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Bird equivalent of Jacuzzi.

by Udik 5y ago

sgt 5y ago
People can try anting too. Do you want to try and report back to HN with your findings?
- Gravityloss 5y ago
  Before cosmetics were available, some people stuck their face to an ants nest, I think the theory was that that could help peeling dead skin.
  - withants- 5y ago
    With ants
  - dylan604 5y ago
    What kind of ants are we talking about here, because I cannot imagine anything good from doing this with a fire ant mound.
  - IncRnd 5y ago
    This doesn't seem realistic. Men, most who don't wear cosmetics, don't spontaneously stick their faces against ant hills. The women who don't wear cosmetics, either, don't seem to cover their faces in ants.
    - h0l0cube 5y ago
      Crows (and other animals) are known to learn behaviors from each other, it doesn't need to be genetically encoded
      - IncRnd 5y ago
        I was answering this comment, "Before cosmetics were available, some people stuck their face to an ants nest, I think the theory was that that could help peeling dead skin," which was not about crow's behaviour - either by nurture or nature. I can't believe that people are actually taking that comment from the parent seriously. All I can say is that people tend to believe whatever they read.
        h0l0cube 5y ago
        Yeah I read that, but I take your point. I'm open minded to it, there's an assortment of weird remedies and therapies that humans have engaged in. People are so obsessed with their own appearance and go to great lengths to improve it... I mean people stick their feet in ponds and let fish eat all the dead skin off to exfoliate their feet.. this is something you can pay money for in a number of tourist cities.
- ehmmmmmmmm 5y ago
  I used to use "anting" to refer to the behavior of cyclists who stand on the pedals and don't sit firmly planted on their seats, as if they have ants in their pants. And then there were "beeing" which are the cyclists who do the above while also rocking the cycle from left to right -- that's more like bees in their pants.
- miohtama 5y ago
  Here a Finnish teenager demostrates anting challenge. The video is a report itself. https://youtu.be/iHqPmafs3gk https://youtu.be/iHqPmafs3gk

Bird equivalent of Jacuzzi.

by Udik 5y ago

Bird equivalent of Jacuzzi.

sgt 5y ago

People can try anting too. Do you want to try and report back to HN with your findings?

Gravityloss 5y ago
Before cosmetics were available, some people stuck their face to an ants nest, I think the theory was that that could help peeling dead skin.
- withants- 5y ago
  With ants
- dylan604 5y ago
  What kind of ants are we talking about here, because I cannot imagine anything good from doing this with a fire ant mound.
- IncRnd 5y ago
  This doesn't seem realistic. Men, most who don't wear cosmetics, don't spontaneously stick their faces against ant hills. The women who don't wear cosmetics, either, don't seem to cover their faces in ants.
  - h0l0cube 5y ago
    Crows (and other animals) are known to learn behaviors from each other, it doesn't need to be genetically encoded
    - IncRnd 5y ago
      I was answering this comment, "Before cosmetics were available, some people stuck their face to an ants nest, I think the theory was that that could help peeling dead skin," which was not about crow's behaviour - either by nurture or nature. I can't believe that people are actually taking that comment from the parent seriously. All I can say is that people tend to believe whatever they read.
      - h0l0cube 5y ago
        Yeah I read that, but I take your point. I'm open minded to it, there's an assortment of weird remedies and therapies that humans have engaged in. People are so obsessed with their own appearance and go to great lengths to improve it... I mean people stick their feet in ponds and let fish eat all the dead skin off to exfoliate their feet.. this is something you can pay money for in a number of tourist cities.
ehmmmmmmmm 5y ago
I used to use "anting" to refer to the behavior of cyclists who stand on the pedals and don't sit firmly planted on their seats, as if they have ants in their pants. And then there were "beeing" which are the cyclists who do the above while also rocking the cycle from left to right -- that's more like bees in their pants.
miohtama 5y ago
Here a Finnish teenager demostrates anting challenge. The video is a report itself. https://youtu.be/iHqPmafs3gk https://youtu.be/iHqPmafs3gk