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No.

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Fair enough. Perhaps I’d read too many of their comments here in a row and lost perspective a bit. 🙇🏼‍♂️

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Some are boba-sized, even!

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Nah, the former is scientifically sound, and the latter is SciFi. 😝

For sure! Here’s a couple from a quick search: 1., 2.

The “language” you speak of is more often expressed via pheromones rather than sound xor gesture, where ants are concerned —similar to the majority of the insect kingdom, and beyond.

Here’re some more ant facts!

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Ooh! I love arachnids! Did you happen to catch that research on their pneumatic mobility system that was used in miniature robot models? 😱😍… 😬

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There’s a Zelda/Delta V joke in there, but I don’t know enough to wordplay it from astrophys to bio. 😭🙇🏼‍♂️

Fun fact: most known ant species’ workers are 0.01% genetically different than each other (ie. queen[s]:mate[s] ratio), and therefore are closer to clones than individual consciousnesses, strictly speaking. ☝🏼🤓

You’ve gotta turn your UV up more.

There’s a nonzero chance that poor bastard got a terse email from admin re: respect for one’s academic utensils, etc. 🫩🤮

The rest of us know that’s a learnin’ hole stretcher to guide the shovelfuls in more easily, not for wall holes.

Hook, line, and.

“Dammit, Ein! Get off the keyboard!”