Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Caterpillars - Queens of the Ants - by Jon

I just heard the craziest thing: caterpillars can talk ant language, or at the very least make strange ‘clicking’ sounds that ants recognize as their own. As a result of this, the caterpillar can sneak its way into the hive and crawl about. The cool part, astonishingly (as if the ‘talking ant’ wasn’t cool enough), is that it can convince the worker ants that it is their queen by mimicking queen ant sounds. In other words, if it wants food, it gets food…and protection…and whores…or tells two ants to fight to the death for its entertainment.

I am not sure what type of caterpillar, or types of caterpillars are able to pull this off, but my respect for caterpillars just quadrupled.

Ants are morons.

4 comments:

  1. just like the spy in team fortress 2!

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  2. maybe George Bush was talking caterpillar language to the american people (ants), yup thats how he got re-elected!!! its a fact,, look it up!!

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  3. so george bush isnt actually human?

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