It’s fish shooting time at the barrel that is The Daily Mail .
Once again both the writer (and picture sub) show a complete ignorance of flora and fauna combined with prose that would make even Disney blush*.
He ANT heavy, he’s my son: Mother shows her strength with a bit of child’s play
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Not to go into too much detail, if you want to look up more information on ants, there is a wealth of it. But just to point out, only the Queen Ant lays eggs and is protected at the heart of the colony. The majority of ants are sterile females with a few male drones to fertilise the queen kept in the nest. (you will see male ants outside the nest at certain times, they are the one that swarm on certain evenings here in the UK hoping to meet up with new queens,) So if anything it would be ‘daughter’
Nice pictures though. shame there doesn’t seem to a single accurate fact in the article
*Anthropomorphism – The attribution of human characteristics (or characteristics assumed to belong only to humans) to non-human animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as spirits or deities.
Astounding! There's lazy journalism and there's 'did I just wander into a parallel universe' journalism - this one's right up there with the Spaghetti trees, only it isn't a joke.
ReplyDeleteWell spotted, Cat; I'm glad you're there to trawl the Mail so I don't have to.
Excellent spot!
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