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Ants perform limb amputations on injured comrades to save their lives

Ants perform limb amputations on injured comrades to save their lives

  • These ants were observed treating injured limbs of nestmates either by cleaning the wound using their mouthparts or by amputation through biting off the damaged limb. The choice of care depended on the injury’s location
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