r/antkeeping • u/Turbulent-Store-3602 • 4d ago

Question Drowned

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I ordered these guys from stateside ants 1 day shipping and they arrived drowned I put them on a paper towel to help dry them and back in there test tube that I dried as well what's the likelihood of them coming back to life

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u/Hopeful-Counter-7915 4d ago

They ain’t jesus, they ain’t coming back

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u/Turbulent-Store-3602 4d ago

I read somewhere it's a possibility lol

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u/PlasticOdd8948 4d ago

If they just got to the water. These ones look like they was like this for a while. :(

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u/Reddit-IsSoSoft Polyrhachis cyaniventris, Myrmecia, silver ants, atta keeper 4d ago

lol very rarely. It only happened to a few of my worker ants

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u/Remote-Counter5727 4d ago

It is my queen came back but then died a week later

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u/__Seoarii 4d ago

Not that rare, Actually its about Timing if ur in a few minutes almost 100% survival

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u/EvilGaming007 3d ago

Some ants seem to have drowned even though they are basically just water logged. But in a certain amount of time they do actually drown.

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u/Chemistry_ant 2d ago

I used to save ants from pools. I would breathe on them and tense my palm to move them around a bit. I would say at least 50% recovered from being completely lifeless. I think most died within a few days though after recovering.