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ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Would you trust an ant to amputate your limb? Science is showing they are skilled surgeons.

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Would you trust an ant to amputate your limb? Science is showing they are skilled surgeons.

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ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.world · 9 months ago
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Would you trust an ant to amputate your limb? Science is showing they are skilled surgeons
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A recent study shows that carpenter ants have evolved amputation skills a cut above the rest of insects.
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    If I was an ant, sure. Pretty sure they would be as bad at human anatomy as Zoidburg.

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      An apt comparison, since Zoidberg is a fine physician… for aliens.

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      9 months ago

      https://youtu.be/ZEcZV4Ytcq4

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    I would have reservations about skill transferrability from field ant amputations to modern healthcare.

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    Actually yes I would, especially if it was already a thing.

    Do I have to ask a different colony to reattach it or can one specialise in both?

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    Only if they have also have ants available with good skills in anesthetizing

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