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Florida carpenter ants selectively treat the wounded limbs of fellow nestmates.
Researchers from the University of Würzburg , Germany , found the ants’ choice of care catered to the type of injury presented to them.
Ants would either perform wound cleaning with just their mouthparts or perform a cleaning followed by amputation.
The lab team is running similar experiments in other Camponotus species to see just how conserved this behavior is.
They are exploring whether all ant species without the special antimicrobial (metapleural) gland also perform amputation.
Since the ant receiving care allows for the slow removal of a limb while conscious, this calls for further exploration into our understanding of pain in ant societies.
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