"Termites sacrifice their elderly in ant wars: study" Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Sep 2024 9:35 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  | 27 Sep 2024 10:23 a.m. PST |
Insects are horrifyingly practical. |
 John the OFM | 27 Sep 2024 2:08 p.m. PST |
Would that humans had the same strategy. |
| Shagnasty | 27 Sep 2024 4:20 p.m. PST |
You and I would be at the front of the pack! |
| John the OFM | 27 Sep 2024 10:22 p.m. PST |
Speak for yourself, you darn kid!
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| Tango01 | 15 Oct 2024 10:14 p.m. PST |
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