Ants have their own Facebook

Not only people communicate in social networks like Facebook. Entomologists from Stanford University argue that if most red ants reapers share information with a small number of "friends" of the anthill, the majority of them transmit news to a far wider range of networks. The results show how colonies respond quickly and appropriately to predators and other natural disasters.
Once dawn, patrolling ants out of the house to make sure that the surrounding area no threat. If they return, they communicated to the workers, it is safe to start collecting seeds.
Like all ants and harvester use chemical signals to transmit information. They secrete mucus on your body. Their friends felt it with mustache (antennas) to - the equivalent of "hello, how are you" to read the message.
Having made the video output of artificial anthill, scientists registered over 4,500 pieces of communication. Most ants communicate with his fellows approximately 40 times. 10%, however, speak a hundred friends. The analogy with Facebook is obvious - some of us communicate with a limited number of people, while others have hundreds or even thousands of friends. It is the last act as information hubs. Similarly svrahobshtitelnite ants and "bring" news of their colonies and informing "friends" about the world around them.