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Show Ants That Hold Slaves. Slavomaklng is a trait of ant life which has attracted much attention. It Is practised by different species, and while In Eomo cases tho slaves, belonging be-longing to different groups from their masters, perform tho ordinary a -ties of tho rest, acting as servitors, iu othor cases thcro is n comploto dependence de-pendence of tho owners on tho slaves. Ono nnt, noted by Ilubcr In 1S10, was shown to bo In danger of actual starvation star-vation unless fed by tho slaves. A British species makes slaves but Is not dependent upon them. It, how-over, how-over, carries off tho pupao from tho nests of the ants on which It makes its foray3 and tho strango ants born In the nest of tho conqueror takes up menial duties. |