By: World Science Festival Staff
After checking the pulse or the brain activity, the doctor officially pronounces a person dead; and then that person is buried. But what do ants do with their dead comrades? How do they know when their fellow ants are dead? Would an ant ever bury his brother alive? Evolutionary botanist E. O. Wilson explains his observations of how ants treat their dead.
http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/2011/03/the_ant_cemetery/
