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(DIR) Post #AnsI9hM62sdUMOA1y4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-09T18:33:31Z
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Somewhere there is an ant. And she knows she's supposed to be carrying things, obviously, that is what you do, being an ant. But she's new on this job and it's her first day out and she's not certain she's carrying the right thing or where she is supposed to be taking it. But she is doing her best with gusto! And so can you.(this is a real thing I've seen happen to ants)
(DIR) Post #AnsIHqowjmm826XhY0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-09T18:34:58Z
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The ant solution to this problem ... if she didn't guess right is to either take the object from her and take it to the correct place... or pick the whole ant up and take her where the jobs are more on her level. It's always funny to watch.
(DIR) Post #AnsIMJzUE4nLf0bWvw by gannet@wandering.shop
2024-11-09T18:34:58Z
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@futurebird is that why I have a photo of an ant mysteriously hauling around a bird feather?
(DIR) Post #AnsIMLRAqcXK9AZ9jE by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-09T18:35:46Z
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@gannet Porbably!
(DIR) Post #AnsIUlCgvt7CNPnxcu by loyhena@eldritch.cafe
2024-11-09T18:37:17Z
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@futurebird You makes me want to watch and observe ants, I've never really done it for long.How did you knew it was a new ant ? Do they look different from old ants ?
(DIR) Post #AnsIY0FTS7ltuFeWMy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-09T18:37:44Z
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@loyhena Yes, often newly emerged ants are a lighter color than their older sisters.
(DIR) Post #AnsJ1s9U7VPHTz5t9k by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-09T18:43:18Z
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I've always thought of ants moving other ants as the equivalent of a function that calls another function.
(DIR) Post #AnsJDAuUiYwCqUTJc8 by ben@pgh.social
2024-11-09T18:45:18Z
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@futurebird Talk about a stack overflow...
(DIR) Post #AnsKiLuDzCJXsZmAk4 by CliftonR@wandering.shop
2024-11-09T19:02:04Z
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@futurebird Tired: Ant colonies are intelligent.Wired: Ant colonies implement lambda functions and are Turing-complete.
(DIR) Post #AnsTZPCJHGLb4N2mVU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-09T20:41:23Z
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@Alice_Swaggen Absolutely!
(DIR) Post #AnsTl1DyEdUGC1MH3Y by gannet@wandering.shop
2024-11-09T20:43:26Z
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@futurebird She was having difficulty with it.
(DIR) Post #AnsTxwTFDie3DLfHZQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-09T20:45:51Z
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@gannet She might have needed it for nest construction, they do collect twigs like this. But also, ants could probably nibble the cuticle and get a little protein.So maybe not a confused ant. Though I have seen "ant arguments" where one ant brings something into the nest then others remove it and put it in the trash and its moved back and forth several times until one side gives up.
(DIR) Post #AnsU2CGyPVh3NjxD60 by gannet@wandering.shop
2024-11-09T20:46:33Z
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@futurebird aha, that also makes sense.
(DIR) Post #AnsVRt4YWFKZJgxZ5M by mcsquank@mastodon.online
2024-11-09T21:02:25Z
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@futurebird might finally be an explanation for this: at summer camp one time, I was sitting on the dock and felt a sharp pain on my stomach, and I look down to find and ant pulling on a hair.
(DIR) Post #AnsVVp5NHexy6tDfEm by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-09T21:03:11Z
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@mcsquank She was doing her best!
(DIR) Post #AnsVbhOmmCmA0V6J1s by mcsquank@mastodon.online
2024-11-09T21:04:13Z
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@futurebird I explained to her that the hair was mine, She apologized and move on.
(DIR) Post #AnsW83gXS4uGOSpoCe by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-09T21:10:05Z
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@mcsquank Of course ... there is the possibility she was trying to take YOU back to the nest and that's just how she grabbed on. Ants have no real limits to their ambitions.
(DIR) Post #AnsYpFkAh56m9YG51k by freequaybuoy@mastodon.green
2024-11-09T21:40:17Z
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@futurebird This is a *great* opening to an ANThropomorphic story
(DIR) Post #AnshMUyvrKpGbQWh7Y by Meowthias@mastodon.world
2024-11-09T23:10:36Z
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@Gustodon @futurebird The ants would probably use this to gain access to our computer systems.
(DIR) Post #Ansk7WdzhEmxHEHhgm by CliftonR@wandering.shop
2024-11-09T23:42:40Z
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@futurebird It's always the weird off-hand comments that turn out to be Fedi-bait.
(DIR) Post #AnskVPFOqg6FHpATT6 by kechpaja@social.kechpaja.com
2024-11-09T23:51:09Z
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@futurebird So ants are first-class citizens, just like first-class functions? Somehow that is unsurprising.
(DIR) Post #AnsyW0uCEgF9RHQyEC by mrpieceofwork@mastodon.social
2024-11-10T02:28:09Z
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@futurebird I once was sitting in my favorite spot next to the fence, in the shade of the house, kinda watching the fire ants trail, and I noticed a jumping spider hopping up to the line every few times. Turns out it was stealing what they were carrying! It was so fast, the ants didn't know what hit them. Just flinched, and kept moving.
(DIR) Post #Ansya4x58IHl9CipiC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-11-10T02:28:53Z
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@mrpieceofwork Very cool and dastardly