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washed her pheromones off.

Very interesting find.
I never knew a quick wash would have easily washed off the colony scent off of an ant.
Thanks for sharing!

Are the pheromones water or oil based? If oil then it shouldn't have come off that easily. Hmmmmmm

I would not think pheromones come off that easily. In my opinion, what could have happened is that she smelled like your breath after you blew her off. It is quite like a baby bird being rejected by the mother after a human handling them. It is a good idea to leave ants that get wet alone and letting their fellow workers clean them off.

The water really did nothing. Ants get wet all the time.

When she fell in the water she probably gave of some sort of danger pheromone and when she returned to the nest the other ants thought she was the danger.

Gregory2455 wrote:I would not think pheromones come off that easily. In my opinion, what could have happened is that she smelled like your breath after you blew her off. It is quite like a baby bird being rejected by the mother after a human handling them. It is a good idea to leave ants that get wet alone and letting their fellow workers clean them off.

I just want to state that a bird would not leave its chicks because of their smell. Birds (except for vultures/ scavenger birds) cannot smell. Just saying.

New2Ants wrote:

Gregory2455 wrote:I would not think pheromones come off that easily. In my opinion, what could have happened is that she smelled like your breath after you blew her off. It is quite like a baby bird being rejected by the mother after a human handling them. It is a good idea to leave ants that get wet alone and letting their fellow workers clean them off.

I just want to state that a bird would not leave its chicks because of their smell. Birds (except for vultures/ scavenger birds) cannot smell. Just saying.

I was referring to the myth but yeah.

Gregory2455 wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:00 pm

New2Ants wrote:

Gregory2455 wrote:I would not think pheromones come off that easily. In my opinion, what could have happened is that she smelled like your breath after you blew her off. It is quite like a baby bird being rejected by the mother after a human handling them. It is a good idea to leave ants that get wet alone and letting their fellow workers clean them off.

I just want to state that a bird would not leave its chicks because of their smell. Birds (except for vultures/ scavenger birds) cannot smell. Just saying.

I was referring to the myth but yeah.

you shouldn't spread the myth 100's of baby birds die cuase people spread the myth and people don't give their chicks back to their muma and papa

I know its terrible