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Tango0109 Mar 2018 3:07 p.m. PST

"The African Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) tend to the wounds of their injured comrades. And they do so rather successfully: Without such attendance, 80 percent of the injured ants die; after receiving "medical" treatment, only 10 percent succumb to their injuries.

Erik T. Frank, Marten Wehrhan and Karl Eduard Linsenmair from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in Bavaria, Germany, made this astonishing discovery. Their results have been published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. No other insects are known to dress the wounds of their comrades. The JMU biologists even believe that such behaviour is unique in the entire animal kingdom…"
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Cacique Caribe09 Mar 2018 7:58 p.m. PST

Interesting. I always thought that, once the exoskeleton was breached the ants always died of dehydration or fungal disease.

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Tango0111 Mar 2018 3:24 p.m. PST

Glad you enjoyed the article my good friend!. (smile)

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goragrad12 Mar 2018 10:09 p.m. PST

Interesting.

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