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Biomineral Armor – Shields Leaf-Cutter Ants in Battle? | IE – Interesting Engineering
Leaf-cutter ant deathmatches are fixed! Check out the edge these insects’ biomineral armor provides.
A popular leaf-cutting ant grows organic body armor with biominerals — a shield-like power previously unknown to students of the insect world, according to a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications.
This previously undiscovered advantage makes leaf-cutting ants practically invincible against other rival ant species.
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Leaf-cutting ants use biomineral body armor to shield themselves
In nature, biomineral armor is typically…
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