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Making slaves out of other ants

A PARTICULAR type of ant, called sanguinary ants, make other ants their slaves.

They first raid the nests of these ants and carry off the larvae.

When the captured ants become adults they are forced to work as slaves, including chewing their captors' food.

- associatedcontent.com

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