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The Pathos Of Ants

By The Daily Dish
Oct 17 2007, 3:08 AM ET

As they grow older, they seem to sense their mortality and try to compensate:

Worker ants accurately gauge their life expectancy, regardless of their actual age, and take on riskier tasks as they feel their days ebbing away.



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