ants knowing when a nest mate dies
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- 1. JJ RUGG Ants knowing when a nest mate dies.
- 2. *The Smells*
- Ants have two different types of chemical smells
- -Dead chemical smell
- -This chemical is smelt when the ant is both alive and dead.
- -Alive chemical smell
- -Like the dead chemical smell it isgiven off while the ants is living, but when the ant dies it stops giving off this chemical.
- 3. *Chemical Makeup*
- The chemicals are made up of different kinds ofbody parts/fluids.
- These include
- -Fatty Acids
- -Guts
- -Muscle Tissue
- The fluids and parts give off the odor because the body is decomposing.
- 4. *Why ants get rid of the deceased*
- The ants get rid of the deceased ants is because the ants decomposition gases can poison the colony
- Also if the ant was infected with something it could spread.
- The flaw in bringing the dead body away is that if it was killed by an insecticide, the insecticide is now on the healthy ant.
- This process will continue until the insecticide wears off or the colony dies.
- 5.
- The End
- 6. Work Cited
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