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Protective behavior or ‘true’ tool use? Scrutinizing the tool use behavior of ants

In the genus Aphaenogaster, workers use tools to transport liquid food to the colony. During this behavior, ants place or drop various kinds of debris into liquids or soft food, and then, they carry the food‐soaked tools back to the nest. According to some authors, this behavior is not "true&qu...

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Autores principales: Módra, Gábor, Maák, István, Lőrincz, Ádám, Juhász, Orsolya, Kiss, Péter János, Lőrinczi, Gábor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7771131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33391680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6968