Scientists breed 'supersoldier' ants

[Nimphiouus]

Scientists have discovered a way to activate genes in normal ants that turn them into "supersoldiers" with gigantic heads and jaws.

Only a few species of the genus Pheidole in northern Mexico and the southwest of the United States naturally produce the supersoldiers which fight off attackers and block entry to their nests.

But in a new study published in the journal Science researchers from Canada's McGill University activated the genes required by dabbing normal ant larvae with methoprene, a chemical that mimics an ant hormone.

The researchers say the supersoldier genes were active in a common ancestor of the all Pheidole species and have been retained as the ants have gone down different evolutionary paths.

Source: MSN.

 

[Mave]

DO NOT WANT.

This is pretty scary, they going to use this in the arm too?

 

[Nimphiouus]

Dat ass @ it's head lol