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Fascinating 'Ant Death Spiral' Caught on Camera in Venezuela

A phenomenon where army ants follow each other in circles, sometimes until they die and thus known as an https://www.treehugger.com/why-do-army-ants-commit-suicide-4863955 "ant death spiral" was captured on camera at a university in Venezuela. Biologist Javier David Uzcategui Gonzalez filmed the footage at Simon Bolivar University in Miranda, describing the occurrence as "very rare". In https://twitter.com/biolocousb/status/1297403469096198144 an August 2020 tweet , Gonzales explained that the phenomenon, also called an ant mill, will happen when some ants lose track of the colony and follow others "in a rotating circle of death." The video went viral after a recent repost, where responses included one from https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1572968110235455488 Elon Musk . (Footage by Javier David Uzcategui Gonzalez/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
A phenomenon where army ants follow each other in circles, sometimes until they die and thus known as an https://www.treehugger.com/why-do-army-ants-commit-suicide-4863955 "ant death spiral" was captured on camera at a university in Venezuela. Biologist Javier David Uzcategui Gonzalez filmed the footage at Simon Bolivar University in Miranda, describing the occurrence as "very rare". In https://twitter.com/biolocousb/status/1297403469096198144 an August 2020 tweet , Gonzales explained that the phenomenon, also called an ant mill, will happen when some ants lose track of the colony and follow others "in a rotating circle of death." The video went viral after a recent repost, where responses included one from https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1572968110235455488 Elon Musk . (Footage by Javier David Uzcategui Gonzalez/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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September 27, 2022
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Miranda, Venezuela
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