Emily Kwong
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One of the study authors, Erica Dawson, explained the process to us.
She says first, the worker ants peel off the cocoon.
Yes, that is the dramatic monologue of these infected ants.
Though there is a plot twist.
The team looked at pupae that would eventually become queens, like ants that start their own colonies, and they found out two things.
First, that these queen pupae didn't release the signal even when they were infected.
Future queens just, they don't signal when they're sick.
They're above the self-sacrifice.
And also the infected future queens could fight off the infection on their own.
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Hey, shortwavers, Emily Kwong here.
Hello there, short ravers.
Emily Kwong here with a quick word before the show.
So this week is Giving Tuesday.