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If aliens from outer space were also into ant keeping

Started By BleepingBleepers , Nov 1 2023 1:33 PM

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#1 Offline BleepingBleepers - Posted November 1 2023 - 1:33 PM

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Those ants would look like this

Saw this and my ant enthus. side instantly got reminded of an ant queen and her large, egg filled abdomen.

https://www.itv.com/...rel-found-in-uk

https://fb.watch/o2vjkpsbFF/

Bit of a goofy, not serious post, but thought I'd share for fun.

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#2 Offline Manitobant - Posted November 2 2023 - 1:28 PM

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Funny thing is they actually would! Phronima (the parasite in the photo) served as the inspiration for the xenomorph queen in the alien films and the xenomorphs are a eusocial species with a colony structure based on ants!

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#3 Offline ANTdrew - Posted November 2 2023 - 3:41 PM

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Aliens would probably keep us…

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#4 Offline bmb1bee - Posted November 2 2023 - 3:50 PM

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My real question is what the ants from outer space would look like...

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