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Ant smell (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Which ants? All ants?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

From how far away?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I can smell the tiny black ants more than any other but I can smell all of them. I didn't know this was a genetic trait until now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've never smelled ants, but like maybe ants in Sweden don't smell? It's why I wanted to know which kinds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I’ve never tried smelling isolated ants but the anthills in the forest just smell like forest to me. Also Swedish so my forests smell like pine and soil.