ant mills

A form of ant mill — A phenomenon where a group of army ants, separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle and eventually dying of exhaustion.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of ant mill
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