Cohen, SamSchofield, Robert2024-04-222024-04-222022https://opentext.uoregon.edu/science-comics/chapter/leaf-cutter-ants/https://hdl.handle.net/1794/2934811 page full-color PDF and accompanying transcript (Word) with full image description.This comic explores the science behind how leaf cutter ants can cut through the same skin and leaves as much stronger animals, despite their relative lack of power. Leaf cutter ants and some other insects have extremely sharp mandibles that are resistant to wear because of their physical make up. This comic explains how scientists learned about leaf cutter ants' cutting abilities and how the ants' mandibles function over their lifetimes. Created in collaboration between undergraduate cartoonist Sam Cohen and UO researcher Dr. Robert Schofield as part of the Science and Comics Initiative. You can read the comic online here: https://opentext.uoregon.edu/science-comics/chapter/leaf-cutter-ants/enAll Rights Reserved.ComicsScience communicationComics and cartoon studiesLeaf cutter antsHeavy element biomaterialsScience comicsOther