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"Utahn enters world of exploding ants". Deseret News. September 11, 2002. Archived from the original on July 9, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2009. University of Utah graduate student Steve Cook explained "They've been called kamikaze ants by other researchers because they tend to explode or self-destruct when they're attacked or harassed in any way."