Ants Bite Off Each Other's Limbs to Save Them from Deadly Infections

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August 15, 2024, 6:15 PM

• •Carpenter ants are the first non-human animals known to amputate limbs to prevent or stop the spread of infection.
• •The ants alter the treatment depending on where the injury is.
• •Carpenter ants' evolution as a social insect has probably encouraged them to learn skills to protect ants in their colony.

Carpenter ants are the first known non-human animals to amputate limbs to prevent or stop the spread of infection. The study showed the bites were not random and resulted in a survival rate of over 90%.

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