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We keep the entomologists in the basement. (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 year ago (9 children)

There's a species of ant that lays eggs of a different species of ant.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What the fuck?

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[–] Dani551@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Valid reaction

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[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I admire this guy's dropping an ant fact like this and then refusing to elaborate

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[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I'm busy playing boardgames. And it was a fact. Mission accomplished.

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[–] Dani551@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I need more information

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[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messor_ibericus

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[–] AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyz 19 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

I think they're referring to this species. Although the cloning aspect adds yet another layer of wtf on top.

Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species

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[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Cloning is fairly common. Like aphids will clone during spring and summer and then do sex in autumn.

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[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

This is different. The queen is fertilized by another species, but can only have males of that species with a portion of her own genetic information. When she's fertilized by her own species, she can produce Queens, haploid workers, and male drones of her species.

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