![Context‐dependent defences in turtle ants: Resource defensibility and threat level induce dynamic shifts in soldier deployment - Powell - 2017 - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library Context‐dependent defences in turtle ants: Resource defensibility and threat level induce dynamic shifts in soldier deployment - Powell - 2017 - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library](https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/45d7a99f-547b-4e8d-a244-fa6b493de4e6/fec12926-toc-0001-m.jpg?trick=1675685661887)
Context‐dependent defences in turtle ants: Resource defensibility and threat level induce dynamic shifts in soldier deployment - Powell - 2017 - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library
![A soldier "turtle" ant, which uses its rounded head to block off the nest entrance. : r/interestingasfuck A soldier "turtle" ant, which uses its rounded head to block off the nest entrance. : r/interestingasfuck](https://preview.redd.it/322c1u01lgb51.png?auto=webp&s=8018eea7775bff1fc94e60e18dd24f5370e2b2b2)
A soldier "turtle" ant, which uses its rounded head to block off the nest entrance. : r/interestingasfuck
![Quite Interesting on Twitter: "Turtle ants use their unusually shaped heads as doors to block the entrances to their habitat when threatened https://t.co/fPY2TmQWMD" / Twitter Quite Interesting on Twitter: "Turtle ants use their unusually shaped heads as doors to block the entrances to their habitat when threatened https://t.co/fPY2TmQWMD" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DomXO8XW4AAqKil.jpg)
Quite Interesting on Twitter: "Turtle ants use their unusually shaped heads as doors to block the entrances to their habitat when threatened https://t.co/fPY2TmQWMD" / Twitter
![This ant uses its head to block off the nest entrance @WMalek_Alarte imagine being born and you're literally just the door - seo.title This ant uses its head to block off the nest entrance @WMalek_Alarte imagine being born and you're literally just the door - seo.title](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/3da3224df428aab6f40bcd4a962f8f88618350288c97705352e46f071a62bbf4_1.jpg)
This ant uses its head to block off the nest entrance @WMalek_Alarte imagine being born and you're literally just the door - seo.title
![Giant turtle ants – Cephalotes atratus - block their entrances with their heads. | Ants, Ant species, Wild photography Giant turtle ants – Cephalotes atratus - block their entrances with their heads. | Ants, Ant species, Wild photography](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/73/41/5e/73415e5097f71b83ebe54394d2e108a1--ant-species-trap-door.jpg)