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An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being's, can learn a maze the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about one-half as fast as a rat.

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E. O. Wilson
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: June 10
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