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*Ants in the Amazon [https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0921_050921_amazon_ant_2.html use acid] to cultivate gardens of their preferred tree species. | *Ants in the Amazon [https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0921_050921_amazon_ant_2.html use acid] to cultivate gardens of their preferred tree species. | ||
*Queens in the "longhorn crazy ant" species can switch between [ | *Queens in the "longhorn crazy ant" species can switch between [https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20072-zoologger-invasion-of-the-crazy-incestuous-ants.html three methods of reproduction]: the typical sexual process, asexual self-cloning, and cloning of males, making her a cloning machine that allows the nest to sustain small populations without suffering from inbreeding. | ||
*Oriental hornets are apparently partly [https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19709-zoologger-the-solar-powered-electric-hornet/ solar-powered], generating electricity from the sunlight that falls on them, though we still don't know how exactly they use it. | *Oriental hornets are apparently partly [https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19709-zoologger-the-solar-powered-electric-hornet/ solar-powered], generating electricity from the sunlight that falls on them, though we still don't know how exactly they use it. |