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#21 Offline mean gene - Posted October 18 2015 - 3:32 PM

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#22 Offline antmaniac - Posted October 18 2015 - 4:13 PM

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Interesting thread.


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#23 Offline LC3 - Posted October 18 2015 - 4:51 PM

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Those ones that smash their heads are pretty leggy.


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#24 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted October 19 2015 - 12:29 AM

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Great stuff!
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#25 Offline mean gene - Posted October 21 2015 - 12:09 PM

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Macrotermes sp.

 

 

 

Hodotermes sp.

 

 


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#26 Offline mean gene - Posted October 25 2015 - 10:58 AM

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Neocapritermes taracua


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#27 Offline LC3 - Posted October 25 2015 - 12:10 PM

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Neocapritermes taracua


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#28 Offline mean gene - Posted October 29 2015 - 10:22 AM

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Neocapritermes taracua

That's right, really cool how they evolved this defensive mechanism into older workers.



#29 Offline mean gene - Posted November 5 2015 - 6:30 PM

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#30 Offline mean gene - Posted November 14 2015 - 3:49 PM

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#31 Offline antmaniac - Posted November 17 2015 - 2:41 PM

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I found this when look up Camponotus Saundersi.

https://en.wikipedia...wiki/Autothysis


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#32 Offline mean gene - Posted December 11 2015 - 7:30 AM

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I remember hearing about Camponotus Saundersi years ago on animal planets top 10 most extreme. It's too bad I still can't find any video of the defensive mechanism in action :( , maybe some day.

 

I found this when look up Camponotus Saundersi.

https://en.wikipedia...wiki/Autothysis



#33 Offline antmaniac - Posted December 11 2015 - 3:22 PM

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I would love to watch that video. Maybe that is where dragon ball z - cell's original idea from.
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#34 Offline mean gene - Posted December 11 2015 - 4:07 PM

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I would love to watch that video. Maybe that is where dragon ball z - cell's original idea from.

Never made that connection to cell, but maybe that is where they got the idea. 

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#35 Offline antmaniac - Posted December 14 2015 - 2:46 PM

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I found a photo of this ant in action. https://antyscience....exploding-ants/

 

Unfortunately it is not as dramatic as the animation and far from destroying the earth.


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#36 Offline mean gene - Posted January 7 2016 - 7:01 AM

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#37 Offline mean gene - Posted January 31 2016 - 7:31 PM

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#38 Offline mean gene - Posted March 16 2016 - 6:10 PM

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#39 Offline Ants4fun - Posted March 16 2016 - 7:44 PM

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How, they look sick! I would love to have some of those...


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#40 Offline mean gene - Posted March 28 2016 - 7:54 PM

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Longipeditermes Longipes


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