Human construction projects are generally centrally planned, with people in leadership roles supervising how everything is put together, and builders aware of the overall progress.
But termites and other animals go about building in a different way, working independently. Each termite reacts directly to what it encounters, rather than having a preconceived notion of what to do. Collectively, the insects can create a mound much larger than themselves.
“They do all of their coordination indirectly, by changing their shared environment,” says Justin Werfel of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.see more
Source: edition.cnn.com
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