ants

This is a weird one. 

Or oddly wholesome... we haven't quite decided. 

There is a private Facebook group where members (over 700k currently) pretend to be members of an ant colony and work together to help any ant problems that arise. Such as, a collapsing tunnel or finding food, the ants (members) come crawling into the comments to share their support. 

On one hand, it's a very odd idea to begin with... but on the other, we sort of love that people are coming together...and pretending to be ants. 

We'll probably join the colony, to be honest. 

There's an Entomologist with a great sense of humor on Tumblr who decided to compare different ant emojis and rated them for accuracy to represent real ants. The descriptions are hilarious! 

With a little insect and a lot of patience, scientist Adrian Smith found a way to film what happens when an ant stings somebody and shared it on a fascinating twitter thread. Video via @DrAdrianSmith

Brainless Tales is a daily single panel comic by Marcus Connor. Just like the good doctor says, "a Tale a day keeps the boredom away." Each panel is like a daily multi-vitamin only much better and safer for you. This time he focuses on ants. yes, ants. Apparently, they could be funny too. 

Pat Tobin Suffers from a persistent ant problem in his Brooklyn kitchen for weeks. Not a full-on infestation, but they are definitely swaggering around like they own the place. He put out traps, but apparently, ants are savvier than we realize.