Amazonian ants produce drumming sounds when threatened

[u/MrTacocaT12345]

[u/Phil_Coffins_666]

they're twerker ants.

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Percussiantists

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https://giphy.com/gifs/eNBxcd4GPo0q4

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Rattleants

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https://giphy.com/gifs/gictytW9IIIkNGIMcs

[u/remember_the_]

Now that’s something I’ve never seen before

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Yeah, it’s interesting as fuck

We should make a sub for stuff like that

[u/Mammoth_Move3575]

https://giphy.com/gifs/gDI6uVVVYEWVG

[u/TokiVideogame]

Myrmeconema neotropicum is a tetradonematid nematode parasite

these ants are infected

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This.

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They need some disinfectant

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Actually they're carpenter ants, and when threatened, they bang their heads or buts to produce the drumming sound

[u/YourSemenSommelier]

TIL even the ants in Brazil dance.

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😃 🕺🐜💃 😃 Thanks for the smile!

[u/ZackTheZesty]

They’re protecting the hive with their little Ant-y bodies.

[u/thefeedling]

War Drums

[u/RecognitionHonest320]

“Why are these ants in my pants making me do the boogie dance?!”

[u/Historical-Edge-9332]

That’s what’s inside my rain stick!

[u/Unhappy_Rutabaga_530]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ISFvQeB4b8BmRQBnuo

[u/AccomplishedWar8703]

The wasps that do this are way more terrifying

[u/L3berwurst]

Knock Knock.

[u/motherdoyathink]

Reminds me of a rattlesnake in a way.

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Sort of a rattleant

[u/SnooRabbits9672]

Amazonian Booty-Clapping Ants

[u/80lbQUIKRETEConcrete]

I too throw it back when I feel threatened

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https://giphy.com/gifs/l57pETf1QH7hqeLNEx

[u/fakyumatafaka]

Do not the ant

[u/endgame217]

Thanks; I hate it

[u/Sunaruni]

Oh hell, no I’m never going to Brazil

[u/HeadFit2660]

Head up, thorax down, that's how we smash the ground

[u/SeismologicalWolf]

Are we sure they didn't just see an entertaining performance?

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Percussants

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Slow motion using tape makes the sound pitch down would have been cool to somehow keep the same pitch and transient for asmr

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Rattle ants

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https://giphy.com/gifs/6IObmS5R0VGPC

[u/marzipan07]

Did you say ASMRonian?

[u/Indigo2015]

https://giphy.com/gifs/zCIhx4xzAPn0s

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https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6ZtpWvwnhf34Oj0A

[u/orchard_wanderer]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohhwF34cGDoFFhRfy

[u/ShittyFart11]

where audio

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There’s sound

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my reddit app is fucked lol