Mary Bates, PhD

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Ants Discriminate Snake Friends and Foes

Photo: Teppei Jono.

In Madagascar, there is an ant with two very different relationships to two kinds of snake. These ants open their nests up to one of the snakes, which may help protect them from the other.

Read my latest Animal Minds post for the whole story: Ants Discriminate Snake Friends and Foes.