Talk:Ravoux's slavemaker ant

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Cite sources. This seems to unrealistic, if she smelled like a dead ant she would not be taken back to the nest. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.30.10 (talk) 16:42, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with the last editor, this seems incredible. I'd love to see a source.Datacharge (talk) 06:44, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

AGREED

The source cited specifically states the following: Slave-making ants are social parasites that capture brood of other ant species to increase the worker force of their colony. After emerging in the slave-maker nest, slave workers work as if they were in their own colony.

Basically the capture other ant pupae and then impregnate that pupae with the slavemaker ant phermones when the ants mature they are then loyal to the slavemaker hive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.74.24.2 (talk) 21:59, 10 November 2010 (UTC)