Ant queens cannibalize their sick young to prevent disease outbreak

Mongabay
Oct 4, 2024, 2:42 pm154 pts
Ant queens practice a grim but effective form of childcare, eating their own sick larvae to recycle them into new, healthier eggs. A new study shows that by consuming their infected offspring, the queens protect the rest of their colonies from deadly infections while boosting their egg production with the…

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