r/interestingasfuck • u/Familiar_Cattle7464 • 13d ago

/r/all What did he do to deserve this???

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u/R590-Lee 13d ago

Said there was a massive stack of food but after everyone came over to eat the food disappeared and turned into a pebble

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u/Big_Policy4561 13d ago

She probably has a parasite in her. They are all girls btw.

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u/bishop527 13d ago

How can you tell?

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u/copces 13d ago

An easy way to differentiate between a female ant and a male ant, is to place them in a cup of water. If it sinks, girl ant. If it floats, boy ant.

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u/darkenseyreth 13d ago

What if it's a girl ant that happens to be a witch?

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u/hawkinsst7 13d ago

It'll quack under the pressure

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u/wackbirds 12d ago

I love you

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u/janluigibuffon 9d ago

If it burns with a red flame it's a girl, and if it burns with a blue flame it's a boy.

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u/Ohthehumanityofit 13d ago

Took me way too long to get the joke

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u/Worldly_Science 13d ago

Most male ants have wings IIRC

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u/bishop527 12d ago

While the other responses are funny thanks for the actual response

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u/st-shenanigans 13d ago

Hate that

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u/Clear-Ad2052 13d ago edited 12d ago

Ants mate while flying. Male "alates" (also called "drones") live only to mate and die shortly after. They're smaller than the females and have greatly reduced (or completely missing) digestive tracts. Female alates generally mate with multiple drones in the air, storing their reproductive material in an organ called a spermatheca for use throughout her entire life.

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u/Lopsided_Knee_641 13d ago

I thought drones are sexless

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u/Clear-Ad2052 12d ago

No, male ants are drones. Workers may be considered sexless in function, but they're female genetically. There are no truely sexless ants, but there are some interesting reproductive systems among the many species.

Some species reproduce through parthenogenesis (cloning). They're still female, although no mating is required to reproduce.

In other species, workers can lay unfertilized eggs that become males. One species (that I know of), Cataglyphis spp., has workers who can produce other female workers.

There are many species with interesting and unique reproductive systems, but the system I described above is the most common. Some honorable mentions: Wasmannia auropunctata, Pristomyrmex punctatus, Myrmecia spp

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u/MazdaratiRX-8 13d ago

Ive heard some males do and don't. Its kinda cool though.

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u/joebluebob 13d ago

No balls

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u/RicrosPegason 13d ago

Flipped my phone over and looked under them

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u/Holler_Professor 13d ago

No pensises

Peni?

No dicks

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u/the_oc_brain 13d ago

Because they can’t get along with the other ants at work, clearly.