@temptoetiam

She did nothing wrong! You can't prove ANTYTHING

@temptoetiam

OK what the heck is going on at "Cell"

https://www.reddit.com/r/ScienceShitposts/comments/1kr5jmj/this_is_a_real_figure_from_a_paper_in_cell_50/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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:

https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/114679984617085969

@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?"