in bypassing the necessity for codes , there was , thus , no longer any chance for even the minutest fragment of his message to be lost in its translation , almost as though this entire interaction took place on the biochemical levelwe might view it as biochemical in a similar fashion , perhaps , to the way communication between ants may occur on the level of the pheromone , as often even evidenced through the usage of propaganda pheromones to alter the behavior of rival ant factions .