What are they fighting for though?

[u/Accurate_Back_1060]

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Featured Comment by u/Wauwuaw5983

It's an ant species that originated someplace and now occupies 6 continents.

Even across continents they share the exact same DNA, and hence the exact same scent.

With exactly one single exception:

The DNA drifted slightly in some random queen, and that colony eventually spread for miles north and south along a very specific line were they do battle with the same species who's dna never drifted.

https://youtu.be/cqECNYmM23A?is=vllsiGip5n2kPNv-

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[u/chukkysh]

They should declare themselves non-combat ants.

[u/Mightyballmann]

It is an invasive species native to south america.

In south america those ants inhabit floodplains. The colonies are highly territorial but the flood will stop the fighting. Therefore they never developed the ability of ceasefire like most other territorial species did.

The result is a never-ending war between those colonies in california.

[u/Apprehensive_News_78]

The real enemy are the grasshoppers

[u/just_some_guy2000]

I'd play a video game as an ant in this struggle of the ages

[u/Raymond_Towers]

Here is a link to the actual article, if anyone wants to read it, since OP can't be bothered to post more than an AI clickbait pic.

Article title: San Diego's Ant War Is Real. The Viral Picture of It Isn't.

https://theverifiedpost.com/article/san-diego-argentine-ant-war-supercolonies-lake-hodges

Edit: Some of the comments are hilarious. The 'viral picture' comment is actually the title of the article. Also, thank you to those pointing out that the article seems to be written by AI.

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[u/Corvid-Enjoyer]

I live in SD, and I got a live stream of ants going through my kitchen right now

[u/Puzzled-Wedding-7697]

Did half of the ant emperors sons turn traitor by chance?

[u/mrf87]

They were wrong

It's not rise of the planet of the apes

Its rise of the planet of the ants