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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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