Suicidal insects: irregularities in their behavior
Keywords:
parasites, self-sacrifice, eusocial insects, autolysisAbstract
Suicide is not a behavior limited to human beings. Insects usually have a suicidal behavior similar to the one that occurs in some humans. Nevertheless, in insects are highly linked to needs such as reproduction, defense and in some specific cases parasitism. In this matter, there is great controversy because insects act by instinct and therefore on many cases it is not considered as suicide per se. However, that these animals act by instinct does not rule out that, from a practical point of view, we can consider this behavior as suicide.
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