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
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.
Edible Insects – As An Alternative Source Of Food
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.