Movie critics aren’t the only ones paying special attention to “Ant-Man,” the soon-to-be released insect-inspired superhero movie. Ant experts are weighing in as well.
Slate.com reached out to three scientists — Rachelle Adams (Ohio State University), Fred Larabee (Smithsonian Institution’s AntLab) and Deborah Gordon (Stanford University) — to “help design an awesome Ant-Man inspired by real ants.”
The scientists took aim at several of the movie’s depictions, notably the fact that Ant-Man should really be Ant-Woman. Said Larabee, “Male ants have this well-deserved reputation for being useless. They go off, mate with future queens, and die immediately.”
Larabee also told Slate.com that although ants can lift things much larger than themselves, the idea of shrinking and becoming overwhelmingly strong is “preposterous.”
“Ants are very small and can lift a huge amount of weight relative to their body size,” he said.
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Source: Slate.com