Microscopic worm towers in fruit orchards? Nature just revealed a bizarre and brilliant way tiny animals move together. #WormTowers #CollectiveBehavior #MicroLife

https://geekoo.news/living-worm-towers-caught-in-the-wild-for-the-first-time/

Living Worm Towers Caught in the Wild for the First Time | Geekoo

Nature’s tiniest engineers build towers to survive — and now scientists have spotted these living structures in the wild for the first time.

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PopSci - "#Nematodes form superorganisms to build bridges & hitch rides … put cheerleaders' pyramid-building skills to shame. … like a cohesive drop of wiggly gelatin. … On rotting apples & pears, they found dozens … #WormTowers strategically move towards any object that brushes by … fast enough to glom onto the leg of a passing insect. … The basic physics of how thousands of tiny, slimy bodies manage to form something so coordinated and solid remains unresolved"
https://www.popsci.com/environment/nematode-worm-towers/
Worm towers are all around us

Wild nematodes form 'superorganisms' to build bridges and hitch rides.

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