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[-] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

I mean, they probably DO smell - but like I’ve never gotten on my hands and knees and sniffed any bug up close. Maybe these people are more sensitive to smells and can pick them up yards away - or a whole colony?

But ya it’s weird that I’ve never heard of this at all. I had heard of people born with tails or horns, females with beards, color blindness, tiger stripes on skin, the asparagus thing, rain man, hemaphrodites, on and on…

But today I learned ants smell ;)

[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I can smell them from many many yards away.

There is definitely no need to get close or try to smell them.

[-] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

So weird! Ants are everywhere. It must get annoying if they stink…

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