Amazing. Why are they doing it? Is there reward associated with the object being on the right side?
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Found something. The physorg article says "They joined because they were misled into thinking that the heavy load was a juicy edible morsel that they were transporting into their nest."
lol of course, they were tricked into it
That's what I assumed. The reason to persist is to bring a big piece of food back to the colony.
Now that is a great question. It’s fun to watch, but trial and error is not some form of higher intelligence. Why did the group persist though?
Without an objective, it would be just like Brownian motion.
Don't know about that, if not edited that video appears to show more than trial and error (which would involve more senseless repetition).
Just a personal opinion but to me intelligence would be based on the fact that they learned their strategy during previous attempts and/or they carry this strategy forward to future attempts.
In isolation we know nothing else about why they succeeded other than trial and error. If they were not successful we would be more inclined to ignore it and move on.
For all GLORY TO THE QUEEN!!!