Game of tiny thrones: Parasitic ants grab power by turning workers against their queen
via news.mongabay.com
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Queens of some ant species have evolved an unusually hostile mode for colony takeover: they infiltrate colonies of other ant species and manipulate the worker ants into killing their own queen — their mother — then accepting the intruding queen as their new leader, according to a recent study. In the world of ants, where […]