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Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean

14 February 2018

If a Matabele ant loses a limb in a battle with termites, its nestmates will tend its injuries - a behaviour never before seen in any non-human animal

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Ants care for wounded comrades by licking their wounds clean

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