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Ants spray formic acid.

submitted by ant

7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago

"Southern Wood Ants (formica rufa) build large mounds for their colonies and shoot formic acid to defend them."

From http://educatedearth.net/video.php?id=3587 ...

Silly version: http://videosift.com/video/Crazy-Acid-Spraying-Women-Ants-from-Smalltalk-Diaries ...

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ant

*related=https://videosift.com/video/Crazy-Acid-Spraying-Women-Ants-from-Smalltalk-Diaries

Crazy Acid Spraying Women (Ants) from Smalltalk Diaries has been added as a related post - related requested by ant.

@ant so when David Attenborough rubs you with a stick you squirt, eh?

ant

jokingly says...

Yep, I pee like crazy!

@ant so when David Attenborough rubs you with a stick you squirt, eh?

Chaucer says...

there's another video of a bird that uses these ants to clean itself of parasites. It literally agitates the ant and puts it under its wing. Pretty ingenious.

ant

Please find and submit.

there's another video of a bird that uses these ants to clean itself of parasites. It literally agitates the ant and puts it under its wing. Pretty ingenious.

Chaucer says...

I couldnt find the video i saw long ago with the bird shoving these ants under its wings. Apparently this is called "anting". The best video I could find is embed in a webpage and I dont know how to submit it:
https://www.britannica.com/science/formic-acid

This is also a good video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKq3nR3L9_E

ant

Please find and submit.

ant

Nice finds. Go submit that YouTube video!

I couldnt find the video i saw long ago with the bird shoving these ants under its wings. Apparently this is called "anting". The best video I could find is embed in a webpage and I dont know how to submit it:
https://www.britannica.com/science/formic-acid

This is also a good video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKq3nR3L9_E

Chaucer says...

submitted
https://videosift.com/video/Acid-Bird-Bath

ant

Nice finds. Go submit that YouTube video!

Acid Bird Bath has been added as a related post - related requested by ant on that post.

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