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		DarkNova6 on Feb 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did fermented foods fuel brain growth? There are ant colonies that grow their own fungi.

NewJazz on Feb 22, 2024 [–]

I knew about aphid farming, did not know some ants grow fungi!

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/farmer-ants-a...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus-growing_ants

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