LillyPip@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoTIL some species of ants farm aphids like we do cowsmessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareTIL some species of ants farm aphids like we do cowsLillyPip@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-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-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-squareBleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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.
minus-squareTessellecta@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago@Tessellecta yes! And there are also ants who steal the children of other species of ant and enslave them. Ants are so interesting.
@LillyPip isn’t it cool!
But if that was a TIL for you, just wait until you hear about how Ants have hospitals!
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.
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.