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Meet the Ants That Can Perform Surgery to Save Lives


Research on Florida carpenter ants reveals they employ advanced medical techniques like amputation and wound cleaning based on injury type, significantly enhancing survival rates compared to untreated cases. A new study published in Current Biology reveals that humans are not the only ones who sa

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