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ants-are-fascinating

When ants die, a few days later they emit oleic acid, which tells the living ants to dispose of their corpse.

A myrmecologist named Ed Wilson discovered this and dropped the chemical on a living ant. It was immediately carried off, despite the fact that it was still moving, and clearly not dead.

mediocre-latinist

“I’M GETTING BETTER”

kuroba101

Bring out your dead. Eh, close enough.

potterlovermore

You’ll be stone dead in a moment.
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    The ant actually did try to return but was tossed out again and again until the smell wore off :(
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