Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/08/22/watch-ants-shoot-acid-at-a-per.html
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ANTi-aircraft fire?
Ah, formic acid. The original ANTacid.
…I’m not sorry.
This is what taxonomists call “argentum iecit” (literally the “money shot”).
Ok, I want this in the Ant-man & the Wasp flick now. MAKE IT HAPPEN MARVEL!!!
Could you pickle vegetables with it? Asking for a friend…
I am skeptical of this fact. I can’t tell if it’s because it’s actually false, or if the presentation as a meme is making me think it’s a joke I just don’t get…
If it floats…
Boy ant
I just got that. Damn it, I can be thick sometimes.
I think I am worse off in every way from knowing this.
All fun and ant games until BUG BATTERIES!
IF IT SINKS:
‘Formic acid’ is ‘Ameisensäure’ in German which translates to ‘ant acid’.
ants are cool as hell, also:
*Technically the plasma bugs from the movie are more accurate representations of how these ants shoot formic acid but there’s no good short clips of those alien bugs in youtube.