# Ants at the top of the Empire State Building

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 15, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-at-the-top-of-the-empire-state-building/752294 "2016-04-15T18:02:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-at-the-top-of-the-empire-state-building/752294/41 "2016-04-18T18:06:53Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Parthenogenesis, I believe.

Ah, thanks. I had to take that to The Google and Wikipedia refreshed my memory from high school biology. Surprised that I forgot that much!

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