LillyPip to Today I LearnedEnglish • edit-211 months agoTIL some species of ants farm aphids like we do cowsmessage-square44arrow-up1185arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1177arrow-down1message-squareTIL some species of ants farm aphids like we do cowsLillyPip to Today I LearnedEnglish • edit-211 months agomessage-square44file-text
Link: https://www.westcoastseeds.com/blogs/wcs-academy/do-ants-farm-aphids. Also ants that farm aphids select for certain traits. e: added link
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink10•11 months ago@LillyPip isn’t it cool! But if that was a TIL for you, just wait until you hear about how Ants have hospitals!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoAnt hills can also have any infestations, as in a smaller species of ants (often thief ants) stealing the resources of the bigger ants.
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink8•edit-211 months ago@Tessellecta yes! And there are also ants who steal the children of other species of ant and enslave them. Ants are so interesting.
minus-squareBleeping LobsterlinkEnglish2•11 months agoThis is so frickin’ cool. I’ve been learning the occasional interesting fact about ants for nigh on 30 years and here I am, still finding out cool things about these amazing little creatures.
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink2•11 months ago@Transcendant I know, me too! I’ve been a fan of them ever since I was a kid but I still find out more stuff every now and again.
@LillyPip isn’t it cool!
But if that was a TIL for you, just wait until you hear about how Ants have hospitals!
Ant hills can also have any infestations, as in a smaller species of ants (often thief ants) stealing the resources of the bigger ants.
@Tessellecta yes! And there are also ants who steal the children of other species of ant and enslave them.
Ants are so interesting.
This is so frickin’ cool. I’ve been learning the occasional interesting fact about ants for nigh on 30 years and here I am, still finding out cool things about these amazing little creatures.
@Transcendant I know, me too! I’ve been a fan of them ever since I was a kid but I still find out more stuff every now and again.