September 2008
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More on Aphid-milking Ants…
Some species of ants ”farm” aphids, protecting them on the plants they eat, and eating the honeydew that the aphids release from the terminations of their alimentary canals. This is a “mutualistic relationship”.
These “dairying ants” “milk” the aphids by stroking them with their antennae.[11][12] Therefore,...
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Like the moon over the day, my genius and brawn are lost on these fools.
– Bowser
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We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do...
– President John F. Kennedy, address at Rice University, September 12, 1962