Reminds me of A Bug’s Life
@LillyPip isn’t it cool!
But if that was a TIL for you, just wait until you hear about how Ants have hospitals!
Ant hills can also have any infestations, as in a smaller species of ants (often thief ants) stealing the resources of the bigger ants.
@Tessellecta yes! And there are also ants who steal the children of other species of ant and enslave them.
Ants are so interesting.
This is so frickin’ cool. I’ve been learning the occasional interesting fact about ants for nigh on 30 years and here I am, still finding out cool things about these amazing little creatures.
@Transcendant I know, me too! I’ve been a fan of them ever since I was a kid but I still find out more stuff every now and again.
There are two wolves in this comment section.
One says: Animals are so cool!
The other one is like: But people are superior!
Dealing with this is so annoying. Not because it’s difficult to handle, though it is, but because I have to exterminate multiple Argentine ant colonies in rapid succession despite loving ants. Please just let me garden in peace, ants. :(
Ugh after having them come into my house once… I feel you. I love you, little ant bros, just not in my house!
This is backwards. The aphids hire the ants as bodyguards.
What the hell is this title? Isn’t the whole article describing the ant-aphid relationship while emphatizing that we can’t really compare it in human terms?
Reminds me of “Children of Time” by Adrian Tchaikovsky that I am reading now
little bastards move them everywhere. and farm a wide range of aphids and scale bugs.
