Selfish Ants

Ants, generally thought to be a communal creature, supposedly operate in an unified entity within a colony. Cooperate amongst themselves on daily chores such as nest building, cleaning and repairing, food searching, feeding of queens and babies, ward off intruders, fight ants from other colonies, etc.


Well, ever wonder how disciplined ants as an individual? Is there naughty ant that violate house rules? Is there any bad guys amongst them in a colony?

Human are supposedly a communal creature too, and the most intelligent one. But we all know there are bad guys amongst us. Greedy, selfish, cruel, dishonest, violence, uncooperative, jealousy, ...and many more ugly persanalities are just some examples of "normal" characters found amongst human.

The following video captured the selfish part of the ants. Several ants are pulling an earthworm found on a tropical rain forest floor in Malaysia. They are not pulling it in one direction towards the nest for sharing, but trying to get their own share. Ants that successfully get a chunk of the worm will run to a hidden place to enjoy it himself. Perhaps this is just a "human" part of the ants.