Ah, little kamikaze ants. I get it though.... Ants are one of the few insects considered to be "super organisms," so it makes sense that they would have this kind of function. They don't function on an individual basis, but instead, as if a single being. I believe that bees exhibit the same kind of behavior, but don't actually explode (even though it's quiet the display to intruders.) It's funny the kind of things that nature has up it's sleeves!
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
Yeah, exactly. That's a pretty good summary of eusocial insects.
A lot of bee species die when they sting another animal, so that is absolutely a good example of the same type of altruistic behavior where it dies to protect the hive.