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Red Ants Use Black Ants As "Slaves"


Brandy333

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How blood-red ants became slave snatchers | Science | AAAS (sciencemag.org)

Red ants kidnap and make slaves of black ants - Bing video

I remember many years ago red ants actually taking over black ants and making the black ants "work" for them.  I think they get hold of the black eggs before they hatch, then when they hatch the babies from the black ant colony go to work for the red ants.

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Would anyone be able to tell the difference if it was red ants and red ants? 

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They need to have Black Ants Matter protests. That should sort things out.

B.A.M. !

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From their clothes  I'm guessing that was filmed in the antebellum era. I didn't realise they had colour film then.

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10 hours ago, third_eye said:

Would anyone be able to tell the difference if it was red ants and red ants? 

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That's a good point.  They may not discriminate at all.

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5 hours ago, Myles said:

That's a good point.  They may not discriminate at all.

They see colors just fine... better in fact. 

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