Observatory: Absence of Chemicals Signals an Ant’s Death

Monday, May 4, 2009 - 17:07 in Biology & Nature

Corpse-ridding behavior, or necrophoresis, is common to many ants and other social insects, and helps maintain good sanitation in the colony.

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