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🚨 ARTHROPOD OF THE DAY 🚨

Termites are divided into workers, reproducers and soldiers. The soldiers are sterile so their contributions to termite society are limited to defending and claiming turf from hostiles. They’re actually built for battle — with super-sized heads they use to block entry points to the colony and gaping mandibles to impale foolhardy invaders.

The younger the soldier, the closer they stick to the nest, as a final line of defense against invaders. This demonstrates that termite soldiers have age-based task allocation, by which ageing predisposes soldiers to switch to more dangerous tasks. Old termites, male and female alike, are used as cannon fodder.






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