Ants: Cannibal Nuclear Bunkers and Lazy Parasitic Coworkers

The Primordial Soup Pot by The Primordial Soup Pot

Episode notes

We got ants! Aaron starts with the cannibal ants found living in an abandoned nuclear bunker. Learn more about how this ant "colony" adapted to these unique conditions and what researchers learned about ant behavior. Rustin follows with an overview of social parasite ants. Learn about all different types of social parasites, from kidnapping raiders to ants so repulsive nobody wants to deal with them.

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