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Acromyrmex mineral armor


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#1 Offline Manitobant - Posted November 25 2020 - 8:38 AM

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Very interesting article about mineral armor in acromyrmex leafcutter ants: https://www.google.c...g-mineral-armor

Edited by Manitobant, November 25 2020 - 8:38 AM.

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#2 Offline Kalidas - Posted November 26 2020 - 8:17 AM

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I was just reading this, and was actually about to post it here hahaha

#3 Offline dspdrew - Posted November 26 2020 - 8:57 AM

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Rock ants! I wonder if I have some. Most likely I do. I've always thought they felt as hard as rocks.



#4 Offline Vendayn - Posted November 26 2020 - 8:58 AM

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Rock ants! I wonder if I have some. Most likely I do. I've always thought they felt as hard as rocks.

you can harvest their minerals and sell them






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