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futurebird , 2 days ago to random

I'm convinced that Crematogaster ants use their gasters to communicate with each other. When one of these ants finds food she likes they raise their gasters up higher than if it's just water.

Raising the gaster is recognized as a "threat display" as they will do it to warn other insects that they can fight back.

But why raise the gaster just because they taste sugar water rather than regular water?

It's also very very cute.

(These are stills from a video I want to sketch.)

CatsOfYore , 15 days ago to random

This is a vintage postcard from my collection that I bought because I loved the image so much and the man looked so kind. It was only later that I was able to find out the story behind it: https://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/featuring/church01.html

CatsOfYore , 2 months ago to random

This is from a 1950s coloring book about the three little kittens who lost their mittens. I love the addition of this fabulous Auntie Katie character. There was no author or artist cited in the book!

ninetiger , 3 months ago to random

#SilentSunday