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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP26 Sep 2024 8:35 p.m. PST

"When termites go to war, the oldest soldiers fight on the front lines, being closer to death anyway, a study revealed on Wednesday.

In life-or-death battles with ants that invade their nests and eat their friends, termite fighters have adopted a military strategy very unlike that of humans, researchers wrote in the Royal Society Journal Biology Letters.

In lab experiments, "old soldiers went to the front line and blocked the nest opening against approaching predatory ants more often than young soldiers," the Japan-based team reported…"


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Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP27 Sep 2024 9:23 a.m. PST

Insects are horrifyingly practical.

Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP27 Sep 2024 1:08 p.m. PST

Would that humans had the same strategy.

Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP27 Sep 2024 3:20 p.m. PST

You and I would be at the front of the pack!

Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP27 Sep 2024 9:22 p.m. PST

Speak for yourself, you darn kid!
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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP15 Oct 2024 9:14 p.m. PST

Ha!Ha!…


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