As you can probably guess based on my profile picture, my favourite animal is

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the beluga whale.

And the gorilla, of course.

And you can’t forget the elephant.

And corvids.

And equids.

And dogs.

And cats.

And I think that’s all.

Also what’s your full name and address, asking for a friend

  • tisamantis@lemmygrad.ml
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    3 years ago

    I like hymenopterans, primarily wasps and ants.

    Ants have been practicing a form of agriculture and animal husbandry longer than humans walked this earth, and wasps are just amazing animals - so much variety. I wish they were bigger. Some recent papers suggest social wasps may remember (human) faces and do some logical reasoning. (there’s also a paper suggesting ants have self-recognition, but it’s sketchy, idk)

    Recently I found out Synagris wasps exist. Information is hard to find, but they’re African potter wasps with tusks, that one paper describes as “exaggerated sexual weapons”. Their males are larger than females for some reason, and they toss each other with these tusks.

    Pictures of tusked wasps

    Juche-inspired Ant Colony flag I stole from Reddit by chance. IMO has too many details.