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Pathogens

A community like ours

Ants normally keep a very clean nest, and usually throw out dangerous rubbish, like food remains and dead bodies. This piled-up dry waste is kept for defence, as building materials, and as manure for their crops.

Plugging escape routes

Pathogens have a tendency to develop resistance. The usual pathway is through chance mutations that have inborn resistance. These mutants,…