Yahoo Entertainment May 06, 2026 • 02:30

8-year-old boy's backyard discovery challenges scientific understanding of ants - Yahoo

By Jordan Carlton

Chemical analysis provided a key clue.

What looked like a cluster of tiny seeds near an ant nest in 8-year-old Hugo Deans' backyard turned out to be something far stranger.
The boy's sharp-eyed discovery helped reveal that ants may be ea… [+2842 chars]

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8-year-old boy's backyard discovery challenges scientific understanding of ants - Yahoo

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