RE: Some species of ants and termites perform suicidal altruism where they explode to protect the rest of the colony from an intruder

[introvert-dime]

This defense mechanism and suicide for the sake of protection of others is very different and new for me.

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[valth]

Well, it's a pretty rare mechanism, so it's no wonder that it's new to you ;) Very few animals got anything like this in their arsenal of defense mechanisms!