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There are ants that move at 1 m/s?! That's terrifying. What kind of ant is that? Will it hurt if it bites me? How can I avoid this ant? ;-) Sure, not as fast a
by ashton314 7y ago
There are ants that move at 1 m/s?! That's terrifying. What kind of ant is that? Will it hurt if it bites me? How can I avoid this ant?
;-) Sure, not as fast as humans, but seeing something small (and potentially with big poisonous pincers) move at that speed is a little freaky.
- chongli 7y agoThe Saharan silver ant [1]. It’s actually only about 0.86 m/s but still quite fast for an ant. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saharan_silver_ant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saharan_silver_ant
- EamonnMR 7y agoThe bit about using heat-shock proteins in anticipation of rather than response to (like every other organism) extreme heat is absolutely wild.
- k_ 7y agoSome ants living in sahara. I think I saw that somewhere on hn recently.