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This just inches-long critter can “slice human fingers to the bone.” Here’s everything to know about these “thumb-splitters.”

This just inches-long critter can “slice human fingers to the bone.” Here’s everything to know about these “thumb-splitters.”

With a name like Dracula Ant, you might venture a guess as to why this species received its common name. But rather than the image of a rogue ant roaming the landscapes of Southeast Asia and Australia in search of random victims, in reality they engage in \“nondestructive cannibalism\”, drinking the blood of their developing young without killing them. Creepy, but not deadly.