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 (DIR) Post #AkpnodEsC5SHk6a6sK by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-08-10T20:07:46Z
       
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       I haven't watched it yet but the title of the new "Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't" video has me Very Alarmed. I sense controversy brewing in the binomial name enjoyer community! A great schism. Cancellations! A row! It is titled "The Most Obnoxious Insect in North America" and he is coming for the cicadas! (Or as I think of them "loud ant snacks")Well I'm going to watch it and we shall see what has been stirred up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IiBYJ_6iHo&list
       
 (DIR) Post #AkpnrZyulGQQVbWRuK by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-08-10T20:07:56Z
       
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       Fooled again by the click bait controversial title. It's a good video.
       
 (DIR) Post #Akpp2iniPZ5J08A2ZE by vanderZwan@vis.social
       2024-08-10T20:21:31Z
       
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       @futurebird lol, I'd argue it's technically not even click bait: the better a plant, animal or any other organism is at giving the middle finger to humans, the more likely Joey Santore will love it and cheer it on. So from that angle the title is honest, it's just implying something most people wouldn't expect
       
 (DIR) Post #Akpph32MaoG3LWF2UC by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-08-10T20:28:50Z
       
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       @vanderZwan Agree. Here are the best parts:4:45 - Lasius aphidicola running up and down the tree.5:19 - Crematogaster sp darts into frame for a second.  (The red beads on the cicada are ocelli, simple light sensing organs that help insects to fly. Some ants have them too.)5:40 - Crematogater again (they are mad about something, flagging their gasters)10:38 - A small black possible ant, but it might not even be an ant, could be Monomorium minimum... but it's too blurry to say.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkpsoLtZB1UxitIkD2 by tshirtman@mas.to
       2024-08-10T21:03:43Z
       
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       @futurebird this guy loves them for the whole state 😆
       
 (DIR) Post #AkpzzyNd89cXwjqrnU by justafrog@mstdn.social
       2024-08-10T22:24:16Z
       
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       @futurebird First pass read was "loud and snacks" and well, for the average frog that does seem accurate.
       
 (DIR) Post #Akq1Mbrr66TQjvLasK by justafrog@mstdn.social
       2024-08-10T22:39:35Z
       
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       @futurebird @vanderZwan The parts which other people strangely don't focus on, despite there being ants in them.Possibly.