[dead]

"The ants might have found their way into her ears following the cookie crumbs and stayed there because there was enough food there to keep them alive."

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

[blackdog]

Entire ecosystems of flora and fauna exist on and around the human body. They graze the skin cells and oils on our bodies, make nests in our hair folicles, eat, sleep, and make babies while we do the same.

The cookie angle is most likely a benign causal placebo. Sometimes ants just end up where they shouldn't.