#ant fact

[futurebird]

Let's learn ANTatomy!

The lower portion of the antennae is called the funiculus. (in other parts of biology a funiculus is a bundle of nerve fibers, and this is the most sensitive part of the ant, so it makes sense... also what could be more FUN that tapping everything with your antennae?)

The base of the antenae is called the scape.

The coxa is the joint that connects her ant legs to her mesonoma, aka thorax.

Ant feet don't have toenails, they have tarsal claws.

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Can you PLEAASEE make a post about ants??🥺🥺🥺 Just one ant fact…

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sighhhhhhh

Sporadic ant fact #1

General ant fact!

Over 13 000 ant species have been discovered! It is estimated that there probably exists up to 22 000.

[seblvr123]

did you know that if you put a red ant and a black ant in a jar they wont attack eachother but if you shake the jar they will attack eachother because theyll think the other one attacked them

[bananapolice4ce]

Today i learned ants remain conscious for a second after being beheaded

[pr1ncessasuke]

I’m THROWING UP AND SCREAMI

(Got permission from op on Twitter to cross post!)

[casekai]

achilles :)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy Valentine's Day! (and this blog's first post anniversary!)

[batri-jopa]

From wild_discovery_rh on Instagram

[mantismage]

Honeypot ants are fascinating, but feel like something that in concept, is terrifying. And would definitely be a plotline in a Mad Max movie.

These are specalised worker ants that deliberately consume huge amounts of food, to the point where their abdomens will swell to ridiculous sizes. The sclerites (the thickened keratin armour) on their abdomens will separate, revealing the honey inside of their abdominal membrane.

These ants will collect and store liquid which other ants in the colony will then consume, basically functioning as living larders. When they become big enough, they'll hang from the ceiling and can reach the size of a blueberry or a small grape:

They're mostly found in more arid areas of the world; in hot deserts, dry woodlands and other similar habitats (Australia, North Africa, some areas in the Americas etc.). Their existence is likely to allow for colonies to store food during extreme dry seasons, or during periods where food is scarce.

There's been some research indicating that honeypot ants contain unique antimicrobial properties within their honey, which has been used by indigenous people in Australia for centuries!

(Extra note: They also go by repletes or rotunds?? I love scientists.)

Resources and extra reading:

Conway, J. R. (1991). The biology and aboriginal use of the honeypot ant, “Camponotus inflatus” Lubbock, in Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Entomologist, 18(2), 49–56. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.108392124224680

Dong AZ, Cokcetin N, Carter DA, Fernandes KE. (2023). Unique antimicrobial activity in honey from the Australian honeypot ant (Camponotus inflatus) PeerJ, 11:e15645 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15645

National Geographic (2016). Honey Ant Adaptations. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20210120124043/https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/honey-ant-adaptations-wbt/

[antsday]

okay i will admit it: i don't like 431 from a narrative standpoint (or really any standpoint) but if you view it exclusively as the true epilogue in an alternate universe of mha in which 5 year old katsuki is right about deku looking down on him and doing everything to spite him and wanting to bring about his downfall then the whole thing becomes kind of absurdly funny

[mari-lair]

AU where Killua becomes a chimera ant. Since he was eaten with the needle, Illumi's nen influence becomes a permanent part of his new body: He is more paranoid about letting people close.

[antarctite]

like do we have to reiterate every time the agab/cagab debate comes up that one of the earliest examples of assigned gender as terminology comes from THE FIFTIES in a medical book detailing OUR ABUSE AS INTERSEX CHILDREN, and that painting our complaints ab appropriating the language as “transmisogyny” is intersexist.

the fact that the web extension meant to flag ACTUAL TRANSPHOBIA is flagging intersex folk (and any trans ppl under the sun that dont agree with the narrow view of transfeminism as the devs) is an obvious example of how biased a voting system of “is x user y type of bigoted” is. im surprised it even worked for as long as it did before it came crashing down.

[pluviatrix]

dooble of botw link entertaining a little girl to celebrate totk SOON !!!!! !! !

[thatsbelievable]

[starlit-soothsayer]

So what's your issue with Sai? /genq

I have issues with plenty of people. The internet is full of obnoxious individuals, and for the purposes of my main accounts online I quickly block them (it's what those tools are for, after all). That doesn't mean I don't enjoy watching from a distance, however.

Sai is just one on a long list of internet people that wreak havoc wherever they go. Most just don't seem to notice that because she often targets (or tries to target) people that the internet masses are likely to frown upon. Lily Orchard is ideal for this. A vast majority of the internet dislikes her or doesn't care about her. To me, though, it's about the same as watching any United States election since 2016. It's not about getting something good anymore, it's about taking the side of the guy who sucks a little less.

To put it simply, Sai and Lily are two sides of the same coin.

Lily just so happens to have done much worse things by comparison and Sai just so happens to have opinions on media most agree with and internet history that hasn't been picked clean. At the end of the day though, their personalities and way of interacting with the web at large are incredibly similar.

Both of them, despite repeatedly claiming the opposite, are hopelessly obsessed with each other. Both of them use what little amount of minority status they have as a shield against critics. Both of them love to argue, to the point where it seems it's the only form of communication they can navigate. Both are quick to cry cowardice when someone decides an argument isn't worth having and walks away. Both of them must get in the last word, always. Both of them feel that they are in the right all the time, and that anyone else is either stupid, immature, or both. Both of them often label others as sensitive until it's their own feelings that are on the chopping block.

The best thing that Lily could do, if she really wanted to hurt her critics and make them leave her be, is to simply disappear from the internet entirely and let the people leeching off of her starve. The communities based entirely on making fun of her would dissolve overnight. Lily would never do that of course, because she has the same problem as Sai (one also pinpointed by CrimsonEnder): she simply can't let things go.

Neither of them will ever have the ability to walk away from something unless they have the final say, no matter how small it is. I've seen them both revive petty squabbles that have already long since simmered down for the sake of just wanting to argue.

It's not exactly difficult to put together why Sai has so many "haters" when almost every public interaction she has is a argument. It's not always about some form of homophobia or sexism or difference of opinion. Pardon my French, but sometimes your personality just fucking sucks.

[dovewingkinnie]

i suddenly wanted to draw that one oc story with the spider guy again so here is him and his itty bitty ant roommate he does develop a one-sided beef with his roommate (its gets insane) and its the funniest thing ever because he's just beefing with a little critter