[[Parasite grants ants “eternal youth” – but there’s a dark side]]
They have to live with their spouse for forever-
2 posted on
05/21/2021 12:18:28 PM PDT by
Bob434
To: Red Badger
“And the deal gets even cushier. Infected ants were far less active than usual, never leaving the nest or chipping in to help with any of the usual tasks. Instead, they lazed around the nest while their uninfected colony-mates fed them, groomed them and even carried them around. In some cases, they were attracting more attention than the queen herself.” Sounds like much of today's youth.
3 posted on
05/21/2021 12:21:25 PM PDT by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: Red Badger
Sounds a lot like the Great Society promises.
4 posted on
05/21/2021 12:26:10 PM PDT by
RetiredTexasVet
(Corrupt Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
To: Red Badger
Drawback is they can then only come out at night, and they drink their brethren’s blood to sustain themselves.
To: Red Badger
"And that’s where the dark downside creeps in. It seems like a pretty sweet gig for the individual infected insects, but the colonies as a whole began to suffer. Uninfected ants appeared to be more stressed out and were dying younger than they might have if the parasites didn’t show up at all."
The vision the oligarchs have for the USA
To: Red Badger
12 posted on
05/21/2021 12:49:27 PM PDT by
fidelis
(Defeatism and despair are like poison to men's souls. If you can't be positive, at least be quiet.)
To: Larry Lucido
It’s like the old man at the end of Ponce de Leon...
13 posted on
05/21/2021 12:49:47 PM PDT by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Red Badger
And the deal gets even cushier. Infected ants were far less active than usual, never leaving the nest or chipping in to help with any of the usual tasks. Instead, they lazed around the nest while their uninfected colony-mates fed them, groomed them and even carried them around. In some cases, they were attracting more attention than the queen herself.
And that’s where the dark downside creeps in. It seems like a pretty sweet gig for the individual infected insects, but the colonies as a whole began to suffer. Uninfected ants appeared to be more stressed out and were dying younger than they might have if the parasites didn’t show up at all.
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Sounds like an analog of the FedGov stimmy checks.
14 posted on
05/21/2021 12:57:51 PM PDT by
Flick Lives
(“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
To: Red Badger
Gee, this sounds like Bernie Sanders and AOC supporters and how they’d like to be treated by us working stiffs.
15 posted on
05/21/2021 1:02:50 PM PDT by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
16 posted on
05/21/2021 1:07:52 PM PDT by
RandallFlagg
("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
To: Red Badger
They call this parasitic infection, the “Welfare Infection”
17 posted on
05/21/2021 1:23:40 PM PDT by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: Red Badger
I was wondering why I just saw some federal bureaucrats trying to shove SNAP cards into an anthill
18 posted on
05/21/2021 1:23:49 PM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(Police should refuse duty at NBA venues. Let them wallow in their desired chaos without police.)
To: Red Badger
Progressives are parasites.
20 posted on
05/21/2021 1:45:08 PM PDT by
polymuser
(A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.d)
To: Red Badger
23 posted on
05/22/2021 12:26:47 AM PDT by
blueplum
("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
To: Red Badger
24 posted on
05/22/2021 8:29:35 AM PDT by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: Red Badger
The ant and the grasshopper.
Which one survives the winter?
5.56mm
25 posted on
05/22/2021 11:21:55 AM PDT by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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