So i'm a little bit obsessed with superorganisms (e.g. individual organisms that collectively function as a single organism), so I just thought I'd start a thread about them (and, of course, ant colonies fall into the category of superorganism, so it's very relevant).
One of the things I like about superorganisms is how they seem to blurr our idea of an individual organism. It seems like we judge something as an individual if all its parts are physically connected (like with tissue). But then you have things like ant colonies. Colonies have all the properties of life that define an individual organism. I for one am just thrilled at how these creatures cooperate to the point of being a single entity.