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File:Red weaver ants transporting a dead gecko, in Laos.jpg, featured[edit]
Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes.Voting period ends on 12 Feb 2018 at 13:09:43 (UTC)
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- Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Hymenoptera
Info created & uploaded by Basile Morin - nominated by Tomer T -- Tomer T (talk) 13:09, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
Support -- Tomer T (talk) 13:09, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
Comment Are they definitely transporting it Basile Morin ? Charles (talk) 14:10, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
- Yes, as shown on this video File:Red weaver ants transporting a dead gecko, in Laos (video).webm -- Basile Morin (talk) 14:19, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
- Super video, but it does not show that the ants are transporting the gecko. Charles (talk) 19:36, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
- See this definition of the verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transport#Verb : "To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey." -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:03, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Unwise to try to educate a native English speaker on his own language. There is no evidence in the video that these ants are trying to move the gecko from one place to another. Movement caused by the action of the ants and gravity is not the same as transportation. I know that ants do transport food. Charles (talk) 10:52, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- They're not only trying to move the gecko from one place to another, they're doing so. The video gives the proof that they manage. Displacement by carrying. Conveyance -- Basile Morin (talk) 11:31, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support Thank you very much Tomer T for the nomination -- Basile Morin (talk) 14:19, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support -Martin Falbisoner (talk) 14:32, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support PumpkinSky talk 16:18, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support Ok... gross. --cart-Talk 18:40, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
Neutral Excellent moment, I will change my vote to support if the distracting background is cut (I added a note) --The Photographer 02:15, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Ok with a crop. I kept the background to show the verticality (and thus the strength of the ants), but I agree a cut would improve the image aesthetically. What others think ? -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:58, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Yes. If the cut is not done you could fix the CA (I added a note) --The Photographer 04:46, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Done. Thanks -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:14, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 03:40, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support - This is larger than life, isn't it? How big are the ants? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:02, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- They are very big ants, about 1,5 cm long -- Basile Morin (talk) 07:10, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- You should correct the Wikipedia article if you believe it is wrong. The article states that workers are 6mm long and major workers are a maximum of 1cm long. Charles (talk) 10:52, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Legs included -- Basile Morin (talk) 12:33, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support Daniel Case (talk) 07:51, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support Going to cancel my flight ticket to Laos :) - Benh (talk) 11:22, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Comment and my vote is for that framing only. - Benh (talk) 11:23, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support Christian Ferrer (talk) 21:48, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 04:22, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support This is different --Poco2 18:06, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support Great shot and HEV Jacopo Werther iγ∂ψ=mψ 19:22, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support --Llez (talk) 20:00, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 06:41, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support --Alchemist-hp (talk) 05:05, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
- Support Thought provoking. --BeckenhamBear (talk) 21:02, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
Confirmed results:
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods/Hymenoptera
