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do ants show expressions?

Started By manik , Apr 20 2021 5:11 PM

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#1 Offline manik - Posted April 20 2021 - 5:11 PM

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weird  post i know ........

 

is me or ants show facial expressions ? lol is like you can tell when they're happy, scared or just tired 


#2 Offline ANTdrew - Posted April 20 2021 - 5:30 PM

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I think almost all of their communication is scent based. Insect behavior can seem so weird because they don’t inhabit a visual world like we do, but an olfactory one.
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#3 Offline manik - Posted April 20 2021 - 5:40 PM

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no no hahaha, no i mean for example if you tab the test tube you can actual see how they get startled in a "what the heck was that" kind of way 


#4 Offline SleepyAsianAnter - Posted April 20 2021 - 6:51 PM

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It depends on how fast they move their antennae and how wide their mandibles are open


#5 Offline manik - Posted April 20 2021 - 7:07 PM

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It depends on how fast they move their antennae and how wide their mandibles are open

exactly ! 


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