Bulldog Ant, Bull Ant, Inchman (Myrmecia forficata)

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Sep 02, 2006

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morganmead Ottawa, Canada Feb 02, 2009

I don't understand this behaviour.

Whty would the ants transport their dead comrade?

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aussietrev North Burnett, Queen, Australia Feb 03, 2009

Its a case of waste not want not, meat ants do the same thing, take their dead back to the nest for recycling. A bit gruesome but that can be the way with nature at times.

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