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A Parasite Tricks Ants Into Killing Their Own Queen, Chilling Footage Reveals

While animal mothers are known to sometimes dispatch of their young, very few animals will kill their own mother: the care she gives is just too valuable. But it turns out some ants can be tricked into matricide, killing their own queen, and scientists have captured the chilling coup on video.

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