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RE: Some species of ants and termites perform suicidal altruism where they explode to protect the rest of the colony from an intruder

in #nature7 years ago

I don't have anything really good to contribute to these comments, but you know that the mechanics of indirect kin selection and cheating are some of my interests. Just wanted to thank you for posting this.

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I'm glad you liked the post, @effofex! It's for sure an interesting topic, and I remember that I was really intrigued when I first learned about it during my bachelor's studies. It's just so cool that it can be used to explain a lot of behavior that would otherwise make very little sense to us.