The Temnothorax ant, ready to sacrifice himself. Photo via Wikipedia It looks like action movie heroes and protagonists of Greek tragedies aren’t the only ones who face death alone to save their people. Scientists have recently discovered that ants will act in a similarly altruistic fashion–when stricken with disease, the ant Temnothorax unifasciatus will abandon the colony to prevent it from spreading, and wait for death alone…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Hero’ Ants Found to Face Death Alone to Save their Colony