#ethology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ethology, aggregated by home.social.
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From Encyclopedia Britannica:
The queen of Bothriomyrmex decapitans of Africa, for example, allows herself to be dragged by Tapinoma ants into their nest. She then bites off the head of the Tapinoma queen and begins laying her own eggs, which are cared for by the “enslaved” Tapinoma workers.
#ants #beauty #biology #britannica #entomology #ethology #insectpolitics #insects #naturalbeauty #nature #regicide #slavery
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14-May-2025
#Chimpanzees use #medicinal leaves to perform first aid
Scientists observed chimpanzees in Uganda apparently cleaning and treating their own and others’ woundshttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083030
see also my feature on #animals #selfMedicating (#openArchives) https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/05/animal-health-services.html #science #ethology #behaviour #ecology