Original title: Thai hikers photograph rare "ant death whirlpool" in plantations
Recently, a hiker in Thailand's Trang province spotted a strange phenomenon in the shade of a rubber tree plantation, where swarms of ants have been moving and forming a circle. The traveler said that after he saw the strange images, he pointed a flashlight at them and began to observe and shoot.
This phenomenon is called "ant death vortex", composed of marching ants without vision, mostly led by a "lead ant", it will secrete trail pheromones, so that other marching ants follow with their sense of smell, once the lead ants lose their direction, resulting in confusion in the trail pheromones, it will make the whole group of marching ants get lost, and even fall into the "death vortex", continue to circle and finally die due to physical exhaustion.
Source: China Youth Network