Ants aren’t like people. They work together in incredible ways. Some scientists call them “super organisms” because their cooperation points to a group mind and purpose that makes them all collectively behave more like one large organism than many single organisms.  -M

“Everything looks like it has been designed by an architect, a single mind, but of course that isn’t true. This colossal and complex city was created by the collective will of the colony, the super organism.”

(via Concrete Poured Into Ant Colony Reveals Insect Megalopolis – Sally Schneider – Life – The Atlantic)