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"Anting" is a well known behavior for several animals, including many bird species.

It has also been suggested that anting is related to moulting.

Anting Some birds allow ants to crawl over their feathers.

The train was intercepted at Anting (several miles from Shanghai).

Anting is a behavior in which birds rub insects (usually ants) on their feathers.

The other method, indirect anting, is less common.

The most likely explanation of anting is that it helps birds like the European jay to keep their feathers in good condition.

This is referred to as direct anting.

Anting occurs when a bird picks up a single ant or group of ants and rubs them on its feathers.

Active anting is when a bird picks up ants in its bill and wipes them on its feathers.

There are two forms of anting: active anting and passive acting.

Anting is rare.

The most famous hotel is the Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting.

The lifehub is located beside the Anting Station Metro Line 11.

Anting Old Street remains the patter of "road-bridge-street" in Jiangnan watertowns.

Some cases of anting involved the use of millipedes or puss moth caterpillars, and these too are known to release powerful defensive chemicals.

Self-anointing in animals, sometimes called anointing or anting, is a behaviour whereby a non-human animal smears odoriferous substances over themselves.

However, amid tentative financial troubles and poor sales of housing and retail, the phase 2 of Anting New Town may be delayed.

Crowne Plaza Shanghai Anting Golf is a hotel in the city of Shanghai, China.

This may be supplemented with the secretions of formic acid from ants, which birds receive through a behaviour known as Anting (bird activity), to remove feather parasites.

A behaviour termed as anting in which the bird encourages ants to run through their plumage is also thought to help them reduce the ectoparasite load in feathers.

Passive anting is when the bird lies down in a group of ants and opens up its wings so that the ants will crawl up into its feathers.

Interestingly, Albert Speer Jnr, namesake and son of Hitler's architectural visionary, heads the German town of Anting.

The Shanghai Auto Museum is an automobile museum located in Anting, Jiading District, Shanghai, China.

Anting being within 20 km from Shanghai Railway Station, the total railway distance from Nantong to Shanghai will be under 160 km.