Ant First Responders

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Written By Mary Bates
A rescuer, marked with green, bites at the nylon thread holding the victim (marked in red) in place. Paul Devienne (PLoS ONE 2009).

A rescuer, marked with green, bites at the nylon thread holding the victim (marked in red) in place. Paul Devienne (PLoS ONE 2009).

Did you know that some ants work as first responders? It's their job to rescue trapped colony mates. New research looks at the heritability of this specialization and shows that ‘once a rescuer, always a rescuer.’

Read the whole story at my Animal Minds blog: Ant Colonies Have Specialized First Responders.

Mary Bates
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