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You Can Bite Them Back

Yangga, green ants, have many medicinal uses and are still widely used to combat coughs and colds. They are either eaten alive, or crushed and inhaled like a vapour rub to open up the sinuses. ... The ants make their nests - Gambul yangga - by folding up leaves and fixing them together with larval silk. Breaking open such a nest results in a swarming attack; each defender intent on biting you and getting inside your clothing to do so!

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Uploaded on September 20, 2020
Taken on September 10, 2020