{"id":11066,"date":"2025-02-17T09:09:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T08:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/?p=11066"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T08:01:17","slug":"sabia-que-a-medicina-das-formigas-esta-muito-avancada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/2025\/02\/17\/sabia-que-a-medicina-das-formigas-esta-muito-avancada\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabia que a medicina das formigas est\u00e1 muito avan\u00e7ada?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-header-854345\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark normal-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center text-center flex-row-col medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper uppercase flex-col\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Sabia que a medicina das formigas est\u00e1 muito avan\u00e7ada?          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col\">\n        <ul class=\"nav sm-touch-scroll nav-simple nav-uppercase text-center nav-center\"><li class=\"nav-single-page hidden\"><\/li><\/ul>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-854345 {\n  margin-bottom: 50px;\n}\n#page-header-854345 .normal-title {\n  background-color: rgb(25, 165, 107);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\t<div id=\"text-2003862818\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Neste artigo, vamos analisar a forma como as formigas se curam a si pr\u00f3prias e como tratam as les\u00f5es, de acordo com estudos recentes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"cf0\">Se quiser apoiar-nos, pode encomendar um poster; <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Seguir<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> a liga\u00e7\u00e3o para estes<\/span><a class=\"cf0\" href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product-category\/ant-posters-and-teaching-aids\/\"><span class=\"cf0\">\u00a0cartazes de formigas<\/span><\/a><span class=\"cf0\"> e obter 10% de desconto com o c\u00f3digo promocional <strong>antblog10<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2003862818 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2188884787\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #00a859;\">Defesas das formigas: Controlo do est\u00f4mago e gl\u00e2ndulas metapleurais<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2188884787 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1662650973\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1607031943\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1560787929\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084702.png?fit=784%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084702.png?w=2318&amp;ssl=1 2318w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084702.png?resize=784%2C400&amp;ssl=1 784w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084702.png?resize=1177%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1177w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084702.png?resize=768%2C392&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084702.png?resize=1536%2C783&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084702.png?resize=2048%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084702.png?resize=18%2C9&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084702.png?resize=247%2C126&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084702.png?resize=510%2C260&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1560787929 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1682252159\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3><em>GL\u00c2NDULA METAPLEURAL<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>As formigas desenvolveram fortes defesas contra os parasitas, sendo a gl\u00e2ndula metapleural, produtora de antibi\u00f3ticos, uma das mais importantes. Esta gl\u00e2ndula, localizada no t\u00f3rax da formiga perto do segundo par de pernas, actua como um laborat\u00f3rio m\u00e9dico pessoal, fornecendo prote\u00e7\u00e3o contra infec\u00e7\u00f5es. No entanto, nem todas as esp\u00e9cies de formigas possuem esta gl\u00e2ndula. Ent\u00e3o, como \u00e9 que as formigas sem a gl\u00e2ndula metapleural evitam as doen\u00e7as?<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-878061792\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-720926830\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><em>O CASO POLYRHACHIS DIVES<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Os investigadores estudaram a formiga dourada brilhante, Polyrhachis dives, que n\u00e3o possui esta gl\u00e2ndula. Compararam-na com a Formica fusca e outras esp\u00e9cies de formigas que possuem a gl\u00e2ndula. Descobriram que as formigas Polyrhachis dives utilizam o \u00e1cido estomacal para aumentar as suas hip\u00f3teses de sobreviv\u00eancia quando comem alimentos contaminados. Este \u00e1cido tamb\u00e9m ajuda as bact\u00e9rias ben\u00e9ficas, como as Acetobacteraceae, a desenvolverem-se nos seus intestinos e a prevenir uma quantidade consider\u00e1vel de doen\u00e7as.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1496279038\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1426388727\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084721.png?fit=664%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084721.png?w=2077&amp;ssl=1 2077w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084721.png?resize=664%2C400&amp;ssl=1 664w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084721.png?resize=996%2C600&amp;ssl=1 996w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084721.png?resize=768%2C463&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084721.png?resize=1536%2C925&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084721.png?resize=2048%2C1234&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084721.png?resize=18%2C12&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084721.png?resize=247%2C149&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084721.png?resize=510%2C307&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1426388727 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-2809507068\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00a859;\"><b>Suplementos alimentares para formigas<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2809507068 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Tal como os humanos tomam suplementos alimentares para se manterem saud\u00e1veis, as formigas tamb\u00e9m desenvolveram formas de complementar a sua nutri\u00e7\u00e3o. Por exemplo, a Blochmannia \u00e9 um tipo de bact\u00e9ria que vive no interior da tribo de formigas camponotini. Estas formigas, que vivem em \u00e1rvores, carecem de certos amino\u00e1cidos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Blochmannia vive nos seus est\u00f4magos e ajuda a fornecer os nutrientes necess\u00e1rios. Embora os investigadores ainda n\u00e3o saibam exatamente como funciona, estas e outras bact\u00e9rias ajudam as formigas nas suas necessidades nutricionais b\u00e1sicas.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"text-3759136049\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00a859;\"><b>Formigas e antibi\u00f3ticos<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3759136049 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>As formigas cortadeiras da Am\u00e9rica do Sul vivem em simbiose com bact\u00e9rias que formam um biofilme no seu corpo. Este biofilme protege os jardins de fungos das formigas dos parasitas, que s\u00e3o cruciais para a sobreviv\u00eancia das formigas. Estudos recentes sugerem que estas bact\u00e9rias tamb\u00e9m protegem as formigas oper\u00e1rias jovens de infec\u00e7\u00f5es. O biofilme, que se parece com p\u00f3 branco nos seus exoesqueletos, est\u00e1 sempre presente, pelo que as formigas n\u00e3o precisam de ir a uma farm\u00e1cia para se protegerem!<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1924805106\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084804.png?fit=1020%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084804.png?w=2449&amp;ssl=1 2449w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084804.png?resize=760%2C400&amp;ssl=1 760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084804.png?resize=1140%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084804.png?resize=768%2C404&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084804.png?resize=1536%2C808&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084804.png?resize=2048%2C1078&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084804.png?resize=18%2C9&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084804.png?resize=247%2C130&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-17-084804.png?resize=510%2C268&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1924805106 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1425683335\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1425683335 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3455604409\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00a859;\"><b>Pomada para formigas<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3455604409 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Megaponera analis, uma esp\u00e9cie de formiga africana, \u00e9 conhecida por ca\u00e7ar t\u00e9rmitas. Durante as batalhas com as t\u00e9rmitas, as formigas podem ficar feridas. Se uma formiga precisa de ajuda, mant\u00e9m-se calma e usa feromonas para pedir assist\u00eancia. Se a les\u00e3o for demasiado grave, a formiga evita ajuda e move-se freneticamente na batalha.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O bi\u00f3logo Erik Frank observou que, quando uma formiga recebe ajuda m\u00e9dica, as suas irm\u00e3s tocam nas feridas com as patas, aplicando uma subst\u00e2ncia antimicrobiana produzida pela gl\u00e2ndula metapleural. Este tratamento leva a uma taxa de sobreviv\u00eancia de 90%, demonstrando que as formigas valorizam a vida e prestam cuidados m\u00e9dicos semelhantes aos humanos.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"text-65364805\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00a859;\"><b>Amputa\u00e7\u00e3o de formigas<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-65364805 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>As formigas carpinteiras da Florida podem efetuar amputa\u00e7\u00f5es com uma elevada taxa de sobreviv\u00eancia de 70% a 95%. Elas limpam e cortam a perna ferida no melhor ponto poss\u00edvel. Em compara\u00e7\u00e3o, as formigas que n\u00e3o recebem amputa\u00e7\u00e3o ou tratamento t\u00eam uma taxa de sobreviv\u00eancia muito mais baixa de 15% a 40%. Estas formigas podem ter sido os primeiros cirurgi\u00f5es da Terra!<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"text-3527593681\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2><span style=\"color: #00a859;\"><b>Conclus\u00e3o<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3527593681 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>As formigas desenvolveram uma variedade de m\u00e9todos fascinantes e eficazes para se protegerem e garantirem a sua sobreviv\u00eancia. Desde a utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1cido estomacal e bact\u00e9rias ben\u00e9ficas at\u00e9 \u00e0 vida em simbiose com bact\u00e9rias produtoras de antibi\u00f3ticos, as formigas provaram ser criaturas not\u00e1veis. At\u00e9 efectuam procedimentos m\u00e9dicos como o tratamento de feridas e amputa\u00e7\u00f5es. As formigas continuam a surpreender-nos com o seu engenho e resist\u00eancia.<\/p>\n<p>Deixem-me saber a vossa opini\u00e3o nos coment\u00e1rios! Se gostaste deste artigo, n\u00e3o te esque\u00e7as de gostar e de ver o nosso v\u00eddeo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video video-fit mb\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Como \u00e9 que as formigas se curam? 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