Why do ants smell bad when you squish them?
 

"smell bad squish ants" isn't really returning a lot of results on Google.

We don't have an ant problem per se, but there have been a few roaming around the inside of our cabinets for no particular reason. I can't resist squishing them. It's almost turning into an obsessive compulsive desire to sniff my hands after each ant I squish. The smell, in turn, grosses me out and I have to wash my hands immediately. Ugh. :erm:

Well I heard that the smell is what the ant uses to tell other ants to come and help it or investigate why it died.

same thing happens if you do that to people

ol' couch ass will back me up

formic acid?

tcm always knows.

folic acid?

yes, formic acid. [snaps book shut, removes bifocals]

Thats weird.

:rofl: :rofl:

thats what i heard too :p

death stinks

Yeah dead things do generally smell bad after a while.

ive never smelled a dead ant

i smelt about 500 at once

how did that happen?

Probably squashed a mound or ant farm or something

I can tell you that the inside of human beings smells like shit and I could imagine it would bring along other people to inquire what the nasty visceral, shitty, slightly metallic smell is.

what does the inside of a human being smell like?

Like a side of unrefridgerated beef mixed with feces and metal. In addition, the viscera is so damp that it immediately ups the humidity of the immediate area so you get a warm wet blast of this nasty smell that lingers in your hair and on your clothes. Burnt human smells even worse.

why do you post things like this when you know they aren't funny and you aren't being serious

smells like pig!

I think it has something to do with their diet of cabbage and sprouts.

you beat me this time, J, but i'll get you next time!!!

how did you get used to it?

one time i put my hand on top of a yankee candle to snuff it out. i wasn't quite burned, but the palm of my hand turned lathery for about a month and smelled like shit.

I heard that about bees

Ditto to that

New nickname: Ant Sniffer.

Have you ever seen leaf-cutter ants in action? I'd be scared to squish those with my hands, folic acid or not.