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If I kill a big ant on my patio, a bunch of little ants appear and carry it away

Posted on 05/20/2021 3:23:02 PM PDT by SamAdams76

It was so good to go to my supermarket this afternoon and see several people with no masks. Finally, we are dispensing with this nonsense. This was in Danbury, CT.

Anyway, it's pretty amazing how much weight (relative to their own weight) that little ants can carry.

It's just the weirdest thing.

When I smash a big ant on my patio, suddenly a bunch of little ants surround it and carry it away. To where, I have no idea. But they are taking it someplace and they evidently have a purpose. They are quite organized. I often wonder what goes on inside their little brains.

It's almost like the little ants serve as undertakers for the bigger ants.

Sometimes this one tiny ant is carrying this humongous large ant all by itself. You should try it and see for yourself.


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: ants; vanity; wildlife
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To: SamAdams76

Having DT’s, huh?


21 posted on 05/20/2021 3:40:34 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: SamAdams76
"When I smash a big ant on my patio, suddenly a bunch of little ants surround it and carry it away."

What happens when you run out of big ants?

22 posted on 05/20/2021 3:40:51 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: SamAdams76
I often wonder what goes on inside their little brains.

Maybe, "Hey that big piece of meat that is watching us could keep generations of us alive. Pray He collapses."

23 posted on 05/20/2021 3:42:51 PM PDT by Starstruck ( Since I'm old I don't whether I'm senile or brilliant. Or happily both.)
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To: SamAdams76; All

If you want to laugh until your sides hurt, read the short story “A Laborious Ant”, by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).


24 posted on 05/20/2021 3:42:55 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: Salamander

“Ants are incredibly complex and miraculous creatures.”

When I was little, our very long church sidewalk had a few ant colonies on the grass next to the sidewalk. (Are they called “colonies? I don’t know.) I liked to watch them in action. They were so interesting.

We couldn’t afford “real” pets - LOL.


25 posted on 05/20/2021 3:43:53 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence - Prof. Dean Alfange)
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To: BenLurkin

Excellent movie starring James Whitmore and James Arness right before he took on the role of Marshall Matt Dillon.


26 posted on 05/20/2021 3:44:11 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: JohnBrowdie

In Costa Rica for 5 days and yesterday got a bug sticky paper catcher, already have a quartet of cockroaches.


27 posted on 05/20/2021 3:47:26 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: SamAdams76

this worthless nonsense should be on Facebook instead of here


28 posted on 05/20/2021 3:49:47 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans ( )
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

I don’t have a Facebook account. Maybe you can post it there for me and see what kind of reaction it gets.


29 posted on 05/20/2021 3:50:42 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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To: Jolla
> ...already have a quartet of cockroaches

Do they sing in close barbershop harmony?

30 posted on 05/20/2021 3:52:24 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: Jolla

dude, you’ve got most of the go-go’s

Coooooolest.


31 posted on 05/20/2021 3:53:56 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

whereas mindless and pointless bitching about virtually everything is oddly perfectly at home here.

think that snit through.


32 posted on 05/20/2021 3:56:05 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: BenLurkin

Think we could we recruit some of THEM to patrol the Mexican border?


33 posted on 05/20/2021 3:56:47 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: SamAdams76

If I kill a big ant on my patio, a bunch of little ants appear and carry it away

It is a funeral procession by the kids.


34 posted on 05/20/2021 4:03:54 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: SamAdams76

I think that’s what Ant-ifa does when they confront a group of Patriots.


35 posted on 05/20/2021 4:06:12 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: SamAdams76

I always assumed the small ants would take the ‘fallen’ soldier back to their nest. They would dismantle the carcass and stow away for food reserves primarily for their egg laying Queen of the Ants.
Sort of like a Chop Shop for stolen cars, where nothing is wasted.


36 posted on 05/20/2021 4:06:48 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Salamander

Fire ants suck.


37 posted on 05/20/2021 4:16:03 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,)
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To: SamAdams76

You’re lucky they did not come after you.
No actually they were just recycling.


38 posted on 05/20/2021 4:24:42 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: SamAdams76

You’re lucky they did not come after you.
No actually they were just recycling.


39 posted on 05/20/2021 4:24:42 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: DannyTN
That's a very big ant.

THEM! is really big ants!


40 posted on 05/20/2021 4:24:52 PM PDT by null and void (When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
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