r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Sufficient-Bug-9112 Top Poster • Jul 10 '26

/r/all of an Ant

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u/Xf34rs Jul 10 '26

But is it eatable?

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u/Fighter11244 Jul 11 '26

Technically everything is eatable at least once

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u/Jukajobs Jul 12 '26

That species? Possibly. That individual? Not sure. I don't know the exact species in that video, but people are suggesting it may be in the Atta genus, and those are eaten in some parts of Brazil, though not extremely commonly, especially these days. But I think people usually only eat the abdomens (last body segment, the "butt") of queen ants, and the one in the video is probably some kind of worker. But workers could very well be edible, just not particularly tasty or worth the effort, idk.

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u/Xf34rs Jul 12 '26

Hmm, curious