stackyFACTSThere is no emotional funeral in an ant colony, just strict chemical bureaucracy. When an ant dies, it eventually emits oleic acid—a decay pheromone that screams 'I am a corpse.' The other worker ants blindly follow this chemical signal, effortlessly picking up their fallen comrade and unceremoniously dumping them into the colony’s designated trash pile.
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