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In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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3 Reddit threads by 3 users.
TIL There Is A Species of Ants That Explodes To Fend Off Enemies
User mlauzon, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit,
Exploding ants sacrifice themselves by rupturing their abdomen to kill or repel rivals
User sataky, in the Reddit Science subreddit,
When threatened by other insects, minor workers ants of species Colobopsis explodens can actively rupture their body wall. Apart from leading to the ants' imminent death, the "explosion" releases a sticky, toxic liquid from their enlarged glands, in order to either kill or hold off the enemy.
User FillsYourNiche, in the Reddit Science subreddit,