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Certain species of ants, such as the Camponotus saundersi, have specialized glands that produce a toxic substance called formic acid. When these ants feel threatened or are attacked, they can release this formic acid in a defensive mechanism that causes them to explode, sacrificing themselves to protect the colony.

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