Myrmecology (ANTS) Encore with Dr. Terry McGlynn
You have ants. We all have ants, but do we KNOW ants? Get ready for cult-leader queens, bullet ant stings, kitchen pest hacks, the dynamics of a billion-sister megacolony. Dr. Terry McGlynn sits down to have a BIG discussion about itty-bitty creatures in this encore because I was out of town seeing my family and just needed a week off. Learn about tropical ants, urban ants, how they walk on water, which ones are picky eaters, which ones make weird sounds, what ant movies are bunk, and some help-help takeaways. Also: sniffing your relatives before deciding to kill them. Ooooh, it’s a classic.
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Dr. Terry McGlynn's website and Twitter
A donation went to the SEEDS Field Trip fund
Some links which may be of use to you:
Wheeler going around naming stuff
Ant super colonies/megaparties
Electric ants aka little fire ants
Micromachines: remember these? No?
Leafcutting + fungus growing is their jam
Childbirth vs other pains in the literal and figurative ass
Termites are like “lol we’re roaches”
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