Dont get me wrong, it *sounds* like an extremely dumb question but let me explain. If I put my hand in an ant hill, they will immediately bite me. But say I threw a rock or stick in their hill, do they attempt to bite said rock/stick? If not, how can they tell a difference
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what else are they supposed to do against an attacker that massively outsizes them in order to defend their hive?
Most ant species will use a combination of their mandibles or if they have them their stingers(species that have stinger also will have some form of mild poison) and the scheme of their hive losing a few doing this is worth it if it means the hive is safe and the attacker is disabled. i n fact their default plan vs an attacker is to swarm them and bite into them.
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