insects
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Ants Use Sex and Bondage to Out-Compete Rival Species
A new field study of two rival ant species has shown that ant queens will willingly mate with males from the opposing group in order to quite literally serve as "sperm parasites," stealing potential female births. The result is an unusual bedroom arms race between these ants, where they develop new strategies to trick males or to escape a rival queen's lustful clutches.
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