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The Ultimate Sacrifice: What Some Bugs Will Do

livescience.com — Yellow jackets, like honey bees and fire ants, exist in a sophisticated social hierarchy. Unlike other animals that travel in packs, these social insects will literally sacrifice their own survival in support of their hives, nests and colonies.

Who dugg this? Made popular Oct 22, 2009

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  • kylescousin, on 10/21/2009, -0/+9Now that's team spirit!
  • AWBoy666, on 10/22/2009, -0/+5***** Wasps. Seriously. My skin was crawling during that whole video.
  • bubbachuck, on 10/22/2009, -1/+6seems like a good guy with an interesting job that he likes.
  • ayeroxor, on 10/22/2009, -1/+5Science and cheerleaders in one video? Dugg.
  • Shogun213, on 10/22/2009, -0/+3"Wasps don't make honey Charlie"
    "Uhm I'm pretty sure they do"
    "No they don't, it's pretty simple science actually"
    "Well then I want whatever Wasps make"
  • stronglikedan, on 10/22/2009, -0/+2Ha ha, SUCKERS!!!
  • GTQ21, on 10/23/2009, -0/+1Not with humans.
  • antdude, on 10/23/2009, -0/+1Ants FTW. No termites? They're social insects too.
  • Isohunt, on 10/23/2009, -0/+1Soooooo.. Communism does work
  • halo3d, on 10/23/2009, -0/+1lol i thought i was the only one
  • inactive, on 10/22/2009, -0/+1If only people could sacrifice for each other a little more...lol that would never work, our world would crumble.

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