Was surprised to find a new-to-me jack jumper species, Myrmecia fulvipes, in a small park I’ve been visiting for 20 years.
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Was surprised to find a new-to-me jack jumper species, Myrmecia fulvipes, in a small park I’ve been visiting for 20 years. The ant looks nearly as surprised as me!
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Do you think they recognize you? It's gotta be like getting photographed by Steve McCurry or something.
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This is a nice angle that shows her binocular* vision. She is a little hunter.
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@alexwild @futurebird
That ant has
“Git offa my lawn” face -
@alexwild @futurebird
That ant has
“Git offa my lawn” facePoor Myrmecia have resting grumpy face.
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This is a nice angle that shows her binocular* vision. She is a little hunter.
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@futurebird @alexwild Do only some ant have binocular vision?
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@futurebird @alexwild Do only some ant have binocular vision?
Not really? I think most of them can get both eyes on you at once, it's more that her eyes are bigger and better positioned to target things in-front of her rather than just providing a general sense of what's around her.
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@futurebird @alexwild Do only some ant have binocular vision?
So maybe not the best word choice. But her eyes are specialized.
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So maybe not the best word choice. But her eyes are specialized.
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@futurebird @alexwild Do we know if they actually have depth perception?
Yes they have depth perception.
(found a better link where you can see a pdf of the paper which is very cool... not just the abstract)
However I was pretty confident this would be the case because of the way some ants can jump over gaps. How could you jump over a gap without knowing how wide it is?
