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Carpenter Ants Can Perform Life-Saving Amputations on Wounded Nestmates


Carpenter ants (Camponotus), a diverse genus of large ants indigenous to many forested parts of the world, can selectively treat the wounded limbs of fellow nestmates -- either by wound cleaning or amputation.

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