It's an expressive art, instinctually smart. Secretion's quiet and dependable.

[bord_du_rasoir]

Humans communicate largely through talking, listening, and looking (and thanks to Johannes Gutenberg we've become increasingly dependent upon talking's linguistic derivative: text). "Humans are the most audio-visual creatures on Earth. We're highly unusual. The vast majority of creatures on Earth communicate the way the ants do- by chemicals,

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[teddi]

This was really interesting. Lol that poor ant.

[kittysaysno]

... That's hilarious, ahahaha, poor ant.

[snobahr]

I chortled. A lot.

[crowleu]

ohhh man that was fascinating! one of the best posts I've seen, imo :) thanks for sharing

[restingstate]

Yes! I heard this on NPR and laughed pretty hard. Poor ant!