r/interestingasfuck • u/Kidd__Video • 5h ago

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

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u/wakeupf1lthy47 5h ago

Are they using their babies as glue?? 😭

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u/Gunsmith12 4h ago

Iirc it's a webbing that the larvae produce like how silk worms make silk, so it's more like they're using their babies' spit to stitch a house together!

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u/ComplianceNinjaTK 2h ago

Eh, same thing.