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Ants Are A Rare Epicurean Delicacy In Brazil

Aug 15th

Giant queen ants called icas valued the insects not only for their protein, but also as an aphrodisiac and source of natural antibiotics.

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Ants Can Make A Distinction Between Less & Most Threatening Intruders Of Their Kind

Jul 4th

Posted by Affleap in Science Technology

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A study by a team of scientists led by Inon Scharf and Susanne Foitzik from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany, wanted to find out how these socially complex ant species Temnothorax longispinosus reacted to intruders of different species.

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Edible Insects – As An Alternative Source Of Food

Jun 22nd

Posted by Affleap in Nutritional Food

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Entomophagy, or the art and culture of eating arthropods (invertebrate) animals that have a jointed body and limb, particularly insects, is actually very common in many parts of the world.

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Ants Are A Rare Epicurean Delicacy In Brazil

Ants Can Make A Distinction Between Less & Most Threatening Intruders Of Their Kind

Edible Insects – As An Alternative Source Of Food

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