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These sick baby ants sacrifice themselves to protect their colony

This final altruistic act may be an attempt to save the ant colony from contamination

A looping GIF of ants pulling a single pupa from a pile and beginning to rip it open

Sick baby Lasius neglectus ants emit chemical distress signals only when workers are nearby and able to eliminate them.

Christopher D. Pull/ISTA

By Rohini Subrahmanyam

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