Completely Optional Knowledge

How Do Animals Choose Their Leaders?

02.02.2016 - By #CompletelyOptionalPlay

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Election season is upon us, and that means choices. If you’re still on the fence about who to vote for, maybe you’d like to take a cue from ants, whose prospective leaders duel with their antennae. We’ve got biologist Clint Penick, PhD on the show to guide us through how strikingly similar animals’ electoral behaviors are to our own.

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