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‘Exploding ants’ discovered in Southeast Asia

Started By StopSpazzing , Apr 20 2018 11:42 AM

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#1 Offline StopSpazzing - Posted April 20 2018 - 11:42 AM

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Wow, so who is going to be first to keep these? I want to know more.

Colobopsis explodens

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#2 Offline T.C. - Posted April 20 2018 - 12:27 PM

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Very cool. Like walking suicide bombers.

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#3 Offline nurbs - Posted April 20 2018 - 12:43 PM

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I can see posts on these ants already.

"Guyz! please HALP!!! I got some C. explodes and they started out fine with 5 workers!!! But then I moved the test tube too quickly and three of them asploded!!!! Now I'm down to two workers and brood but the guts of the ants are all over the cotton!!! Any tips on how to move them to a new test tube I don't want to them to asssplode no mo!"