- Most human and animal teams suffer from the Ringelmann effect: individuals contribute less the more the team grows
- Weaver ants avoid the Ringlemann effect as they work in a team to fold leaves into nest chambers
- A study showed that weaver ants use division of labor to not only avoid the Ringlemann effect but to achieve super efficiency
“Danmit, Antony, I keep telling you I ain’t garbage! I’m just the groundskeeper.”