That's pretty cool.
No Ant Left Behind: Warrior Ants Carry Injured Comrades Home
April 12, 20172:01 PM ET
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shot ... rades-home
Quote:
"The number of ants that are saved by this behavior is about equivalent to the number of ants that are born each day in that colony." Mason says. "So they're making this substantial contribution to the ant colony through this rescue behavior. That's probably what drove this behavior to be selected for, and to evolve into a stable behavior."
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