Question

Identify the type of behaviour in the given example.
Ants search their food and give information to each other.

Answer 1

Ants usually search their food using some chemicals known as pheromones and they give this information to other ants so that they follow each other to grab the food. This type of behaviour is imitaion, as ants follow each other in search of food. They use pheromones, which are chemical signals produced by them to coomunicate with other ants. They use their long, thin and mobile antennae to sense the smell.