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Public Service Announcemant

Remember, dear readers, to stay vigilant against mainstream vertebrate bias, which takes many forms (really!). Pedagogical Correspondant Anna Cox shared with us yet another example of sneaky anti-ant writing featured in a practice test, in the form of the New York Times highlighting an invasive ant species in 2013. Invasive ants give the rest of the 10,000’s of species of ants a bad name – never judge the many based on the few!

Polyrhachis
A beautiful, non-invasive ant. Photo: Alex Wild
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  1. drex1980 Avatar
    drex1980

    Look at the sheen on that abdomen…

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    1. Benjamin Blanchard Avatar
      Benjamin Blanchard

      I know, right? And this is just one species in the genus of 700+ species that I’m studying for my dissertation!

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