Sentences with phrase «big mandibles»
Meet the supersoldiers The species collected in New York, Pheidole morrisi, normally has two types of worker ants, according to Abouheif: minor workers, which are responsible for foraging, nursing, feeding eggs and larvae, and taking care of the queen; and soldier ants, which defend the nest and use their big mandibles to crack seeds harvested by the minor workers.
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For a while, pet health insurance seemed like the holy grail to bleeding - heart welfare types who'd end up shelling out the bucks for pets like Caramelo (see photo), whose owners couldn't afford to pay for care after a run - in with a big dog left him bereft of a mandible.