Post AtOnxTULCxzhb5mfzc by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AtOddiDtiRalxm1xyq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-23T22:25:30Z
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The ants are out at last! I stopped to eat my lunch in the park and I met so many wonderful colonies. Tetramorium, Camponotus, Lasius, Monomorium so happy to see all the girls are back at it after a long winter.
(DIR) Post #AtOdmrv52A2GdtaxVY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-04-23T22:27:09Z
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Is NYC a city of people? Or is it more like a city of ants? They outnumber the people easily, probably by a few orders of magnitude. And they have all these complex systems and trade networks. They don't have tariffs. But they do have wars.
(DIR) Post #AtOdotSOHzxBzP8pHc by raganwald@social.bau-ha.us
2025-04-23T22:27:27Z
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@futurebird Your feed brings back happy memories of a quirky game from the dawn of "Sims:"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimAnt
(DIR) Post #AtOhOqGTvzyONQP7j6 by marick@mstdn.social
2025-04-23T23:07:35Z
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@futurebird My wife, pre-retirement, was a food animal veterinarian, specializing in dairy cattle. She always referred to her patients and their herds as "girls." I will pass this along to her.I love people who love nature/animals.
(DIR) Post #AtOn1ycZIdJZMFDPN2 by lffontenelle@mastodon.social
2025-04-24T00:10:40Z
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@futurebird I never considered the possibility of ants disappearing during winter in temperate climates! (In retrospect, it makes a lot of sense)
(DIR) Post #AtOnxTULCxzhb5mfzc by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-04-24T00:21:04Z
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@futurebird are there any known cases of coöperation between ant colonies?
(DIR) Post #AtT6eT2lJU0YTdNGHA by willowwren@hcommons.social
2025-04-26T02:09:23Z
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@futurebird This is slightly random, and you probably do, but do you know there is a video game called Empire of the Ants? It looks adorable.