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Newly discovered “social fluid” unites ants across developmental stages into one, colony-wide superorganism. The study, published in Nature, describes how larvae rely on the fluid to grow and how, if they fail to drink it, intermediate-stage pupae die before reaching adulthood.
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Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05480-9