Falling does not mean landing on the groundSourced
Some ants steer back towards their tree
Some canopy-dwelling ants control the direction of a fall and glide towards their tree trunk. Gliding behaviour was discovered in Cephalotes atratus in the Peruvian rainforest. Leaving a branch need not mean continuing all the way to the forest floor.
A fall can still have a destination.
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