Did you know you can tell the sex of an ant by dropping it into a bowl of water

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    SuperTyke Well-Known Member

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    If it sinks: Girl ant
    If it floats: Boy ant
     
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    Handbag weighs em down.
     
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    He's boy-ant.
     
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    Very good.
     
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    What about Dek ?
     
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    comedy gold , ha ha ha
     
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    Dr Zazlos Banned Idiot

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    If you drop your Knackers in a eureka can you can find out the volume of an irregular shaped object:p
     
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    I can't really take the credit; I just sort of rehashed STs joke.
     
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    Oh good grief!:D:D
    'Like':D
     
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    I think that was STs joke wasn't it? Or was it a serious post, you can genuinely tell the sex of an ant that way?
     
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    think male ants have big black legs too, as this picture proves

    jumping_ants.jpg
     
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    All I see in that picture is a lucky boy-ant getting himself noshed off. No wonder they're known as insex.
     
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