100-million-year-old ant trapped in Burmese amber
7 years ago by woook · 412 Likes · 9 comments · Trending
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sinful
· 7 years ago
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What does an ant even prey on?
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deleted
· 7 years ago
Have you seen what army ants can do? They can take down lizards. And driver ants can take down humans if they're sleeping.
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morebacon
· 7 years ago
How can metal be a part of a living thing??
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deleted
· 7 years ago
Organic metal, kind of like how there's naturally occurring carbon fiber.
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morebacon
· 7 years ago
In an animal or insect tho? We dont live on Pandora. Also, carbon fiber is useless without the resin to bind it together.
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deleted
· 7 years ago
It's the same concept
morebacon
· 7 years ago
Im confused. This post is talking about organic metal. What concept?
deleted
· 7 years ago
I'm confused too
mrdad01
· 7 years ago
It could be something like an iron deposit, it is possible for iron to 'grow' if it happens to settle someplace, or its possible that the ant had a gland on its head that took iron from its diet and used it to produce its horn similar to how humans and other animals use Keratin to make hair and claws. But I'm just throwing out theories here I really have no clue.
