ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat would be some of your top choices of things to see if you were the size of an ant?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareWhat would be some of your top choices of things to see if you were the size of an ant?ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGamers_Mate@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 year agoGood 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.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago@Gamers_Mate I’ve been pretty good to ants over the years so I was hoping they would recognise me from that. :)
minus-squareGamers_Mate@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago@livus I see you are going for the Diplomatic approach.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago@Bunnylux okay here’s one: ants have hospitals where they treat wounded ants.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago@Bunnylux really. Here’s an article on it.
minus-squareBunnylux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoHoly crap, that’s amazing.
minus-squareDevi@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agohttps://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.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoJust crush up some ants from that colony and rub the resulting paste over your body before you shrink down.
minus-squareOceanSoap@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI traumatized myself by learning how brutal ant colonies are by reading Animorphs in 5th grade. Fucking brutal. I had nightmares about it.
An ant nest, if they will let me.
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.
@Gamers_Mate I’ve been pretty good to ants over the years so I was hoping they would recognise me from that. :)
@livus I see you are going for the Diplomatic approach.
@Gamers_Mate always!
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@Bunnylux okay here’s one: ants have hospitals where they treat wounded ants.
No way, really?
@Bunnylux really. Here’s an article on it.
Holy crap, that’s amazing.
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.
Just crush up some ants from that colony and rub the resulting paste over your body before you shrink down.
I traumatized myself by learning how brutal ant colonies are by reading Animorphs in 5th grade. Fucking brutal. I had nightmares about it.