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Posted By altnrg 8 months ago in Science & Technology
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Here's a question — not one that's on everybody's lips, granted — but a question nonetheless: How do ants know when another ant is dead? E.O. Wilson, now the most celebrated, most eminent ant scholar in the world, wanted to know.

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    tadair9198 months ago

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    super cool.

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      CRYMTYPHON8 months ago

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      Extremely super cool.
      But, the poor ant probably was scarred for life.

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        smithichie8 months ago

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        I agree with the two previous posters, cool. Ants are cool and nobody knows ants like E.O. Wilson.

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