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[-] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 140 points 8 months ago

Ants running in a circle lost the pheromone trail and keep running in circles until they die.

[-] fascicle@leminal.space 43 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[-] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 122 points 8 months ago
[-] baronvonj@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago
[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 16 points 8 months ago

Thank you for your cervids.

[-] breakingcups@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Cariboussel

[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 31 points 8 months ago

Protection from predators I'd wager

[-] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 10 points 8 months ago

Truth or deer

[-] Honytawk@feddit.nl 6 points 8 months ago

Deer running in a circle lost connection to the hive mind and keep running in circles until they die. So sad

[-] dumbass@piefed.social 6 points 8 months ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 8 months ago

Or because they're being chased by FENTON!!

[-] dumbass@piefed.social 10 points 8 months ago

Ohhhh Jesus Christ! FENTON!

It's an oldie but it always makes me piss myself laughing... The desperation in his voice, the absolute ignorance of Fenton *Chefs kiss* perfection.

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago
[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 13 points 8 months ago
[-] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 8 months ago

"An ant mill was first described in 1921 by William Beebe, who observed a mill 370 meters (1,210 ft) in circumference. It took each ant two and a half hours to make one revolution."

I'm curious where he found it. Sounds like quite a sight

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago

Apparently, it was in a forest in Guyana. And well, perhaps you're imagining a filled-out spiral, but in this case, it looked like a normal ant migration at the first. They were going in 6 lanes at most and at 370 meters circumference, that just looks like a line until you follow it around.

That's according to this source, which seems to have excerpts from his book: https://themountainsarecalling.earth/the-army-ant-death-spiral/

[-] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago

That is fascinating. Thanks for sharing

[-] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

[(https://tenor.com/r3TiZTw18Fu.gif)]

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Ants are just like us humans! So cute.

[-] daddycool@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago
[-] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 8 months ago
[-] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago
[-] Vespair@lemmy.zip 20 points 8 months ago

Humans at a metal concert (circle pit)

Pushing Little Children With Their Fully Automatics!

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"I don't need to walk around in circles, walk around in circles, walk around in..." - Soul Coughing

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago

Deer running in circles, you say?

Sounds like FENTON!! has been naughty again 😁

[-] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I bet Ron started it.

[-] dsilverz@calckey.world 3 points 8 months ago

@Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com @memes@sopuli.xyz

I wonder if their spiraling is clockwise or counterclockwise depending on the hemisphere (Coriolis effect)... What if they do this exactly at the equator line (e.g. exactly at the Marco Zero from Brazilian MacapĂĄ)? So many questions...

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I don't feel ants crawling all over me now at all

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

deers

\sigh. Now I know why some people put an S on 'e-mail'.

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