Why ants won’t jump from hights to shortcut their way?

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Ants wont die from being dropped from any height, their weight to surface area is so low that the ant will never hit a velocity that is terminal, so my question is why they won’t just jump from heights to reach certain points faster? Are they scared of heights?

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Ants use pheromone scent trails to find the way to and from their nest. If they were to jump they would be completely cut off from that web of scents that they can use to make their way back to their nest. They would simply be lost and disconnected from their colony.

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