Watch ants shoot acid at a person's hand

Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/08/22/watch-ants-shoot-acid-at-a-per.html

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ANTi-aircraft fire?

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Ah, formic acid. The original ANTacid.

…I’m not sorry.

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This is what taxonomists call “argentum iecit” (literally the “money shot”).

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Ok, I want this in the Ant-man & the Wasp flick now. MAKE IT HAPPEN MARVEL!!!

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Could you pickle vegetables with it? Asking for a friend…

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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…

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If it floats…

Boy ant

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I just got that. Damn it, I can be thick sometimes.

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I think I am worse off in every way from knowing this.

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NokRdiB

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All fun and ant games until BUG BATTERIES!

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IF IT SINKS:

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‘Formic acid’ is ‘Ameisensäure’ in German which translates to ‘ant acid’.

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These guys again?!?

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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.

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