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minus-squaresystemglitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s a very unique smell and hard to explain, but nothing on earth smells similar.
minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month 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.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThey smell kind of like blood and iron to me.
It’s a very unique smell and hard to explain, but nothing on earth smells similar.
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.
They smell kind of like blood and iron to me.