747
Genes be crazy (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 22 points 9 months ago (8 children)

It smells so weird and strong. I'm surprised not everyone can smell this. I wonder how common this is?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 8 child comments
    •
  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Now I need to know what I'm missing out on... I know the smell of formic acid, and can smell it if andts are really pissed off - but do they just smell?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I usually only smell it after they are agitated. I assume that's what they meant? But usually when I'm smelling ants they are agitated.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Can you smell other insects or is it just ants? Any type of ant?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    I don't know. This is the first time in my life I have ever heard about people smelling ants. I have a really good sense of smell normally, but I have never smelled ants. Never heard anybody say they could smell them either. So, I think it might be quite common.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    I'm not exactly sure. My sense of smell has been shot since I got covid. It feels so weird. Some smells don't exist, some are much stronger, some remained the same.

    One good example is burning anything while cooking.

    I can just feel it though. If I'm itchy while in my kitchen, 9/10 it's ants (ground floor old apartment)

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent