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Meaning of a que huelen by Jimeno Álvarez





Jimeno Álvarez

a que huelen
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When an Ant falls dead after about 48 hours until a partner collected his body, loads it and transports it to the mound. If one has ever observed the behavior of these insects, you will remember the image of an ant carrying the body of a colleague and trying to insert it into the hole. No dead Ant stays without being picked up.For many years, biologists know that ants are a consummate recyclers and that stored the bodies of the deceased in some special receptacles, where they decompose and generate nitrogen for the community. But how do they recognize the ants to their dead companions?The American entomologist Edward O. Wilson was set in this circumstance while studying the communication of these insects. As relates himself, thought that ants should emit a signal to say would I'm dead do and that other partners will take care of the formalities do funeral do.???? And that was how he discovered that the secret was in oleic acid.

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