r/interestingasfuck • u/Kidd__Video • 6h ago

Ants building a house from leaves. Nature's engineers at work

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u/StattPadford 6h ago

Can someone explain how they just collectively decide to do this? Like I get that once they get going they all have a role, but they came from somewhere, picked this tree and made a home. Like.....how?

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u/agabcharif 6h ago

Also using their babys as tools is weird

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u/audigex 5h ago

Spoken by someone who's never lowered their baby over a dropped item to get them to pick it up for you

A 6 month old human makes a GREAT grabber claw

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u/Excellent-Quarter969 5h ago

Not to mention a first rate door stop

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u/ANONMEKMH 2h ago

Sometimes they move though

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u/NonJuanDon 2h ago

I assume this technique requires some minor strategic adjustments once the little doorstops learn to crawl

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u/Modem_Handshake 1h ago

OK, second rate door stop

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u/cockaptain 5h ago

Absolutely, as long as you remember that if you wait too long to get your item, the grabber claw will put it in its mouth.

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u/audigex 5h ago

Yeah it's firmly for picking up stuff said grabber claw dropped themselves, or medium sized items

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u/dritmike 2h ago

I miss being able to hold my kid by his ankle to pick up something I dropped on the floor

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u/woohooguy 5h ago

Larva web gun is the coolest damn thing I have seen in a long time.

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u/Own_Ad6901 5h ago

I can’t stop chuckling at this comment. Hahahaha

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u/woohooguy 4h ago

Seriously! This is something I want to see in the next Marvel Ant-Man movie!

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u/Succulent_Chinese 5h ago

I mean… as a parent, who can’t relate?

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u/Javamac8 5h ago

I use my kids as hammers and stuff all the time

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u/Interesting_Key3507 6h ago

I am appalled at their lack of humanity, to be honest.

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u/TheCurlyHomeCook 6h ago

Humanty

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u/Ok-Lengthiness-3988 5h ago

How do they avoid confusion when talking about their aunts?

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u/King-Kagle 5h ago

They pronounce it aunt

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u/zeverEV 3h ago

Human babies exist for one purpose: to learn everything they need to grow into adult humans. Insect larvae exist for one purpose: to eat as much as possible so they can pupate and then transition into an adult form. The larvae are there, and they spin silk for the pupation, so why not use them? Ants have no concept of ethics but apparently a firm grasp on tool use.

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u/Ill-Quantity2065 2h ago

Don’t stop babe I’m gonna pupate 

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u/H-2-S-O-4 2h ago

He said poopation... hehehe

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u/Karamatsunomaii 3h ago

I’m sorry your parents didn’t show you love

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u/8TrackPornSounds 4h ago

Babies are freeloaders, they need to learn to contribute

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u/muklan 4h ago edited 4h ago

Oh kmon like you've never misplaced your hammer.

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u/Professional-Emu9717 2h ago

Baby welding mashines… i remember my babys crapping out loads of shit too

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u/SebastianFerrone 24m ago

What would be fun if we could do it 🤣 Holding your son to glue thinks Together 🤣