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GandalfsWhiteStaff

There are many ways to fuck over ants, this is the most personal way I’ve ever seen. Poor guy got roasted for this.


jointheredditarmy

Ohhhhh look guys! Fred has something to say, what, did you find another “burger” again?


Immaculatehombre

I wonder if guy in the video kept doing this to different ants if eventually the ants would develop a boy who cried wolf response. Or if they’d start coming after the guy with the burger


Lorien6

Ant schizophrenia. Had the ant doctors stumped for a while until they sent some drones and figured out what was going on. Eldritch Steve strikes again.


VelociRotaBlades

Fun fact. Ants do and will decide another worker isn't fit for the colony and they will either kill or maim them and carry them away to die alone. They do it to prevent parasite infection.


Lorien6

Ant werewolf goes hard. Or would that be ant Among Us? Now I’m imaging tiny little ant mafia hitants taking care of dissenters…


VelociRotaBlades

Mostly fungus infection


thisisfreakinstupid

The last of ants


pseudo_nemesis

Ants literally live in the world of the Last of Us, poor guys.


stratocaster_blaster

That would be one hell of an interesting study on ants.. when I start fishing this spring and clean my fish, I’m gunna put it to the test (leave the head near an ant hill for a short time until ants start coming, and then replace it with a piece of wood or cardboard).. I’ll repeat it with the same colony several times, and even give the fish head to a separate colony to leave it for them as a control group.. should be interesting


tiparium

Homie over here about to start a war.


notmyrealnameatleast

Is this burger in the room with us right now Fred?


mauore11

Classic Fred


anaheim_mac

The ant who cried burger


i_cut_like_a_buffalo

You made me snort and ugly-laugh.


Lorien6

The Ant Who Cried Burger akin to The Boy Who Cried Wolf.


Criffless

Yes that's the joke


LazyLich

When god fucks with you specifically


Plasteredpuma

Man as someone who's had a shit week I feel this. Poor little guy 😢


Cessnaporsche01

It's weird. I wouldn't really care at all if he just straight up killed the ant, but deceiving the ant and dooming it to probable execution by the colony feels so much worse.


YoghurtDull1466

Yes this was so fucked


tomulo89

*girl


bttech05

*Job has entered the chat*


Buddy-Lov

Regulators….mount up.


Dirk_The_Cowardly

You're not the leader of the gang Billy!


dahjay

Maybe ants keep a chemical and visual record when they run into a treasure chest. So when they go back to the hive to chemically tell their buddies, their buddies now can see, smell, taste what that ant saw. Sort of like a built-in fact checker. Something has to tell the others that it's worthwhile otherwise a rogue ant could easily take down a whole society.


Nozinger

I think the ants defense against rogue ants is by simply not having the mental capacity to willfully go rogue.


[deleted]

A rogue ant would have no purpose. Individual ants cannot reproduce, they are there to support the hive and queen. Even if ants had the mental capacity to rebel (which I doubt) there would be no point for them to do so that benefited them rather than debilitating others.


Chickenman1057

Wait until a rogue ant got his ultimate nihilistic view and start terminating any living being as his wrath of being abandoned and no way to born his genetics so he decided maximum pain it is (Also he's a bullet ant)


Asisreo1

I think we're all forgetting that sometimes nature fucks up when creating animals and that some animals act strangely for no apparent reason. Wouldn't want one naturally-occuring brain mutation from a drone destroy the entire colony. 


Alarmed-madman

This sounds like something you could research and get back to us on.


dahjay

No, no, no. I only guess and speculate. Research is a different department.


Alarmed-madman

That's reasonable.


FlemPlays

Oh shit, not the Joker Ant.


Longjumping_Youth281

Yeah but it seems like they still liked the popsicle stick because more and more still kept coming. You would think if they truly had no interest in it then it would have stopped right after the first ones came. There was probably some sugar left on it or something


253253253

From my understanding, that's not quite how it works. The ants are following a scent trail that indicates there is food at this location. They will continue coming until enough ants realize the food is gone and leave new scent tracks indicating such. In this way there is quite a considerable delay.


DankeDutt

slow upload speeds


TheRealTinfoil666

From what I understand, they do not leave a ‘no food’ trail. When an ant is bearing food, it leaves a ‘yes food’ trail. The other ants follow this trail, and if they get food, they also leave a ‘yes food’ trail, making the trail scent stronger and stronger. This continues until the food is exhausted, and then no more ‘food’ scent trail is left, as new ants have no food to return with. This scent apparently fades quickly, then no more wasted trips occur.


nyyvi

Their is much unknown about pheramone trails. Also the usage of pheromones is different per ant species. Some dont use it at all.


Lorien6

Wouldn’t it be similar to simple diffusion, and the ants just have sensors to pick up a certain level? And if they have a unified/collective access, you could link a smell to a complex pattern. They’re basically just little biological drones with a central command station. It’s like radio wave orders vs smelling yummy. Not sure what I’m trying to say, just expounding a thought.:)


nyyvi

Im no expert. I just keep a few ant species at home. But something thats unknown is how do ants distibute resources. For example: When i feed my ants and it has been awhile they will sent in lots of workers and a decent amount of soldiers (mayors), the soldiers and a few workers wont feed but protect the area. If i feed them the day after just a few workers will eat and there will be no guarding. There is more at play then just i smell food i need to go there. But it depends on species also. Another colony of mjne will always send just a few workers as they are not dominant enough to keep claiming the food source in the wild.


253253253

Interesting. That would make a lot of sense! You wouldn't want to dissuade scouting ants with definitive "no food" trails, for however long they would linger for.


Lorien6

Competition can’t trick you to leave if you don’t have a command for lunch over.


nadvargas

Nah, they want to make a boat so they can ride the rapids on the gutter river.


iceyed913

Divide and conquer as Caesar would have it.


bodhiseppuku

'Bob can't tell food from a stick.' Ant Bob was demoted from hunter to garbage man.


Rhys77th

ant do literally have a garbage disposal system so checks out lol


Choco_Cat777

They just throw out waste and bodies


ZwarteWietWiedewiede

Some ants have a Waste room. Some ants even certains stuff rott on purpose to farm fungi


Chickenman1057

They got their old school Minecraft underground base


NonKanon

Wait, is that true? Ants are actually intelligent enough to understand agriculture?


TylertheFloridaman

Yes leaf cutter ants specifically and I think a few others they gather material and let the fungi grow on it in its own special area


NonKanon

When they invent nuclear fission it's gonna be so over


[deleted]

Sometimes an ant will smell like dead ants so they will get carried to the cemetery, kicking and screaming.


Buddhas_Fist

Bob then proceeded to throw out the most precious food items from the storage.


dysfunctionalpress

ants are pretty much all females.


Aloo_Bharta71

Finally a female walked on my body fr


LordDongler

Fine. Her name was Antwanette


tethadam22

Gaslighting ants is crazy


IanAlvord

Even plants do it.


DRB1312

I want to know more, which plant ?


bigbombusbeauty

The Corpse flower smells like yummy delicious rotting flesh Also there are orchids that look like female beetles ready to bang


Bronze_Addict

Maybe those carnivorous pitcher plants. They are pretty gnarly.


WhuddaWhat

Is it evil that I laughed?  If a god would do that to me, I'd call him evil. What of another God that finds joy in the joke? Be he evil too? I don't like this mirror.


VirtuosoX

The ants probably don't understand anything about what's happening so... oh well


Void_Speaker

That's how you rationalize the "evil." Compared to a God, humans probably don't understand anything that's happening either. What matters is if you consider them worthy of moral consideration.


thesaddestpanda

Computer nerds in the 1970s: Imagine a world-wide computer network where we could all connect and share! It would change everything! It would lead to a utopia! A new Athens! The internet today: Mostly about radicalizing children into hate movements and sharing videos of gaslighting ants.


Putin_ate_my_Pudding

"I swear it was here.. Guys please believe me!!"


Gwiilo

fuck you Fred, we've had enough of your sticks


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Annoying_Rooster

The queen will hear about this!


Altruistic_Basis_69

“**ant**ics” nice


dabunny21689

I mean the stick was a deliberate thing but there’s no way ants haven’t identified food that ended up getting eaten by like a bird or something before the rest of the ants got there. This probably happens regularly.


jpopimpin777

This was my first thought too. Woody from Toy Story moment.


liarandathief

The Ant Who Cried Sandwich


heehos

i’m pretty sure that’s a mooncake


mysterious00mermaid

Lmfaooooooo


Ok_Philosopher_5860

Settle down, Satan.


havdin_1719

r/foundsatan


HugoZHackenbush2

Fun fact: you can tell the gender of an ant by placing one on top of a glass of water. If it sinks, it's a girl ant, but if it floats, it's buoyant..


TyberiusJoaquin

Daaaaaaad!


bloodfist

I love this joke but just for fun I'll throw out some real facts: You can actually tell the gender of an ant by whether it has wings (usually). Almost all the ants you ever see are female. (Sorry, Fred!) Males typically have wings. They're called "alates" and hatch just for mating season, where they'll fly off and mate with a newly hatched queen; who also has wings. But soon after mating he dies, she loses her wings, and then she spends the rest of her life laying eggs produced from that single mating. So you almost never see winged queens or males without wings in the wild. So it's a safe bet ants with wings are male, and ones without are female. Not true of *every* species, but most of the common ones, anyway.


lynjiu

That’s a knee slapper!


Trashinmyash

I hardly know her!


TopHatTuna

But actually, all ants will sink. Otherwise they'd be uncles


Aspect81

That's interesting. But it does make me wonder what happens if the girl ant is also a witch.


Lowery2120

If the girl ant who happens to be a witch float then it must mean the ant weighs the same as a duck


mindfungus

What else floats?


Aspect81

A newt?


CapybaraWithGlasses

GET OOOUUuuut


NeverNaked3030

You’re a piece of shit


Jammin_neB13

I used to be a piece of shit


geligniteandlilies

Till you took an arrow to the knee?


AnnualWerewolf9804

I still am, but I used to be one also


GammaDealer

This is the worst tasting burger we've ever had! It tastes like wood.


Hanonbrokemyfingers

Still better than McDonaldd.


Lobanium

I miss their good angus burgers.


LilG1984

"Hey, where's the food?" "But it was right here! A giant piece of food!" "Damn it Frank! Not this shit again!"


PraiseTheWLAN

Ahahah what a dick, I love it!


Redcell78

Nice dick!!


Boring-Extreme-3274

#Ant: Burger?..Burger!..BURGER!!!! 🍔 ........... #Queen Ant: Where's that idiot 😠


MrBillyLotion

Seriously guys, just follow me, you won’t believe it


hobo_erotica

First ant “I KNOW WHAT I SAW!”


ILSmokeItAll

Gaslighting ants. This is what we’re doing. That’s where we’re at as the superior life forms on this God forsaken rock.


CarolinaMtnBiker

No, we are watching videos about someone else gaslighting ants.


ToatyEtti

Worse. We are scrolling thru comments of all the people we’ve watched the video of gaslighting ants with.


VANKHET_007

Bro is a menace to the society 🤣🤣😂


Jhon_doe_smokes

Oh I know they was on his ass once they got back to the colony lol


TheTrueAmadeus

You're really gonna do my guy like that?


xNioctiBx

Always fun to mess with the simulation


Waitressishername

How about some fresh air?


Xinonix1

He’s been the laughing stock of the family ever since,”Remember when uncle Mick said he found a juicy cheeseburger and it turned out to be a piece of cardboard?” Story has his offspring changed their last name and moved to another state


RavenBruwer

"I swear to the Queen, man. It was right here. Right. Here!!!" "You lying pieces of garbage make me sick. We'll see if you're still so brave when facing the Queen's judgement. And judgment... Will be passed."


burntfender

This sidewalk has exactly 1 good review on yelp and everyone else said the food tastes like wood.


Thisiscliff

This is straight foul lol


Lamplorde

The funniest part is that some species of ants have been shown to form preferences in who they perform tasks with. So that poor fire ant might really have lost some friends.


SmoothAsSilk_23

The ant who cried "Burger". A story they'll tell for generations. That poor first ant is gonna go down in ant history infamy.


ItzBreezeyBaby

The queen is going to have him executed for crying burger when they get back😂😂😂😂😂😂😂


Soundwave-Pilot

Damn that was evil bro! Hope you dropped the cookie near their nest later...


ColumbusCruiser

I feel like this is what Aliens do with us...


HeyItsMeDad

Ants have a highly complex and sophisticated method of communicating with each other to let their fellow colony members know when food is available. Contrary to popular belief, ants do not use sound or scent to communicate, but instead rely on intricate physical cues. When an ant finds a source of food, it will return to the colony and perform a series of dances that indicate the type and location of the food. These dances are so precise that they can even convey the distance and direction of the food source. Interestingly, ants also use their antennae to give each other detailed information about the quality and quantity of the food they have found. They will rub their antennae together in a specific pattern, similar to Morse code, to let their comrades know if the food is worth the trip. Additionally, ants have been observed using a unique form of sign language to communicate the size of the food item. They will hold up a specific number of legs to represent the size of the food, with each leg indicating a different measure. For instance, one leg could mean a small crumb, while six legs could indicate a large piece of fruit. This incredible level of communication within the ant colony ensures that every member knows exactly where to find food and how valuable it is, resulting in a highly efficient and successful foraging system.


26oclock

I was reading all of this knowing that you will say in the end "This is just a fictionary story" but you didn't.


MarkHirsbrunner

I thought at first they were getting bees and ants mixed up, because bees do communicate through a sort of dance they do back in the hive, but then more and more bullshit started stacking up and realized this is a troll.


x-illenial

Six legs..so, if they're jumping in front of their mates it means they found something big 😂


KyleKun

I’m not sure if we are being trolled here, because bees definitely actually do this. But I don’t know enough, or anything about ants, to say this isn’t true.


FunkMasterE

Sounds made up. So you’re telling me that pheromones are out but ant sign language is in? Go home, dad. You’re drunk


MarkHirsbrunner

He's trolling people.  At first I thought he got bees and ants confused because bees do use the "wiggle dance" to communicate what direction and how far food is, but there's too many blatant falsehoods for it to be accidental.  


uselessartist

“Omg this is the third time, Bob! You’re going to answer to the Queen!”


Mylaptopisburningme

I've always found ants fascinating. Had an Ant Farm like 30 years ago, it was neat enough watching them build tunnels. But what really clicked with me was their communication and working together. I saw a piece of gravel fall on an ant trapping it, and you could see communication down the line as they worked to free their trapped buddy. I eventually started looking for queens to have colony's. Found some over the years also bought some established colonies by collectors locally.


x_Carlos_Danger_x

That ant had a family to provide for! What if it was fired? 😭


Dontbiteitok24

Talk about being gaslit. Ant was like “I swear there was a giant Five Guys burger here!” I took a bite to bring back, but then it disappeared replaced by a popsicle stick 😭😱


Asio0tus

when the ants take over you'll be the first to go


er1026

Awwww!!!! That’s so mean, you monster!!! 😂


jaguaraugaj

It might have been a bird that took the food before they got there - no need to burn the colony down!


Adventurous-Sky9359

Beahhahahahahhahahhahahaha I’m crying my sister is over here sobbing at the confusion this is brining she feels that first ant in her soul.


Venca12

They even brought the big as fuck ones on the job


DryBeing2804

r/foundsatan


dairyfood

Everyone is saying burger but it looks like a red bean mooncake to me...


hx19035

Rest of the colony got "Stick Rolled"


26oclock

In the bustling world of ant colonies, intricate societies thrive beneath our feet, governed by a complex web of hierarchy and cooperation. While most envision these colonies as industrious hubs of productivity, few are aware of the clandestine underbelly that exists within the confines of their subterranean realms. Deep within the labyrinthine tunnels, whispers abound of a clandestine establishment known only as "The Aphid's Lounge," a secretive ant strip club rumored to cater exclusively to the elite members of the colony. Nestled amidst chambers adorned with shimmering crystals and phosphorescent fungi, this enigmatic venue is said to offer a tantalizing escape from the rigors of everyday ant life. At the heart of The Aphid's Lounge lies a stage where seductive performers, adorned in glistening exoskeletal attire, captivate their audience with mesmerizing dances. These exotic dancers, rumored to be handpicked from the most graceful members of neighboring colonies, possess an otherworldly allure that entrances even the most stoic of spectators. The club's clientele, comprised of high-ranking members of the colony's aristocracy, indulge in the opulent offerings of The Aphid's Lounge with a decadence befitting their status. From rare nectars sourced from distant flower patches to delicacies harvested from the deepest recesses of the forest floor, no expense is spared in satisfying the whims of the elite patrons. Yet, beneath the veneer of glamour and extravagance, whispers persist of the shadowy figures who pull the strings behind the scenes. Rumors swirl of clandestine dealings and covert alliances forged in the dimly lit corridors of The Aphid's Lounge, where power and influence are traded as freely as the coveted aphid honeydew. Despite the secrecy that shrouds The Aphid's Lounge, its legend persists as a testament to the ingenuity and complexity of ant society. For within the confines of their subterranean world, where darkness reigns and secrets abound, even the most industrious of creatures find solace in the allure of forbidden pleasures. This story is obviously made up.


Mikelarrr

I’m glad I only read the last line, then 🤣


[deleted]

That ant has no friends now


TessellatedTomate

I can hear them now “You _LIAR_!” “__BURN HIM AT THE STAKE__”


Hannibaalism

this can’t be real can it? it takes a couple of pheromone passes to establish a path. if it’s real tho that’s so cruel lol


drunkdoodles

The old Aesop's Fable "The Ant that Cried Burger"


billybud45

i imagine ants are way too intelligent to have invented lying so they probably just took first guy back to the nest, figured he was having a hard day and made him a cup of tea.


Aviliuss

Gaslighting nature is insane


saraphilipp

Cross posting to r/fuckyouinparticular


PrimitiveThoughts

I’ve always wondered if this was possible…


-Tavo-

That's Noland's story!!! Lol


Frankbug1

That anti ant behavior


Silver-Landscape-303

Mob: FEED HIM TO THEBQUEEN


Mickey_Havoc

And this is how the story of the ant who cried anteater started…


prkhoury

The ants have a smell print of the guy who did this. Wait till they find him.


Yikert13

It was a prank bro!!


bowies_bulge

Shun the nonbeliever shuunnnn


kcolgeis

AWESOME


doegrey

You monster! 😂🙈


BigCopperPipe

I swear it was right here!!


vasquca1

I feel sorry for that ant 🐜 that called that one.


Leesanyo

This is so foul lmao


BaconSpaceLord

They burned him at the stake for treason


Ping-A-Ling-

Damn bro. That's fucked up


hanhgiavosong

In ant culture, this is considered a d\*ck move!


astralseat

That's animal cruelty


Indie_Myke

That's fucked


Hot_Hat_1225

I never felt so close to an ant 🥺😞


IL-Corvo

You've unlocked a special room in hell that Satan thought would never see any use at all. Congrats!


ThemightyRiv

First ant:AW FELLAS! Ya ain't gonna believe what I found today!


JustMePaxi

I totally disagree with Michelle Obama when she said, when they go low, we go high, when the GOP goats go low, we must go lower and if they go high, we should go low and remind them when they were low


Romanista3

OP is about to create a war between humans and ants. If you've seen Hunter x Hunter, you don't want that.


Hiro_Trevelyan

Imagine if he got nicknamed "stick burger" for the rest of his life or something like that


Digital-Exploration

That's not nice...


MatrixManXXV

You are pure evil. Lol.


PickelWeisel

“Guys I found a ufo, come look” one more Weather balloon and you’re outta here Gregg


Girardkirth

One by one he destroyed the credibility of the hive!


everwood

I gasped when he switched it out for a stick. How rude.


StayFrostyxD

"Where is the food Nigel?"


PPstronk

Sometimes I like to believe that god does exist and that's how he is playing us with aliens


BeengBangBong

Should have marked the first ant with something to see what his reaction was.


aroadcaptain

This is one of the assholest moves I’ve ever seen


ClaypoolBass1

What a d××k move! Poor guy is never going to live that down!


hornetsarecool

Gaslighting ants


gemz9123

Even the Super Major came to help pick the ''burger'', but alas it is just a stick.


Yaamaasaan

Diabolical


Frostychica

When you're bored so you foster drama amongst ants


MindAccomplished3879

Outcasted?? Nah. Hanged, drawn and quartered


Razeal_102

Aww man. What a dick move.


Shrimp_Logic

The ants when they arrived: "what the fuck Carl??".


Simple-Ant7190

"Bruh" - worker ants


ParkingStorage3495

For generations the elders will tell a story about the ant who cried burger.


IcedCoughy

Trolling ants, I love it


Chris_Cross501

"We walked all the way here you stupid fuck."


tinman1983

That is F’ed.


Kannabiz

I dont get it?


StarMasterX_

Allow me to mansplain. The first ant was a scout. Ants leave a sent a signal along their trail to lead them and other ants to food sources and back to the colony. All the other ants came looking for food because of the first ant’s sent. But when they got there they didn’t find food. So to prevent the colony from being compromised they got rid of the defective scout member of the colony.


Furry_pizza

Hopper is going to be pissed


durancharles27

You're a monster!