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Leaf-cutting ants cultivate fungus as a food source using carefully prepared plant material. They fertilize, weed, protect, and prune their fungal crops while maintaining specialized behaviors that support the colony. Their farming system closely resembles sophisticated agricultural practices.
Image: Atta laevigata fungus garden, Alex Wild, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
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