As a mermicologist, what do you hate about being in southern california? I guess it's because the ants are relatively boring compared to so many other parts of the world. But once you get tropical, then you see all thes amaze things. So i guess it keeps you thirsty for field research, right? Yes, exactly. What do you love the most about being a mmicologist? There's still so much mystery. As cory morau recently pointed out, there's like a few hundred people in the world thatar that have labs that are focusing on studying ants. And if you had to glean some self help information from ants, is there anything that
You have ants. We all have ants, but do we KNOW ants? Get ready for cult-leader queens, bullet ant stings, kitchen pest hacks, the dynamics of a billion-sister megacolony. Dr. Terry McGlynn sits down to have a BIG discussion about itty-bitty creatures in this encore because I was out of town seeing my family and just needed a week off. Learn about tropical ants, urban ants, how they walk on water, which ones are picky eaters, which ones make weird sounds, what ant movies are bunk, and some help-help takeaways. Also: sniffing your relatives before deciding to kill them. Ooooh, it’s a classic.
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