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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Tue Aug 25, 2015, 12:27 PM Aug 2015

Ants take drugs: Ants choose to ingest hydrogen peroxide after being infected with fungus

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Ants take drugs: Ants choose to ingest hydrogen peroxide after being infected with fungus

We humans have been using self-medication to cure the illnesses since the dawn of our species. There is some evidence that also other animals can exhibit this type of behavior, but the evidence has been hard to come by.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150824064919.htm

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Ants take drugs: Ants choose to ingest hydrogen peroxide after being infected with fungus (Original Post) Panich52 Aug 2015 OP

I have always thought that animals have a built-in instinct for what their bodies need. nt Bonobo Aug 2015 #1

Bonobo

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1. I have always thought that animals have a built-in instinct for what their bodies need. nt

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Wed Aug 26, 2015, 12:36 AM

Aug 2015

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