Sound
Vibration
Chemicals
Touch
Vision
Their speed
Their small size
Their big brains
Their social behavior
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Different individuals specialize on different jobs.
Each individual splits its time among many jobs.
The total amount of work is reduced.
Each task is broken up into smaller parts.
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