Autothysis
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autothysis-162-10443007
title:
Autothysis
text:
Autothysis or suicidal altruism is the process where an animal destroys itself via an internal rupturing or explosion of an organ which ruptures the skin. The term was proposed by Ulrich Maschwitz and Eleonore Maschwitz in 1974 to describe the defensive mechanism of Colobopsis saundersi, a species of ant. It is caused by a contraction of muscles around a large gland that leads to the breaking of the gland wall. Some termites release a sticky secretion by rupturing a gland near the skin of their
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description:
Suicidal defense mechanism in which an animal explodes itself
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autothysis
date created:
2004-10-10T09:38:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T20:32:04Z
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