“Necrophoresis is a behavior found in social insects – such as ants, bees, wasps, ...

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... and termites – in which they carry the dead bodies of members of their colony from the nest or hive area. This acts as a sanitary measure to prevent disease or infection from spreading throughout the colony.” ~ Wiki

“Another behavior observed in ants was that, if an ant dies outside the colony, then the coworkers brings the body back to the nest. But the nest mates soon recognize the odd smell from the dead ones and workers throw it out.” ~ Quora

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