Welcome to Territoriality Week! Every day this week, I'll have a post about some aspect of animal or human territoriality. How do animals mark and control their territories? What determines the size or shape of an animal's territory?
It’s ‘nature’s sports drink’: Ants live off urine on dry Australian island
It’s ‘nature’s sports drink’: Ants live off urine on dry Australian island | Science | AAAS
Their urine is so strong it kills that grass leaving a 3- to 4-inch diameter dead spot. We have five such spots now. Any ideas? One, the stinky pee and two, the brown spots. Dogs get the most blame for brown spots on lawns. Their urine is high in nitrogen, which in concentrated levels can kill the grass or any other plant they choose to bless.
Kangaroo in 'grieving' photos may have killed while trying to mate, scientist says
To her wonder, the ants came back, night after night, seeking more pee. They even prefer it to sugar water. One year after her camping trip, Petit, who is based at the University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, returned to Kangaroo Island with another colleague.