Deejacy2 created a thread on why ants carry the body of their dead here: www.nairaland.com/1967049/why-ants-carry-bodies-fellow , well she is correct to some extent but it's not because of instinct that they want to dispose of the dead members of their colonies in middens (ant cemetery). this is the reason why;

To the naked eye, ants deal with their dead much like humans. When a
member of the colony dies, the carcass will lie where it fell for a period
of roughly two days. In the fashion of a wake, this time period
presumably gives the other ants time to pay their respects to their fallen
comrade. After two days, the living ants take the dead ant to an ant
graveyard in a respectful procession, honoring the good work it
performed for the colony.

Well, not quite. The carcass does lie there for two days and it is carted
off to a pile of dead ants. But this isn’t done out of social obligations or
as a healing ritual to soften the loss. As Harvard entomologist Edward O.
Wilson discovered, in reality, the dead ant must lay there for two days
because the other ants simply don’t realize it is dead.

Two days after death, the tiny ant corpse begins emitting a chemical
called oleic acid. To an ant, the smell of oleic acid equals death. The
experience of death is not a sense of loss, not a dead body, not an ascent
to ant afterlife- it is simply oleic acid. As soon as the living ants smell
the oleic acid smell, they spring into action, carrying the tiny decaying
intruder out of their midst and dumping it into the pile.

Even more interesting, Wilson discovered that if you give a live ant a
bath in oleic acid, it is as good as dead to the other ants. The still alive
(but oleic acid covered) ant is carried off to the dead ant pile, trying to
clean itself, flailing around, perhaps screaming “um, hey guys, I’m fine,”
to no avail. If you smell like a corpse, sorry little buddy, you’re a corpse.
Into the pile with you

SOURCE: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/on-the-death-rituals-of-ants

If this is really true, can I have the link to the site you got this from? Or is Dr. Wilson your Uncle?

Mmmmmm......Some people have time Sha ooo

SMALLPENIS:
Deejacy2 created a thread on why ants carry the body of their dead here: www.nairaland.com/1967049/why-ants-carry-bodies-fellow , well she is correct to some extent but it's not because of instinct that they want to dispose of the dead members of their colonies in middens (ant cemetery). this is the reason why;

To the naked eye, ants deal with their dead much like humans. When a
member of the colony dies, the carcass will lie where it fell for a period
of roughly two days. In the fashion of a wake, this time period
presumably gives the other ants time to pay their respects to their fallen
comrade. After two days, the living ants take the dead ant to an ant
graveyard in a respectful procession, honoring the good work it
performed for the colony.

Well, not quite. The carcass does lie there for two days and it is carted
off to a pile of dead ants. But this isn’t done out of social obligations or
as a healing ritual to soften the loss. As Harvard entomologist Edward O.
Wilson discovered, in reality, the dead ant must lay there for two days
because the other ants simply don’t realize it is dead.

Two days after death, the tiny ant corpse begins emitting a chemical
called oleic acid. To an ant, the smell of oleic acid equals death. The
experience of death is not a sense of loss, not a dead body, not an ascent
to ant afterlife- it is simply oleic acid. As soon as the living ants smell
the oleic acid smell, they spring into action, carrying the tiny decaying
intruder out of their midst and dumping it into the pile.

Even more interesting, Wilson discovered that if you give a live ant a
bath in oleic acid, it is as good as dead to the other ants. The still alive
(but oleic acid covered) ant is carried off to the dead ant pile, trying to
clean itself, flailing around, perhaps screaming “um, hey guys, I’m fine,”
to no avail. If you smell lik e a corpse, sorry little buddy, you’re a corpse.
Into the pile with you

SOURCE: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/on-the-death-rituals-of-ants

Ok Thanks so much for letting me know.

Deejacy2:
Ok Thanks so much for letting me know.

yes my dear no knowledge is a waste, unlike the previous people who commented above , with absolutly nothin to gain from or learn from, by the way you said you carried out this experiment and researched you self?, well I must say u really are a jewel of information, keep it up, both you n the OP

Commendable article.

Nice piece of work I must confess

darnley16:
yes my dear no knowledge is a waste, unlike the previous people who commented above , with absolutly nothin to gain from or learn from, by the way you said you carried out this experiment and researched you self?, well I must say u really are a jewel of information, keep it up, both you n the OP

was she refering to you ?

Sparrow13:
was she refering to you ?

was I referring to you?

nice

love this.,.....nairaland...... a place to learn.......thanks to you op and deejaycy2

Wow. That's a new piece of knowledge.
Meanwhile, A man went to Church last Sunday and gave testimony that he was infected with ebola and God had healed him.
When he had finished, he tried to give the mic to the 2nd man but the 2ND Man refused to take it:

2ND MAN- I have no testimony. Give it to Pastor.

PASTOR- I'm not in charge of testimonies so give it to the Senior Pastor.

SENIOR PASTOR- Brother in Christ, the mic is yours. It's a gift from the Church. You may take it home.

First time SMALLPENIS is having sense!

darnley16:
yes my dear no knowledge is a waste, unlike the previous people who commented above , with absolutly nothin to gain from or learn from, by the way you said you carried out this experiment and researched you self?, well I must say u really are a jewel of information, keep it up, both you n the OP

Some people don't know how to talk sha. So simply asking for the link to the site where he/she got this fact from means I haven't gained anything at all? *shakes head* please op, i'll still need that link.

It's always good to acknowledge your source!

Cool...

Pimples:
Wow. That's a new piece of knowledge.
Meanwhile, A man went to Church last Sunday and gave testimony that he was infected with ebola and God had healed him.
When he had finished, he tried to give the mic to the 2nd man but the 2ND Man refused to take it:

2ND MAN- I have no testimony. Give it to Pastor.

PASTOR- I'm not in charge of testimonies so give it to the Senior Pastor.

SENIOR PASTOR- Brother in Christ, the mic is yours. It's a gift from the Church. You may take it home.

😆