What would be some of your top choices of things to see if you were the size of an ant? (lemm.ee)

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What do you think would be a more compelling sight to behold from the scale of an ant?

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[-] Gamers_Mate@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Good luck Ants don't trust Ants from other Colonies that look the same but have a slightly different scent. If you have a good Ant Disguise laying around you might be able to find what perfume they use and blend in with your fellow Ants.

[-] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Subscribe to Ant Facts

[-] livus@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

@Bunnylux okay here's one: ants have hospitals where they treat wounded ants.

[-] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

No way, really?

[-] livus@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

@Bunnylux really. Here's an article on it.

[-] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Holy crap, that's amazing.

[-] livus@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

@Gamers_Mate I've been pretty good to ants over the years so I was hoping they would recognise me from that. :)

[-] Gamers_Mate@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

@livus I see you are going for the Diplomatic approach.

[-] livus@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

@Gamers_Mate always!

[-] Devi@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-insect-uses-its-victims-carcasses-as-camouflage-83656246/

Don't need to bring a disguise, you can build one. From corpses.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 11 months ago

Just crush up some ants from that colony and rub the resulting paste over your body before you shrink down.

[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

I traumatized myself by learning how brutal ant colonies are by reading Animorphs in 5th grade. Fucking brutal. I had nightmares about it.

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