@temptoetiam

She did nothing wrong! You can't prove ANTYTHING

@temptoetiam

OK what the heck is going on at "Cell"

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This is the second one like this.

@futurebird @temptoetiam

The paper is short, a "preview" with a hand-drawn summary figure. Not uncommon but yes a bit lacking in editorial oversight.
https://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/fulltext/S1931-3128(21)00472-8

@albertcardona @temptoetiam

Oh I'm a fan due to "buff ants"

Can't get enough of these girls:

myrmepropagandist (@futurebird@sauropods.win)

Attached: 1 image This is a graphic from a paper on ants but it looks like something I drew in a boring meeting. (The point it's making is an interesting one, all ants can do all jobs, and you don't need to inject them to make it happen, they will just switch if the job isn't being done. But, I think they found a way to trigger this switch in the paper which would be ... huge, honestly. ) I will not comment on the "ant muscles" Is everyone interested in ants just... weird? https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(25)00573-2

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@futurebird @temptoetiam That one deserves some sort of prize. Like an IgNobel for drawings: makes you laugh and then makes you think.

@albertcardona @temptoetiam

She looks so happy to learn a new task!

@futurebird @temptoetiam

The drawing is a bit unfortunate in that the abdomen hanging between its legs looks like a parasitic worm-infested scrotum in this very anthropomorphic ant cartoon.

@albertcardona @temptoetiam

Yeah I look at too many ants and not enough people for that to register... as does the person who drew this I suspect.

@albertcardona @temptoetiam

I can see why people might think this but just think "nah that's her gaster, why does David have TWO?"