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Shirley, you can't be serious (thelemmy.club)
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[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

Another comment mentioned it, but the DNA is 99.9-100% in common

And I answered that comment as well. Haplodiploidy leads to the 75% figure rather than 50% most siblings have.

Also, if a queen dies, her own worker larva are raised into new queens.

They get special food (gele royal). Ants have their role from birth, there is no changing caste. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the queen dying. Pretty sure it's more about the season of the year.

The meme says "the queen will notice me" which has nothing to do with who becomes the next queen.

this post was submitted on 26 May 2026
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