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Ants Are Even Stronger Than You Imagine

Started By antgenius123 , Jan 17 2017 10:16 PM
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#1 Offline antgenius123 - Posted January 17 2017 - 10:16 PM

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Cool article about how strong ants are: https://www.insidesc...ger-you-imagine

*Not for the squeamish*

*Warning: Ant's being beheaded*


Edited by antgenius123, January 19 2017 - 10:13 PM.

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#2 Offline Leo - Posted January 17 2017 - 10:47 PM

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so the scientists beheaded them in quite a gruesome way, by making their bodies be flung so fast they were killed?  :(


#3 Offline antgenius123 - Posted January 18 2017 - 9:46 AM

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so the scientists beheaded them in quite a gruesome way, by making their bodies be flung so fast they were killed?  :(

Pretty much, yeah.


 
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#4 Offline Shareallicu - Posted January 18 2017 - 9:17 PM

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so the scientists beheaded them in quite a gruesome way, by making their bodies be flung so fast they were killed?  :(

Thanks for the warning :(


#5 Offline Vendayn - Posted January 18 2017 - 10:47 PM

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Yeah, not sure I really liked reading that. Whether ants feel pain or not, doesn't sound very nice.


#6 Offline CrazyLegs - Posted January 19 2017 - 6:14 PM

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So what were the results for a scientists neck for comparison.


#7 Offline Martialis - Posted January 19 2017 - 6:42 PM

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Well that was... gruesome. :/ 


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