This summer, the children of franceinfo junior play the explorers: Wednesday, July 27, they leave to discover the world of ants with a myrmecologist, Audrey Dussutour.
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They sometimes invite themselves into the summer picnic, they fascinate or intrigue children, who sometimes use them for their first dubious scientific experiments… Ants also invite themselves to franceinfo junior on Wednesday July 27. To answer children’s questions: Audrey Dussutour, myrmecologist (i.e. ant specialist), research director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). She is the co-author of the book The ants’ odyssey (ed. Grasset).
First a question of definition with Romain who wants to know why we are talking about “myrmecologist”. Arthur wonders what ants can be used for and if they are intelligent. The opportunity for the guest to talk about intelligence at the same time “individual” and “collective” of these little beasts. Lilou wonders precisely about the social organization of ants: she knows that there is a queen in ant colonies, but are there kings? “What is the biggest and most dangerous ant?” also wants to know Vadim to end the show.
On this page, re-listen in full to this franceinfo junior program on the little world of ants.