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A very dairy meme (lemmy.world)
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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 77 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ants do that. I think they enslave aphids

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 35 points 2 years ago (4 children)

They do! Well, at least certain species do. They groom the aphids to harvest a sweet excretion.

It's a really neat relationship.

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, it's not just any excretion. It's a byproduct of sorts of the aphids digestive system.

From wikipedia on "Honeydew (secretion)":

When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the anus of the aphid.

[–] electric@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

mouthpart penetrates the phloem

liquid is forced out of the anus

Sweet Jesus.

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago

Sweet Jesus.

Yes, apparently it does taste very sweet.

I'll see myself out.

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I assume someone made porn of this.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, there's at least video of ants getting the honeydew, so I guess if one's kinky enough, it's porn for ants.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Ant porn for humans with that extra kink™

[–] MarigoldPuppyFlavors@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Love me some sweet excretion. What a life, to be an ant.

[–] SuddenDownpour@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Ants can be brutal. Some species of ants steal the eggs of different colonies to force them to work for their own colony. Sometimes, the kidnapped ants rebel and lay waste to the interior of the colony that kidnapped them if they think they can overpower them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave-making_ant