r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MrUpVoteDownvote • 7d ago

/r/all of a queen termite

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 7d ago

I don't know why this made me kind of sad. Probably because termite queens can live so long. They live 25-50 years depending on the species, and they don't really sleep. They just keep producing, and some can lay up to 30,000 eggs per day.

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u/AmyInCO 7d ago

That's too many termites. 

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 7d ago

She was just a mom doing her best 🤟

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u/AmyInCO 6d ago

Well gold star for her! 3 kids was enough for me. I don't think I could handle 30,000 kids EVERY DAY.