The animal kingdom’s mathematicians, with Brian Butterworth
Instant Genius
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Are There Any Animals Whose Numerous I Might Surprise People?
Ants can measure distance by counting the number of steps they make. At least one species of ant does this, and that's pretty well the only way it can make a good assessment of how far it's gone. They have really, really tiny brains, about a quarter of the size of a bee brain,. These little ants are examples of very small brains with very good counting abilities.
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