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Honeypot ants

Honeypot ants

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Before enjoying them, they must be hunted out of their hole 2 meters below the ground in the semi-desert regions of Australia. These guys don't come out of their underground caverns (they are in fact too fat to move). Worker ants use the abdomen of the honeypot ant as a larder, which they fill with a mix of flower nectar and honeydew (a liquid excreted by aphids). They can retrieve the liquid when required by stroking the antenna of the honeypot ant. 

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