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The Atlantic Disturbingly light is the head that wears the crown. April 13, 2021 Indian jumping ants police a female to force her to revert to worker status.Clint Penick / Kennesaw State University For most ant species, nothing spells apocalypse quite like the death of a queen. A colony stripped of its monarch, the group’s only fertile female and the sole source of eggs, quickly unravels, then extinguishes an entire society snuffed out. The captain does not go down with her ship; the ship goes down with her captain. Indian jumping ants do not abide by such dictatorial dramatics. They’ve evolved a work-around to indefinitely forestall their colonies’ demise. Within hours of their queen’s death, female workers will begin to joust, fencing with their antennae, and nipping at each other’s heads. These dominance tournaments can last for more than a month, until, at long last, a dozen or so champions triumph. While the losers slink away to resume their workerly duties, the

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