ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat would be some of your top choices of things to see if you were the size of an ant?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up156arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGamers_Mate@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-211 months 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-up4·11 months ago@Gamers_Mate I’ve been pretty good to ants over the years so I was hoping they would recognise me from that. :)
minus-squareGamers_Mate@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months ago@livus I see you are going for the Diplomatic approach.
minus-squareDevi@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months 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-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months ago@Bunnylux okay here’s one: ants have hospitals where they treat wounded ants.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months ago@Bunnylux really. Here’s an article on it.
minus-squareBunnylux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoHoly crap, that’s amazing.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoJust crush up some ants from that colony and rub the resulting paste over your body before you shrink down.
minus-squareOceanSoap@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI traumatized myself by learning how brutal ant colonies are by reading Animorphs in 5th grade. Fucking brutal. I had nightmares about it.
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!
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.
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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.
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.