r/interestingasfuck • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 1d ago

Animals sleep time

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u/JhonnySkeiner 1d ago

These findings reinforce the parental exploitation hypothesis—sterile workers are a caste of disposable, short-lived helpers whose vigilance and hyperactivty increases the queen’s fitness by buffering her and her fertile offspring from environmental stresses

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u/lasagna_for_life 1d ago

I feel attacked

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u/cognitive_dissent 1d ago

so what do they do