Ants can accomplish a task more rationally than our – multimodal, egg-headed, tool-using, bipedal, opposing-thumbed – selves. This is not the case of humans being "stupider" than ants. Humans and animals simply often make irrational choices when faced with very challenging decisions. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Ants! I understand they are also good chocolate coated. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Do you love chocolate? Are you in the UK right now? If you answered yes then no you're doing it wrong for from 13th-19th October it is Chocolate Week - a glorious British tradition when eating anything but chocolate is against the law* and all chocolate is free**.



*Might be a lie.
**Y'know, I'm not sure about this one either. It is Chocolate Week though. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Is there any treat more decadent, more luxurious than chocolate? Well, it need not be a guilty pleasure - the chocolate you eat was almost certainly grown on small farms in poor countries. When you buy chocolate, you help poor farmers feed their families. It's a start, at least

*Now the bad news... picked by bingo 11 months ago

Ants from an attacking colony will come up to inspect them, and they’ll be curled up just like a dead ant. Then moments later they uncurl and walk away. picked by doggylives 2 years ago

Next time you see an army of ants scurrying around, bear in mind that they may be following orders.

For scientists have shown that the insects talk to each other and are more intelligent than anyone ever realised.

They discovered that ants communicate by stroking a natural 'washboard' on their abdomen with a body part that resembles a plectrum. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Covering various foods with chocolate is a good idea in theory, but somehow, somewhere along the way, we've stumbled off the chocolate path and have gotten lost in the void. It's unclear how this started, or who first planted this evil seed, perhaps the French when they first started eating chocolate covered ants? picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The name alone is enough to induce a shudder: the Asian needle ant. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

The butterflies deposit their larvae on marsh gentian plants where exploring ants find them, identify the chemical coating, and take the butterfly larvae back to the ant colony and feed them until they grow up and leave... picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Tiny radio transmitters were fitted to ants by scientists to study their house-hunting habits. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Trap-jaw ants bite with a force of over 300 times their own bodyweight. Uninvited visitors to a nest of trap-jaw ants can expect a vicious response. picked by Jaxomlotus 3 years ago

A bunch of ants devour a dead gecko from flesh to bone in a matter of a hours. Pretty cool time lapse. picked by lostsoul135 1 year ago

Modeled after the workings of a real ant colony, scientists have created 'digital ants' that can protect your computer from viruses and worms. picked by Ankabout 4 weeks ago

Two things that don't go together, Unlike the chocolate and peanut butter in "Reese's Peanut Butter Cups" picked by Hoosker 2 years ago

Life really stinks for Argentine ants. New research shows that while alive, the ants produce two odoriferous chemicals that prevent their compatriots from immediately carting their bodies away to the 'morgue'.
*word of the day...Pupae* picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Chocolate By The Bald Man is a new chocolate restaurant opening in NY's Union Square. Everything in the restaurant is made of chocolate. The owner will be opening more in the future. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

I couldn't tell where this video was actually taking place but it is a pretty bizarre annual festival. Some guys dressed like clowns run through the streets whipping people with sticks with festivities culminating in a shower of fire ants! Sounds like fun huh? picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Scientists have been studying how ants behave in colonies and have found that they willingly plug "potholes" with their bodies, testing the holes first to see what size ant is needed, then allowing the colony to march right over them for the greater good! picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Army ants tired of potholes take one for the team, throwing their bodies into rough spots to make a smoother road for their sisters. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Ice cream, that is! July is Ice Cream Month, and today (third Sunday of the month) is National Ice Cream Day. Those 4 are the most popular...What's your favorite? picked by maven 1 year ago