cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31473103
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Well, where’s the ant list? I am intrigued!
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Well if we have to do it ourselves…
- Fungus-growing ants (obvious pick)
- Slaver ants
- Formica rufa (spits acid from its butt)
- Saharan Silver Ant (adapted to the scorching sun)
- Cephalotes (Door head ant)
- Bullet ant
- Giant Amazonian Ants (possibly largest workers)
- (some tiny ant?)
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- Honeypot ant (10. because they should make the list but I don’t want to look at them)
edit: added Formica rufa, Saharan silver ant, Cephalotes
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How about the Saharan Silver Ant? They are specifically adapted to not get cooked in the sunny desert!
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That one with the head like a penny and uses it like a door is pretty cool.
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Mystrium camillae: They snap their mandibles to produce the fastest movement of an animal appendage, at 90 meters/second.
And they’re from the subfamily of Dracula ants, which drink what’s essentially the blood of their babies.
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