A superorganism is an organism consisting of many organisms. The term was originally coined by James Hutton (1726-1797), the `Father of Geology` in 1789. See the discussion of Geophysiology for more on the use of this term in geological and ecological contexts. The term is now usually meant to be a social unit of eusocial animals, where division.....
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(from the article `social behaviour in animals`) ...including one that serves as a gas-filled float. The interdependence and communication in such a colony is so extensive that the colony seems ...
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A collection or community of highly interdependent life forms which behaves as if it were a single organism of a higher order. Familiar examples include the colonies of social insects such as ants. These appear to display an organizational ability and collective will (see hive-intelligence) that is ...
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