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Welcome to Cool Stuff Ride Home, Marcus Path, and Reggie Rizu with you on today's episode,

surgically treating a wounded comrade. We now know that's an activity not exclusive to humans.

We'll tell you which species was observed engaging in the activity, and the answer may surprise

you. And on this day in history, one of the most iconic video games of all time is released in Japan.

We'll tell you which one and give you the backstory.

That's coming up on cool stuff.

Per a story from Science Daily, saving lives through surgery is no longer exclusive to just humans.

In a recent study published in the journal Current Biology, scientists

detail how the 1.5 centimeter long Florida carpenter ant, that is a common brown species

native to its namesake, selectively treat the wounded limbs of their fellow nestmates. They do

this by either wound cleaning or amputation. Now, to be clear, they aren't using tools, but they are biting

off the wounded limbs of their nestmates. When testing the effectiveness of these treatments,

not only did they aid in recovery, but the research team found the aunt's choice of care

catered to the type of injury presented to them. First author of the study, Eric Frank, a behavioral

ecologist from the University of

Wussberg, said, quote, when we're talking about amputation behavior, this is literally the only

case in which a sophisticated and systematic amputation of an individual by another member of its

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