@curieously@tumblr.com I went to check out the paper (it's about the sleeping habits of fire ants / Solenopsis Invicta) and omg it's adorable - not just the antenna habits, but apparently the queens all sleep in little piles together and wake up at the same time: Fig. 3 Queen location in chamber during wake and sleep episodes. Queens huddled together during sleep episodes. When active, queens were close, but not touching each other. The paper notes that they coordinate waking up at the same time by movement - one wakes up and '...much like a cue ball activating billiard balls... the queens moved apart from each other" Also they get like 9 hours of sleep in little 6 min naps. Cute! #AAAWWWW
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