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Heroic altruistic ants face death alone to save colony
bbc ^ | 15 February 2010 | Matt Walker

Posted on 02/20/2010 5:05:13 PM PST by JoeProBono

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To: John-Irish
I had to look her up, and she is a sweetie...

I remember Tarantula. Interesting back story and married to Richard Long (an actor I always liked). I've got about a million channels on my TV, but you rarely see good old fashioned 50s & 60s B movies any more. (Not that I could stay awake for the Late Late Show.)

41 posted on 02/21/2010 11:02:33 AM PST by stormer
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To: stormer

Yeah, “Tarantula’’ was a good one. With Leo J. Carrol and John Agar. Agar was married to Shirley Temple but that didn’t last. He flammed out early, drinking got him.


42 posted on 02/21/2010 11:23:48 AM PST by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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To: John-Irish

Reminds me of the lyric from Rocky Horror:

I know Leo G. Carrol
was over a barrel
when Tarantula took to the hills


43 posted on 02/21/2010 12:51:25 PM PST by stormer
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“I wish Congress, as a whole, were as smart...”

Maybe the ants could teach Congresscritters the art of euthanizing self...


44 posted on 02/21/2010 1:11:34 PM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: stormer

LOL! “Beaver was a dreamer who never got it right/died in living color and lived in black and white’’.


45 posted on 02/21/2010 1:34:18 PM PST by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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To: John-Irish

Connect the dots into a full circle: From Lady scientist to Kinky Friedman and back...

Well, I left barber college searchin for knowledge
Went to the University
I must confess, sir this lady professor
Turned me on to Anthropology

Now I’m a Homo Erectus, got to connect this
Bone that I discovered yesterday
Tyrannosaurus Lived in the forest
Died because his heart got in the way

Dear Doctor Howard, come down from your tower
And join me for lunch at the ‘Y’
Although yore thirty I still think yore purty
Let’s give it that good ol college try (rah rah)


46 posted on 02/21/2010 1:40:39 PM PST by stormer
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To: fanfan
I've been mixing icing sugar with baking soda, and have had pretty good luck with that. They eat it, and explode.

Well, I've never heard about that either. I heard dry grits will kill fire ants too. The eat them, and it explodes them with the slightest moisture from their insides.

47 posted on 02/22/2010 5:28:10 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Hey zero, It is NOT Bush's fault anymore.)
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To: JoeProBono

Or maybe they suddenly realize the place sucks, and they’d rather go off and die. Or maybe they’re just not that bright.


48 posted on 02/22/2010 7:44:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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