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00:00If your worms could talk, they'd say, dead worm ahead.

00:04Yep, it's that fascinating.

00:05Scientists at the University of Michigan discovered that tiny roundworms called C. elegans

00:11change their behavior when they sense a dead worm nearby.

00:14They avoid areas with dead worms or their fluids.

00:18It's like they've got a built-in death detector.

00:21But wait, there's more.

00:22These worms lay more eggs when exposed to death cues,

00:25but at the cost of a shorter lifespan.

00:27Talk about a trade-off.

00:29So how do they smell death?

00:31Two special neurons, AWB and ash,

00:34detect chemicals like adenosine monophosphate and histidane, which signal death.

00:40This triggers all those fascinating behaviors.

00:42Imagine that even simple creatures like worms have evolved to sense and react to death.

00:48This research could help us understand stress, aging and survival across all species.

00:54Want to dive deeper?

00:55Check out the full study on Science Daily.

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