Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
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Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
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Re: Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
#2Ants also farm aphids, so they may have beaten us to livestock farming too
Re: Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
#3Ants also farm aphids, so they may have beaten us to livestock farming too
I learned this fact from watching the documentary "The Queen of trees", quite fascinating! It blew my mind when I first saw it. The documentary is free on YouTube!
Re: Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
#4Ants also farm aphids, so they may have beaten us to livestock farming too
Seeing ants crawling up and down a tree is how I discovered that the tree was infested with aphids.
Re: Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
#5Ants also farm aphids, so they may have beaten us to livestock farming too
I learned this fact from watching the documentary "The Queen of trees", quite fascinating! It blew my mind when I first saw it. The documentary is free on YouTube!
Re: Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
#6https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Ants-Story-Scientific-Explora...
EO Wilson’s book on ants is a personal favorite. This also has guides on how to catch and cultivate.
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Re: Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
#8Ants also farm aphids, so they may have beaten us to livestock farming too
ants save them through the winter and then spread them
Re: Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
#9They may yet learn to farm nutrition from plastic during a different mass extinction.
Re: Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
#10The more I learn about ants, the more it seems to me that they are the ones who will take over the world. I'm starting to fear them.