@futurebird Do ants have birth defects?
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@futurebird Do ants have birth defects? I wouldn't have thought of it affecting animals so small, but I saw a spider with 7 normal legs and one tiny one, and it made me wonder. Like, had it lost a leg and was regenerating, or did it develop that way. (I didn't think arthropods could regenerate limbs, but maybe they can?)
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@futurebird Do ants have birth defects? I wouldn't have thought of it affecting animals so small, but I saw a spider with 7 normal legs and one tiny one, and it made me wonder. Like, had it lost a leg and was regenerating, or did it develop that way. (I didn't think arthropods could regenerate limbs, but maybe they can?)
Yes, and I once filmed some of my ants doing surgery on an ant with what was basically a club foot when she was a pupae so that when she emerged later she could walk. Here is the video:
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馃挰 18 馃攣 3354 鉂わ笍 5549 路 Harvester ants render first aid for their pupating sister
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