ravee's Journal: Trap-building ants torture prey

I was of the impression that torturing was a skill perfected by the homo sapiens until I came across this interesting post. That is, a news item on BBC News which describes about a species of ants which use the same technique to hunt for prey. They lay a trap for the prey and when the prey is snared, it is impaled, drawn and quartered before it is transported to the ants nest for devouring.
You can read all about it here.