… Rescue behaviour is a form of interaction between nestmates, and as with any … , it can be
avoided by moribund ants. Second, the rescue behaviour and life expectancy relationship may …

… a forager or another ant outside the nest nor when we returned them into the nest, we feel
that we can safely conclude that the low social activity of moribund ants is caused not only by …

… The author tested the hypothesis that moribund (ie, poisoned) individuals elicit lower levels
of … The authors argued that the trapped ants release relatively short-range “call for help” …

… This is further supported by the lack … ants inside the nest and heavily injured ants leaving
the nest or being carried out within the first hour. This behaviour is very similar to moribund ants …

… less common probably because the energy input of burial activity is higher than corpse
removal 15 . Another prophylactic strategy noticeable in ants is that moribund individuals leave …

… Hygienics inside the nest comprises all behaviors that help to … Bees do not lift corpses as
ants do when they perform … (they are susceptible to infection) as well as the moribund termites …

… In addition, diseased or moribund ants can spontaneously … found no evidence for the
existence of ant specialists that are … transport were not restricted to waste management and may …

… moribund, such as in T. unifasciatus [35]. Dying away from the colony … Pogonomyrmex
badius, oleic acid elicits necrophoresis when most of the ants are engaging in nest maintenance …

… that in ant workers shortened life expectancy may lead to … studies on behavior of moribund
ants and honeybees. … acting as calls for help may differ between various ant species and/or …

… Finally, how might a comparative approach to the study of ants’ call for help shed light on
the evolution of ants’ rescue behavior, a subject to which we turn in the next section? …