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There are some worker ants that don't actually work at all. A study collected 250 ants from 5 colonies and recorded them for a few minutes at regular intervals for 3 weeks. Roughly 25% of the ants just stood around no matter when they were being filmed. They were thought to "specialize" in inactivity, just as other ants care for the young or forage for food.

Some theories about why the ants weren't working were that it could be an age thing; they might've been too young or old. Another is that they might be doing things that don't require much movement like regurgitating food for other ants, or sending chemical signals around the nest. Or they could just be lazy bastards who are selfish. I kinda hope it's the last one because that's the funniest :3