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Talking about "the smell of ants" is like talking about "the smell of flowers" ... some flowers have a smell, some do not.
Most ants smell of formic acid because they are mad at you for bothering them. But there are some ants with more distinctive odors, such as citronella ants, or ants that smell faintly of coconuts for some reason.
And many ants have no smell at all.
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2024-12-16 MedeaVanamonde ┃ 1👤
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Coconut Ant Crispies.
The best way to start your Aardvark day
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I think people were misled by the inaccurate characterizations in that movie where Al Pacino plays a blind drone, guided purely by pheromones on his mating flight:
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2024-12-16 david_chisnall ┃ 1👤
@futurebird @shtrom Authentic beetle snuff does not contain any ants.
@futurebird I'll assume they don't smell to me because I'm nice to them, then 😁
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