▲ 1167 ▼ Ant smell (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 461 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (5 children) I can only smell them when I kill them 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 years ago (4 children) That's the formic acid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're saying the formic acid is released when the ant loses its form? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago Ant go squishy, formic acid go splat? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I wonder if it's also the entire cocktail of smells they have in store that gets squeezed out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago Most likely, but the acid I think has the strongest scent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 years ago (4 children) That's the formic acid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're saying the formic acid is released when the ant loses its form? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago Ant go squishy, formic acid go splat? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I wonder if it's also the entire cocktail of smells they have in store that gets squeezed out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago Most likely, but the acid I think has the strongest scent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're saying the formic acid is released when the ant loses its form? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago Ant go squishy, formic acid go splat? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago Ant go squishy, formic acid go splat? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I wonder if it's also the entire cocktail of smells they have in store that gets squeezed out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago Most likely, but the acid I think has the strongest scent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago Most likely, but the acid I think has the strongest scent. permalink fedilink source parent