https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/06/29/ant-gecko-taphonomy/ Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:10:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/06/29/ant-gecko-taphonomy/#comment-493588 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:10:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12583#comment-493588 I’m going for trophy explanation .

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/06/29/ant-gecko-taphonomy/#comment-493587 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:35:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12583#comment-493587 i would guess that they were after the marrow, if they can’t break them open they can wait for other microorganisms to break them down a little so they can eat it.
Or maybe they just want a trophy of their victim.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/06/29/ant-gecko-taphonomy/#comment-493586 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 04:28:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=12583#comment-493586 What does an ant do with a femur? I never would have expected them to be interested in bone (or to be able to drag the skull to wherever it is they dragged it). Do some ants have some sort of secretion that could digest bone?

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