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Amazing Ants, Must Watch!!!
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Jimmy
Wow that is epic!
I've always been fascinated by insect behavior, specifically hive consciousness...
Some of the oddest behavior found anywhere in the insect world is found in species of ants. There's a species which has been found to actually farm and cultivate a species of mycelial fungus IN THEIR NESTS. They then feed chunks to the newly hatched young.
Or the ants that have to fight off the deadly fungus that grows out of their heads. When an ant finds a corpse infected with the fungi, it will carry the body as far away from the nest as it can until the fungus kills that ant. Pretty trippy stuff!!
I've always been fascinated by insect behavior, specifically hive consciousness...
Some of the oddest behavior found anywhere in the insect world is found in species of ants. There's a species which has been found to actually farm and cultivate a species of mycelial fungus IN THEIR NESTS. They then feed chunks to the newly hatched young.
Or the ants that have to fight off the deadly fungus that grows out of their heads. When an ant finds a corpse infected with the fungi, it will carry the body as far away from the nest as it can until the fungus kills that ant. Pretty trippy stuff!!
It's stuff like this that makes me glad I'm studying entomology at uni. Thanks for sharing! 