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Leaf Cutter Ants Evolved a Biomineral Armor That Protects It From Pathogens

Medicine & Technology Nov 26, 2020

Leaf cutter ants are the first known insects in the world that suit up with a biomineral armor to protect itself from pathogens.

Ants Do Not Eat Leaves: They Use Them To Grow Fungus Garden For Food And Space

Mar 09, 2017

Leaf-cutting ants can learn which plants are not suitable for the fungus gardens that supply their food.Their success as farmers has made leafcutter ants into fungus tycoons, complete with their own underground cities and huge half-inch soldiers to patrol them

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