Scientists Create Monster Supersoldier Ants

Monster soldier ants with huge heads and jaws have been created by activating ancient genes that trigger their development.

Scientists believe the "supersoldier" ants may be a genetic throwback to an ancestor that lived millions of years ago.

Supersoldier ants can occur naturally in the wild, but only rarely.

In the deserts of the US and Mexico, their job is to protect the colony from raids by invading army ants.

Supersoldier ants can occur naturally but are rare

The supersoldiers use their enormous heads to block the nest entrance and attack any ants that get too close.

However, the Canadian scientists showed that ordinary ants of the
species, Pheidole morrisi, contain all the genetic material needed to
turn them into supersoldiers.

By dabbing their larvae with a special hormone, they were able to induce the
development of supersoldiers instead of normal worker and soldier ants, according to research reported in the journal Science.

McGill University's Dr Rajendhran Rajakumar and his colleagues wrote:
"We uncovered an ancestral development potential to produce a novel
supersoldier subcaste that has been retained throughout a hyper-diverse
ant genus that evolved 35 to 60 million years ago."

The results suggest that holding on to ancestral development toolkits
may play an important role in evolving new physical traits, the
researchers said.



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thats crazy

Almost looks like a spider.. sorta.

ghetto booty ant.

Shits tight haha

We shouldn't be messing with this kinda stuff...

hahaha, is that real?

Reminds me of Antz.

I still can't get over how bad this is. They're messing with genetics. That's fucking stupid.

damn dat got a fat ass!

Umm what looks like its ass is actually his head... Lol

i wonder how much money they are wasting on stupid shit like this seriously super soldier ants? wtf?!?!?!?!?

lol.

They spend taxes on this BS?

STRANGEgenius wrote:lol.

They spend taxes on this BS?

gotta love our gov't spending

theungod wrote:

STRANGEgenius wrote:lol.

They spend taxes on this BS?

gotta love our gov't spending

yupp sure do.