away. When it went away, I saw it walked by making pola. I supposed it called its friends, made a pola to make it easier come back and I was right! Another ant came and observed the crumb. The second ant did not come by following the pola the first ant had left. It came from another side. I supposed it caught the signal that first ant gave. A few minutes later, the first ant came back (I saw it came back to the food source by following the 'trace' that it had left before. The 'trace' itself had a pola, like zigzag). Some ants came closer afterwards, but they could not reach the food. Honestly, I was rather confused about this matter, but I thought it happened because they had lost the signal from the first ant or failed to follow their instinct.

Finally, only two ants which reached the food. The first ant gave instruction to the other to bring the food. It seemed to have a body contact to the other. I guessed the first ant was a little bit "bossy" because it acted like a leader. It led the other, gave instruction, and put the other in order. Ants, even though animal, are in fact like human-beings. They have their own characters. LOL.

What I learn from this observation is how an ant communicates with others. They have a body contact with their friends (they touch the other's head). I suppose it is the way to tell friends something. To call friends or help, it gives a signal and usually it wanders for awhile to spread the signal around its surrounding and I believe it also leaves 'trace' to be followed by others. So, ants communicate using body contact, giving signal to others, and living its 'trace' to be followed by others. :)