tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604178870636686801.post8046649062018974132..comments2024-03-17T17:13:05.708+10:00Comments on BunyipCo: Green Tree AntsMr. Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01081316465993172523noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604178870636686801.post-44291970916470427562012-09-24T06:21:55.307+10:002012-09-24T06:21:55.307+10:00Good comments. Thanks
The indigenous population us...Good comments. Thanks<br />The indigenous population used to eat the abdomens of GTA's and it is said they provided some vitamins as well as formic acid to their diet. They also roasted the large nests over the fire and ate the contents. That could be a bit prickly. Tour group leaders often encourage visitors to "try one". They do have a citrus flavour.<br />DMr. Smileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01081316465993172523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604178870636686801.post-46242036877628896532012-09-17T01:59:57.542+10:002012-09-17T01:59:57.542+10:00Wild. I think I tasted these ants while visiting t...Wild. I think I tasted these ants while visiting the Daintree. Lemonade, right?randomtruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941027847362672057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6604178870636686801.post-30263491072998575472012-09-16T15:54:11.506+10:002012-09-16T15:54:11.506+10:00The African Oecophylla longinoda use a similar str...The African Oecophylla longinoda use a similar stretching technique of killing their prey. This species is also more common in disturbed habitats than in undisturbed forest or woodland savanna. I wonder if perhaps the stretching, combined with spraying with the formic acid, causes the prey to release so much stress hormones that it dies.Piotr Naskreckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14094298320308523904noreply@blogger.com