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African stink ants (Paltothyreus tarsatus) really don’t like to be disturbed. They live in colonies of several hundred to thousands, and the 2.5-centimeter-long insects vigorously defend their nests, biting intruders with powerful mandibles and stinging them with venom. They mostly eat arthropods but also chow down on frogs and other small vertebrates. Leer más.