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Ants bite off injured limbs of fellow ants in an emergency in order to ensure their survival, a study has found.
The Florida carpenter ants (Camponotus floridanus) amputate limbs as a precautionary measure to save the lives of wounded nestmates & a behaviour that was previously only known in humans.