In this article about an Australian rainforest, there is this bit:

 

<<Not far from my cabin-like villa, Keely stops at a tree trunk to show us
the green ants.

 

"A good source of Vitamin C," she says. 

 

Bizarrely, they were also used by aboriginal women who, by putting a paste
of crushed larvae on their chest, were able to breastfeed - so they could
look after someone else's child. 

"Even grandmothers," Keely says.>>

 

Does anyone know more about this? I'm fascinated!

 

The complete article may be found at:

 

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Artic
le_Type1&c=Article&cid=1138191107831&call_pageid=970599119419

 

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Ali Crehan Feeney

Breastfeeding counselor for WIC

Quincy, MA 

 


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