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Ulrich Maschwitz1, Eleonore Maschwitz1
1Fachbereich Biologie der Universität Frankfurt/M., Frankfurt/M., Bundesrepublic Deutschland.
Oecologia
|March 18, 2017
Summary
Certain ants, Camponotus (Colobopsis) saundersi and a related species, exhibit self-sacrifice through "autothysis." When threatened, they rupture their bodies, releasing sticky secretions to deter predators.
Area of Science:
- Entomology
- Animal Behavior
- Chemical Ecology