<i>Cataglyphis fortis</i> (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

<i>Cataglyphis fortis</i>

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The desert ant Cataglyphis fortis has an extraordinary memory for different food odors. The insect is able to learn many food odors very quickly and never forgets them for the rest of its life.

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Markus Knaden/Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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