Some bury them away from the nest.
On Jun 23, 2013, at 9:51 PM, Joe wrote: > Edgar, > > Aha!, so you didn't mean separate areas away from their main colony's > entrance / exit. > > I know that, underground, their tunnel system is very varied and specialized. > > But usually, in the Animal kingdom, a "midden" is a food hoard, not a > graveyard, or a landfill. > > Maybe Merle is right, then, that ants don't eat their dead, but bring them > "home" for some other purpose(s) which have some value to their survival. E. > O. Wilson may have some writings on this. > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote: > > > > Reread my post. They make isolated grave middens down there to place dead > > ants in. That's why.. > >
