Many people think ants have a ribcage in their gaster but, in fact, an ant skeleton looks like this:
(As drawn by Kiuuki on https://www.deviantart.com/kiuuki/art/ant-skeleton-518844863 )
Keep this in mind for Halloween!
@futurebird To me this brings up the mental image of dog-sized ant-type animals which sound *amazingly cool* as a species. Would they be mammals? If so what would the queen look like? How does being so much larger affect their resource acquisition? How would they specialize as individuals?
Does hunting become more viable (do they often hunt in general?)? If so, *wolf packs of giant ants*??
If they're as smart as, say, dogs, how does that affect their eusocial structure?
I think "dog sized ants" are basically "game over for all other macro fauna"
It would be The Planet of the Ants in no time.
@futurebird @elm [hoping it's ok to jump in] would that even work tho, like… energy consumption wise? like could a hive actually sustainably gather enough bio energy to support itself if you scaled the ants up to that level?
@mcc @futurebird @elm considering that dog sized ants is pretty much what humans are I would say no, their is not enough energy bio chemically available for dog sized ants on our planet.
