Post B2lv5pEWRYZfpL71ZA by Unixbigot@aus.social
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(DIR) Post #B2lM0bDjcO7EWXW5WS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-29T02:15:13Z
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@alexwild/115975907265196434How does he know they have "a lemony flavor"?This is a scandal that will rock the world of ants. (My husband ate an ant by mistake once. He was using the aspirator all wrong. I forgave him... eventually. #PicaTheCat? Eats ants on purpose! So, what was THIS?)
(DIR) Post #B2lMAOZLVj4UBLIPyq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-29T02:17:00Z
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I have never eaten an ant. I could not. Poor girls. Though... they do eat each other which kind of takes away from it. But the day of "unite all colonies" is coming.
(DIR) Post #B2lMNZweWiA5EDU4Ei by gretared@sfba.social
2026-01-29T02:19:21Z
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@futurebird I ate one by accident as a kid and it was spicy!
(DIR) Post #B2lMWWvn6MFAUGLiRk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-29T02:21:00Z
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@gretared Imagine if you tried to do maximal damage to the titian eating you alive and they were like "oooh spicy" RIP she went out fighting in her own way. :(
(DIR) Post #B2lMhbWMNR6XuKjbge by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-29T02:22:57Z
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@futurebird Formic acid. Sour with an unpleasant buggy aftertaste. At least in the Northern hemisphere. Anyway, to my mind the animal is the nest. Individual ants are more analagous to cells.
(DIR) Post #B2lMsfGomGHWimjshc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-29T02:25:00Z
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@lemgandi IDK if the ants would totally agree. But they are also very willing to "go out in a blaze of glory" over just about every little thing.
(DIR) Post #B2lN4RrwQdjKdJipuq by australopithecus@mastodon.social
2026-01-29T02:27:04Z
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@futurebird @lemgandi Demonstrating conclusively that reckless wrathful vengeance is a solidly pro-social behavior š¤
(DIR) Post #B2lNtlUDFfREFB5ohc by gretared@sfba.social
2026-01-29T02:36:23Z
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@futurebird I figured it was biting me. I was like 5. I swear it wasnāt on purpose!
(DIR) Post #B2lONGU74z7OmW73ya by epicdemiologist@wandering.shop
2026-01-29T02:41:41Z
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@futurebird Maybe he just licked one!
(DIR) Post #B2lOYuhXtYrYhFwz9U by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-29T02:34:09Z
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@australopithecus @futurebird Well, if you're an ant.http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/fertile
(DIR) Post #B2lOZddWpLO63pPudc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-29T02:43:57Z
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@lemgandi @australopithecus OMG.
(DIR) Post #B2lOfWop5YIaeYVaPw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-29T02:45:02Z
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@lemgandi @australopithecus Well it's more like "moooom when are you going to get more of those eggs you froze with dad in the oven? We want more sisters!"
(DIR) Post #B2lP1BiuCYYJb74K9I by dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-01-29T02:48:54Z
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@futurebird years ago i met some very "forage all the things" folks - built their small home almost without buying any materials, just went by construction sites of big fancy houses to see what excess material was being discarded, spotted roadkill deer and came back with the bicycle trailer to harvest it, etc. etc.Anyway they ate ants as salad dressing.
(DIR) Post #B2lP6t3KWzdXQgL7Ue by maudenificent@aus.social
2026-01-29T02:49:55Z
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@futurebird oh, i once had a mouthful of tea made from hot water that had ants in it. it was foul, (formic acid) and the young cubscout who made it had to try again before he was awarded his tea-making badge.but, the Indigenous people of now-called-australia traditionally eat several types of antsā¦ which would answer your question about how he knows the flavour.
(DIR) Post #B2lPuMxk7E7SNnJyjI by masukomi@connectified.com
2026-01-29T02:58:49Z
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@futurebird in one of the replies he said he ate a couple.
(DIR) Post #B2lR52vl2BuxOV31E0 by alexwild@mastodon.online
2026-01-29T03:12:00Z
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@futurebird This is not the only lemony ant I've eaten, either! Atta sexdens is a good citrusy South American species.
(DIR) Post #B2lRnFzPqIUwdaq8yO by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-01-29T03:20:00Z
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@futurebird When I was in Australia; I was told that honeypot ants were an important part of bush tucker.But I cannot speak to anyone eating the other ants around the place.
(DIR) Post #B2lTXpsQqWwrDPLciu by r343l@freeradical.zone
2026-01-29T03:39:35Z
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@futurebird somewhat unrelated but my partner found a cheap used mini fridge which means we now have cold water and co2 and thus sparkling water at a whim. this is good because we dislike buying lightly flavored bubbly water in cans. partner got a selection of flavorings for said sparkle water. one was good bottled lime juice. kiddo says she doesn't like that one because it "tastes like ants". how does she conclude this?!
(DIR) Post #B2lWYjUKNv3PYLBzyC by freequaybuoy@mastodon.social
2026-01-29T04:13:24Z
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@futurebird I was wondering this too! At first I thought he meant the leaves, but, um, no?
(DIR) Post #B2lv5pEWRYZfpL71ZA by Unixbigot@aus.social
2026-01-29T08:48:17Z
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@futurebird I grew up in their range; green ants are a source of food and medicine among first nations people, though this does nothing to disabuse my notion that most āpeasant delicaciesā are a consequence of āthe chap with the sword gets the cheeseburgerā