Leaf Cutter Ants (VIDEO)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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Leafcutter ants are large-scale farmers, carrying thousands of leaf pieces and flowers down into their nests to meet the nutritional needs of a very specialized fungal cultivar that only grows naturally inside ant nests.

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Jon Shik

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