(C) Daily Kos
This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered.
 . . . . . . . . . .



From Mastodon - the case for domesticated ants [1]

['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.']

Date: 2023-10-22  

The “Myrme Propagandist” on Mastodon has gone overboard with her pro-ant propaganda, providing a list of potentially useful applications for domesticated ants. She already keeps pet ants, so this thread is focused on working ants.

The proposal seems to be tounge-in-cheek (mostly), but still provides food for thought and surveys several interesting capabilities of ants and how humans sometimes manipulate their behavior.

First post in the thread is below:

Mastodon header-post proposing to domesticate ants.

(Photo: Dinomyrmex gigas)

[END]
---
[1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/22/2201022/-From-Mastodon-the-case-for-domesticated-ants?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web

Published and (C) by Daily Kos
Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified.

via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds:
gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/