Why is it bad when ants do it?
RIP
Submitted 1 year ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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sexy_peach@feddit.de 1 year ago
TofuWater@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ants follow eachother in a line so they don’t get lost on their way back to the nest. When they’ve lost track of the scent for any number of different reasons back to the nest they will follow the ant in front of them for guidance eventually turning into a “death spiral” seen in the picture. The ants are lost and will never find their way home and will march to their deaths.
Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 1 year ago
This death spiral/"ant mill" is actually quite short, though still deadly - in the worst case scenarios, a death spiral can be literally kilometers long, some ants might not even make a single revolution around it, which is kinda terrifying to think about.
DesolateMood@lemm.ee 1 year ago
:(
misterdoctor@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Makes you wonder why they’d shout hurrah in that situation.
Triple_B@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
They run in that circle until they die because they’re all following the one in front of them.
JoShmoe@ani.social 1 year ago
Can’t you redirect their focus by dropping something nutritious nearby?
registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 1 year ago
They’re just following the trail of pheromones ahead of them. It goes around in circles so they’ll just walk and walk until they die of exhaustion.
Never heard about it so had to read up on it, it’s as obscure as a rat king to me.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
rat kings are mostly fake though
systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Circle of death! Rip circle ants.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How do we make this just, you know, happen I fuckin hate ants
DanyBGoode@mujico.org 1 year ago
Would like to know as well.
ehrenschwan@feddit.de 1 year ago
I believe they usually follow the trail of the ants walking infront of them so when they’re walking in a circle they’ll technically walk in a circle indefinitely.
scytale@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I know about the ants, but what does it mean for deer?
ickplant@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dkarma@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’ve heard of a cuddle puddle well this is a trample yo motherfucking ass circle. It doesn’t rhyme but it’s super effective.
mbp@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I love when the deers play with the mooses and geeses
ickplant@lemmy.world 1 year ago
HamBrick@programming.dev 1 year ago
Meese wanted food food is in the woodes
Mercival@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Don’t forget the goslings and moslings
Mago@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Reindeer* domesticated btw.
bruh420@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sounds not to different from capitalism and humans in 2023 in general lol
explodicle@local106.com 1 year ago
Makes me wonder what sort of obscene luxuries a billionaire ant queen would indulge in while her drones die.
TeraFloppy@lemmings.world 1 year ago
Is this the Kabba?
DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Man I miss his Lemon Demon stuff. I think he’s pretty busy with a young kid and stuff, but I’d love to hear more from him.
ickplant@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ooh, I like this, thanks for sharing!
lillardfair@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I had actually never heard of the ant one before
random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Humanity and capitalism?
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmus.org 1 year ago
You Spin Me Right Round!
You Spin Me Right Round -MEME (Especial video for Iluvallmychao0071)
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Plural of deer is deer btw, just like moose
He11oWor1d@lemmy.world 1 year ago
mooses
ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
meese
IanSomnia@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Manu much moosen.
SeaPancake@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
A FLOCK OF MOOSEN
Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
But the Mieeces…
FatAdama@programming.dev 1 year ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzr12gBrXA8
sam2099@lemmy.world 1 year ago
møøse
pillars_in_the_trees@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Unless you’re talking about multiple species of deer.
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
True, same with fish and fishes. English is fun
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The plural should clearly be meese.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
The plural of moose isn’t deer!