Video of ants circling phone divides academics
by Martin Zavan, 9news.com, 31 August 2015
A video apparently showing ants snap into formation when an iPhone receives a call has internet viewers asking if the tiny insects are being mind-controlled by electromagnetic waves.
Even ant experts are perplexed by the mysterious phenomenon.
One Australian researcher told ninemsn the phone "has nothing to do with it", another said it was faked while yet another said science may explain how waves could mess with an ant's internal guidance system.
"A lot of ants use magnetism to orientate themselves," Associate Professor Nigel Andrew of Department of Entomology at the University of New England said.
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by Martin Zavan, 9news.com, 31 August 2015
A video apparently showing ants snap into formation when an iPhone receives a call has internet viewers asking if the tiny insects are being mind-controlled by electromagnetic waves.
Even ant experts are perplexed by the mysterious phenomenon.
One Australian researcher told ninemsn the phone "has nothing to do with it", another said it was faked while yet another said science may explain how waves could mess with an ant's internal guidance system.
"A lot of ants use magnetism to orientate themselves," Associate Professor Nigel Andrew of Department of Entomology at the University of New England said.
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