Ants have tremendous physical variation.
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Ants have tremendous physical variation. Consider the difference in the legs between turtle ants and leaf cutters.
This photo by Chris Joll shows how compact Cephalotes varians can be. Her body is flat so she can hide in tree bark.
Leafcutter ants have long legs that help them to carry and cut larger leaves. Their bodies are like a compass.
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Ants have tremendous physical variation. Consider the difference in the legs between turtle ants and leaf cutters.
This photo by Chris Joll shows how compact Cephalotes varians can be. Her body is flat so she can hide in tree bark.
Leafcutter ants have long legs that help them to carry and cut larger leaves. Their bodies are like a compass.
@futurebird TIL there are turtle ants!
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@futurebird TIL there are turtle ants!
They are some of the cutest ants you will find.
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Ants have tremendous physical variation. Consider the difference in the legs between turtle ants and leaf cutters.
This photo by Chris Joll shows how compact Cephalotes varians can be. Her body is flat so she can hide in tree bark.
Leafcutter ants have long legs that help them to carry and cut larger leaves. Their bodies are like a compass.
@futurebird what does "their bodies are like a compass" mean?
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@futurebird what does "their bodies are like a compass" mean?
Her mandibles are like scissors and her whole body is like a compass ... the length of her legs places an upper limit on the size of leaf chunk she can manipulate.
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@futurebird what does "their bodies are like a compass" mean?
This would be like me carrying one of those giant plywood sheets from a construction site... all by myself, above my head, while running at full speed...
with my mouth!
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This would be like me carrying one of those giant plywood sheets from a construction site... all by myself, above my head, while running at full speed...
with my mouth!
Listen. I'll come clean. I often look at those plywood sheets and just think... "what if" what if I could just hoist that and run?
Wouldn't that be amazing?
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Listen. I'll come clean. I often look at those plywood sheets and just think... "what if" what if I could just hoist that and run?
Wouldn't that be amazing?
@futurebird i'd subscribe to your youtube channel featuring you picking up all sorts of random things and running around.
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@futurebird i'd subscribe to your youtube channel featuring you picking up all sorts of random things and running around.
It's the latest tiktok craze "anting out"
