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Ant smell (mander.xyz)
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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (11 children)

The only time I've smelt ants is when they get crushed. Are you telling me you could smell an ant trail just by walking into a room?

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Are you telling me that if you step on an ant and crush it, you can smell it?! Wtf is going on in this thread??

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    My mind is being blown so much ITT. I don't recall any insect ever having a smell, crushed or otherwise.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Ladybugs have a weird smell when you handle them. Smells a bit like earwax.
    Also, from the time when I hatched flies as food animals, flies really stink but you don’t normally notice because you don’t smell it when it’s just one. Put 100 flies in a bucket and they STINK.
    No idea what’s going on with the ants though. I’m still not convinced this isn’t a hoax.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I don't mean just stepping on an ant. I mean when you were little and climbing a tree or playing on the ground and crushed some ants, smelled your hand to figure out what it was, and it smelled like ants...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I smell them outdoors from quite a long distance.

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