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minus-square@systemglitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoIt’s a very unique smell and hard to explain, but nothing on earth smells similar.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoThey smell kind of like blood and iron to me.
minus-square@DarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-211 months agoIt’s probably the formic acid they have as blood… If you crush them then smell the remains it’s pretty strong and specific. Anyone can smell crushed ants.
It’s a very unique smell and hard to explain, but nothing on earth smells similar.
They smell kind of like blood and iron to me.
It’s probably the formic acid they have as blood… If you crush them then smell the remains it’s pretty strong and specific.
Anyone can smell crushed ants.