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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 53 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If I touch an ant I can certainly smell it on my finger but I wouldn't be able to detect an ant in the room with me

[–] bunchberry@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I can't say I've ever gotten ant on my finger then proceeded to smell my finger.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

When I was a kid it was a thing to stick a stick into a nest of ants so they'd piss on it so you could then suck/sniff the stick for a... sensation.

I never did as I didn't want to bother the ants.

[–] m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago
[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I can't do that, I think you have special ant powers

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 6 points 4 days ago

I can register formic acid if I touch an ant or am fairly close. Probably wouldn't smell an ant from a distance, though

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Like some kind of any man