Some ants perform limb amputations on injured comrades to improve their survival chances, new research shows.
<p>WASHINGTON — Limb amputations are performed by surgeons when a traumatic injury such as a wound from war or a vehicle accident causes major tissue destruction or in instances of serious infecti
</p><p>These ants were observed treating injured limbs of nestmates either by cleaning the wound using their mouthparts or by amputation through biting off the damaged limb.
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