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Found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, the Exploding Ant takes colony defence to its absolute limit. Specialised worker ants have enormously enlarged glands filled with toxic, sticky liquid running the length of their bodies. When sufficiently threatened they contract their muscles so violently that they rupture their own bodies, spraying the corrosive contents over nearby threats. It is a one-way trip, but an effective one!
A detonated Exploding Ant!

Exploding Ant
(Colobopsis saundersi)
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