Study reveals how leaf-cutting ants gauge leaf portion size

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Jun 22, 2023, 10:00 pm155 ptsTrending
They might not be able to leap tall buildings with a single bound, but leaf-cutting ants are insect superheroes, capable of carrying leaf pieces up to six times their body mass to cultivate fungus in their borrows. But how do the charismatic creatures determine the size of the fragments they carve with their…

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