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		gumby on Sept 2, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ant colony discovered in an abandoned Polish nucle... Well the queen isn't really the top of the hierarchy as she would be in a human colony. She's simply one who has a particular job (reproduction) and thus greater needs. Not really any different from any of the other ants.

adrusi on Sept 3, 2016 [–]

The queen has seized the means of reproduction.

gumby on Sept 3, 2016 | [–]

This comment is so awesome that simply uprooting it was not enough.

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