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Show Ants That Make Biscuits. According to recent studies of th common Mediterranean ant, the seed which are collected are kept for a tim dry and are eventually put out in th rain so that they begin to germinati This has the advantage of burstln the hard seed-coats, and in some case of starting processes of fermentation At a certain slage, however, the ant: kill the embryo-plant by biting off th' radicle or other parts, and the seed: are dried again in the sun. According to Neger the dried seeds of some leguminous plants for In stance, are then taken back into tin nest nnd chewed into dough. This is dried once again in the sun In the form of biscuits, which are eventually put into the cupboard. New York Herald. |