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Submitted ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I’ve never seen ants make a hill in New Zealand. Why don’t our ants build hills? These seem like the same common black ants I see everywhere else.

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    • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Because they’re ant hobbits

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I just assumed it was because the ants were breaking it up to dump outside their tunnels. Seems to have been pretty close, but I never would have thought about ant saliva.

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  • OR3X@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ant spit. Nice.

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  • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Any antomologists here? Is this true or just made up?

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    • Hadriscus@jlai.lu ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      ever since the tilted burgers hoax I find myself questioning every bit of realistic-sounding factoid

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      • lauha@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What is tilted burger hoax?

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      • Elgenzay@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I was absolutely expecting a similar punchline at the end of this one

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    • erictile@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes.

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      !myrmecology@mander.xyz

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  • Zomg@piefed.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thanks I’ve kinda wondered too

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Same I’ve been worried about this

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  • MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So it gets hard when they spit on it, just like your mom does to my dick.

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    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The area around the hole is covered in the dirt and saliva of the hundreds who come in and out of the hole every day, eventually producing so much spit and fifth, that it creates a small dirty hill around the edges of the hole.

      Not unlike, I suspect, the contents of your mother’s knickers.

      j/k

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  • WanderingThoughts@europe.pub ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I found that boiling water was the best way to kill the nests that were too close to the house.

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I wondered that myself . . .

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  • Hairyfishnuts@feddit.online ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s gonna rain.

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