Whenever I yell in my ant room my Camponotus parius start running everywhere but all my other ant species don't.
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SYUTEO
, Apr 26 2022 5:14 PM
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Posted April 26 2022 - 5:14 PM
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Posted April 26 2022 - 5:31 PM
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They can feel vibrations with organs in their body so yes?
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Posted April 26 2022 - 5:36 PM
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It's not hearing like you and I know it. Sound is caused by vibrating the molecules in the air at certain wavelengths, so they are just reacting to the vibrations caused by yelling, not actually perceiving sound like us.
Some colonies can be more sensitive than others to disturbances. It might not even be your yelling, just related heavier footsteps that usually happen when someone is upset.
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Posted April 26 2022 - 5:54 PM
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Yes. It's like people on a Pacific coastline running for their lives when they feel an earthquake starting.
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