Large prey items are handled by transportation teams, which form spontaneously in
response to need and are augmented by additional workers until the item is carried at a
standard retrieval speed. Thereafter, no other ants ____
. A given burden is
always transported by ants collectively totalling a fixed weight. Thus to each burden is
allocated sufficient antpower to transport it at the standard speed, not a whit more. Little
____is wasted.
Fill in the blank.
A: escape
B: join
C:pass
D: search
E: suffer