An ant colony can contain thousands of ants. Each ant has a limited range of behavior, yet the colony as a whole is capable moving huge amounts of dirt, reacting to food sources, and reacting to enemies. This is an example of

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Emergent properties arise from the interactions among system components, in this case, ants in a colony. The complex behaviors of the colony, such as moving dirt and reacting to threats, emerge from the simple behaviors of individual ants, not predictable from the properties of the individuals alone.

An Ant Colony Can Contain Thousands of Ants