Saturday, January 10, 2009

Even in the ant world, non-conformists are punished by the State!!!

Worker ants in colonies with a queen are physically attacked by their peers if they try to reproduce, a study says. 

In ant society, workers normally give up reproducing to care for the queen's offspring, who are also their brothers and sisters. 

The researchers found that chemicals produced by the sneaky ants gave away their fertility status.

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In colonies where a queen was present, the workers with the hydrocarbon chemical applied to them were attacked by other ants. The researchers reported that deceitful ants were bitten, pulled and held by their peers. Full story...

See also:

  1. China: man executed for ant-breeding hoax...
  2. A story about ants. Fascinating!
  3. The Obsolete Man. Welcome to the Twilight Zone, folks...

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