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Cardiocondyla elegans workers promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests


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#1 Offline Croux - Posted May 14 2021 - 4:13 AM

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Figured you guys might get a kick out of this:

 

NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes....inbreeding.html

 

Original source: https://www.nature.c...003-021-02016-1
 


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#2 Offline smares - Posted May 17 2021 - 12:47 AM

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Oh wow that is fascinating! These males have it made! They just wait for the ladies to come to them.
I can hear the worker and sister any carrying the alate to a new nest "girl there are some nice fellas over here so you better make it work cause I ain't carrying your fat butt back" 😂

#3 Offline OhNoNotAgain - Posted July 4 2022 - 4:15 PM

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I just re-found this article. Here's the NY Times article gifted so anyone can read it. Very cool behavior. How do they know where the unrelated colonies are? lol

They must be taking notes in their exploration.

 

https://www.nytimes....&smid=url-share


Edited by OhNoNotAgain, July 4 2022 - 4:16 PM.

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