#anting

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Anting is a behavior in which crows land on an anthill and allow ants to infest their feathers. The ants then spray formic acid on their feathers. This acid will act as an insecticide, fungicide, and bactericide that will rid the bird of all its disease-causing pathogens!

captured by photographer Tony Austin

[what-is-love-babey-dont-hurt-me]

Are you guys familiar with the behavior some birds do called anting? Do you guys think Galacta would have a deep seeded bird instinct to ant? Do you guys think he would ant for regular reasons (to get rid of parasites) or other ones (to flex)? Would ants that hypothetically live on Halcandra have special adaptations? Literal fire ants? Do you guys think Galacta Knight would lay in a hypothetical literal fire ant hill to get Special Fire Resistance Juice spread on his feathers while terrifying the other heroes of yore because he is laying in a pile of the infamously deadly literal fire ants? Asking for a friend

[aubreyappears]

thinking about how birds will just rub ants all over themselves. and it’s not an obscure behavior one weird species picked up on, so many different ones will do this.

^so covered in various ants

[coolcheese51]

distraction

[sturner-artblog]

Tenner

[myrfing]

imagine if your boyfriend was like I can smell an ant. and started tracking

[funtergeist]

congrats on the divorce

[antlersish]

Mad about politics again

[taxmaaan]

The ol’ jitterbug

[aimasup]

Queentenna stuff

The idea of these two not only interacting but kissing is hilarious

[orcawhvle]

you could say he’s kind of a family guy

[crythartic]

insta doodle requestsss

[the-shy-lonely-weirdo]

If you ever need to feel better, just watch Mr. Rogers.

Tenna knows that and does this for Kris whenever they feel down about themselves.

[fuzzywyrmz]

this is so stupid

[ink-ami]

TV Guy with abandonment issues and themes of having to move on right before my finals and having to leave my university? More likely than I thought.

Seriously, seeing Tenna broken is sad, but I hope he felt loved when he was repaired.