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Genes be crazy (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

I'm pretty sure that's the smell they're talking about, they make more of it when disturbed or crushed but it's always a tiny bit there. But pretty sure that's the smell they're speaking of.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    The reason I doubt that is because I can't smell ants "all the time". And I can definitely smell them when they're disturbed. But most people who talk about smelling ants describe the smell as "damp" or "mouldy" or "earthy", and I have never smelled an ant that smells like that.

    The only smell I've ever smelled from them is acrid and acidic, and that only happens when they're disturbed or dead.

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