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FestivelyDepressed t1_iyduabl wrote

Reply to comment by _Atheius_ in Newly discovered “social fluid” unites ants across developmental stages into one, colony-wide superorganism. The study, published in Nature, describes how larvae rely on the fluid to grow and how, if they fail to drink it, intermediate-stage pupae die before reaching adulthood. by brokeglass

shudder

Why does the word social fluid gross me out.

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Diet_Coke t1_iyduz7q wrote

Sounds like you need to drink some social fluid.

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amyts t1_iyehf16 wrote

Social fluid and filter should be changed every 10,000 social interactions.

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Abrin36 t1_iyf5q5o wrote

Hold them down. Here comes the airplane! (opens mandibles wide)

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ewillyp t1_iyepstb wrote

let's just call it what it is, The Kool-Aid.

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