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Ant (Camponotus / Formica)
Camponotus spp.
A small brain that handles long-distance navigation by counting steps (path integration) and remembering landmarks.
- Neurons
- No published count
Evidence
- Desert ants navigate long distances using path integration and visual landmark memory, with a tiny brain.Wehner R (2003) Desert ant navigation: how miniature brains solve complex tasks. J Comp Physiol A 189(8):579-588. doi:10.1007/s00359-003-0431-1.
The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness (2024) finds at least a realistic possibility of conscious experience in all vertebrates and in many invertebrates, including cephalopods, decapod crustaceans and insects.
In the trees