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A carpenter ant (Camponotus sp.) worker drinking water, as found in Kibaha, Tanzania. Ants of this genus are indigenous to many forested parts of the world and build nests inside wood, chewing out galleries with their mandibles. These foragers, unlike termites, do not feed on the wood; rather, they eat parts of dead insects or substances derived from other insects.Photograph: Muhammad Mahdi Karim