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How many ants are there on Earth?
Phys.org ^ | 9/19/2022 | Gunnar Bartsc

Posted on 09/19/2022 2:13:28 PM PDT by LibWhacker

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To: LegendHasIt

Ever try Termidor SC (Fipronil)? Twice a year and the little buggers are gone!


41 posted on 09/19/2022 3:05:51 PM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: LibWhacker

This amounts to 12 megatons of carbon. “That exceeds the combined biomass of wild birds and mammals and corresponds to about 20 percent of humanity’s biomass,” Patrick Schultheiss explains.

They expel CO2. They need to be exterminated to save the planet.


42 posted on 09/19/2022 3:07:47 PM PDT by Flick Lives (FJB and the corrupt FBI)
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To: LibWhacker
Not nearly enough.

There are several corpses in D.C. that aren't decomposing fast enough......

43 posted on 09/19/2022 3:10:40 PM PDT by G Larry (Population Control means Killing Billions, not "limiting growth".)
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To: sit-rep

Here’s a visual:

First imagine a container that holds a quadrillion ants. Now imagine 20 of those containers.

That’s exactly what 20 quadrillion ants would look like.

(Hat tip to Norm McDonald who explained that the deficit could only be grasped by picturing 3 one-trillion dollar bills...)


44 posted on 09/19/2022 3:13:09 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: LibWhacker

Hold on...

One fewer.


45 posted on 09/19/2022 3:16:32 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: LibWhacker

What about those Gi Ants?


46 posted on 09/19/2022 3:18:53 PM PDT by Radix
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To: LibWhacker

Giant ant hill excavated:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lFg21x2sj-M&feature=emb_logo


47 posted on 09/19/2022 3:23:26 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: rktman

“Meh!”

So noachian.


48 posted on 09/19/2022 3:25:28 PM PDT by TexasGator ( Gator in Florids)
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To: unixfox

“I want to know if the earth increases/decreases in weight.”

Perhaps you mean mass?


49 posted on 09/19/2022 3:28:14 PM PDT by TexasGator ( Gator in Florids)
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To: fhayek; HippyLoggerBiker; Yardstick

Why cant you guys be a little bit more like fhayek?? :P


50 posted on 09/19/2022 3:35:15 PM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: LibWhacker

Don’t these people have anything better to do?


51 posted on 09/19/2022 3:44:30 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Hammerhead

I used to have two anthills in my front yard.


52 posted on 09/19/2022 3:45:45 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: Lazamataz

Damn that’s funny.


53 posted on 09/19/2022 3:48:49 PM PDT by Falcon4.0
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To: Verginius Rufus

A quadrillion here, a quadrillion there, pretty soon you’re talking real numbers…🤪


54 posted on 09/19/2022 3:50:12 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: ealgeone

We’ll have to burn ants to keep warm this winter.


55 posted on 09/19/2022 3:52:07 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: LibWhacker

Red or black ants?


56 posted on 09/19/2022 4:28:30 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: Lazamataz

The same two from Noah’s ark maybe?


57 posted on 09/19/2022 4:29:58 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: LibWhacker

Maybe this song can help with the counting process...

     "The Ants Go Marching One By One"

58 posted on 09/19/2022 4:35:46 PM PDT by Songcraft
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59 posted on 09/19/2022 4:38:51 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: LibWhacker

There’s going to be a boatload less after I pour ant poison on the two huge ant hills at our rural compound this week. 😏


60 posted on 09/19/2022 4:49:55 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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