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They smell SO BAD. I was super sensitive to it as a kid, and the smell would be impossible to get off, so I developed a habit of never crushing them.
Why tf would anyone crush ants? Is this a thing?
Like, killing them? One or two running across a table, and you just pop em?
You murderer!
I hope the smell never washes off your hand, you sick son of a bitch.Look, if they wanna stay alive, they can take a shower.
Huh, oh yeah, like any invertebrate, bcs they are within human space which isn't allowed.
Idk why my brainhole didn't make the connection, I def know people that kill eg spiders if they see them.
I sometimes kill mosquitos that won't leave via regular ventilation paths.
Spider Bros can stay. Ants too stinky.
We like you too.
I leave the dead mosquitos outside as an offering for the local flying squids, much like ravens they are smart af, and a pleasant addition to the square concrete jungle we made for some reason.
Thank you, but we prefer mackerel.
No, it's ugly? I just swish them away.
Like spray them with water? Sure, if they're in the sink or on the counter. If you mean just swat them away, I wouldn't trust that to kill them. And as soon as it doesn't kill them, and they find their way back to the nest, there's a chance they'll lead others back, if they found so much as a scrap of food.
As a tool-using species, killing them with something you won't care about the smell being on seems pretty trivial.
It releases the smell. It stays around in the room.
Well, now I can't help but wonder if burning them is better or worse.
Probably better, I've never tried it. I just imagine a bunch of tiny fireballs running around.
In my experience it's way better, and that having a candle burning will usually clear up the scent of a crush in relatively short order.
