I Put a Camera on a Soldier Ant — Full Day POV (Incredible Macro)
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The ascent begins.
A perilous journey up a landscape of towering ridges and deep canyons.
A momentary pause at the edge.
For the redwood ant, this trunk is a cliff face,
the dizzying drop measured carefully with its antennae.
Surface chemistry, fresh, lipid-rich.
Pathogens, none detected.
Nutritional value, high.
The antennas meet, forming the characteristic X pattern.
Rapid tapping signals initiate trophallaxis.
Honeydew passes directly from the nurse to the larva.
This nutritional relay is the circulatory system of the superorganism,
witnessed from inside.