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Why do ants "collect" the dead bodies of their fallen comrades? What are they doing with them?
gpt
Ants are farmers.

The pick up dead things and carry them back to their hill and take them to a chamber deep in the colony.

Then they leave it there and mold grows on it and the ants eat the mold. 

So, they are likely "recycling" their fellow ants.