Why sick baby ants sacrifice themselves | Science News
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Sick baby ants sacrifice themselves to protect their colony. When infected by a fungal disease, they actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them to keep the colony safe. 🎥Christopher D. Pull/ISTA 📸Getty Images / Neilson Barnard / Clemens Bilan / Stringer Adegsm mevans artacet #ants #insects #science Read the full article: www.sciencenews.org/article/baby-ants-sacrifice-protect-colony-sick Read more science news at www.sciencenews.org Sign up for our newsletter — a weekly roundup of the latest scientific breakthroughs, delivered every Thursday. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for evidence-based science reporting and explainers.
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