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From the Vault: Funeral for a Bug

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The Chemical Language of Ants

Ants use a chemical vital sign or ray that an ant is able to pick up on and read. The term necromone has been used to describe that, sort of the realm of death recognition chemicals. Some behaviors for insects reremoving dead from their nests incorporate prioritization based on how much of a disease risk it would actually entail.

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