I am fucking fascinated with ants and their ways

[ArthurTurner]

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ants-practice-combat-triage-and-nurse-their-injured

Such a great read and look into this kind of ant.

The story you posted is locked behind a paywall, but it actually might be worth subscribing to Science News, given today's times.

One ant memory: when I was a little kid, I was walking home from school when I encountered as a battalion of red army ants took on a giant caterpillar many times their size and dragged it into a crack in the sidewalk. They swarmed all over that sucker -- it must have taken five minutes. They were determined to have him for dinner. I've forgotten a lot about my childhood, but not that.

 

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[Rane1071]

"We're gonna' need a bigger boat ..."

 

[Rane1071]

Cork-lid Trapdoor Spider (Cyclocosmia sp.)

The cork-lid trapdoor spider has a highly sclerotised and abruptly truncated abdominal posterior, which is used as a plug to its burrow entrance. This prevents any effective attacks from predators such as wasps.

 

[tvstrip]

^^ a literal butt-plug

 

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