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Dec. 31, 2010
Video Pick: The Toiling Ant
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| Leaf-cutter ants rely on their razor sharp mandibles to snip leaves to pieces. (The ants don't consume the leaves; they use the foliage as the base for fungi farming.) Just like knives, over time ant mandibles get duller. What happens to these aging ants when they can't cut it? |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
Produced by Flora Lichtman, Correspondent and Managing Editor, Video
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