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NYC Ants Eat Thousands of Pounds of Trash, Keep Rats at Bay: Study
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| Wednesday, Dec 3, 2014 • Updated at 5:22 PM EST
Posted on 12/04/2014 12:44:36 PM PST by BenLurkin
Youngsteadt said that researchers came to their conclusions after putting out measured samples of junk food in street medians and city parks during 2012 and 2013. Some samples were put in cages that only ants could access, while others were put in the open so other animals could eat them. Researchers left the food out for 24 hours and then came back to see how much the ants had taken.
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posted on
12/04/2014 12:44:36 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Thousands of pounds of food get turned into thousands of pounds of ant poop. Yay for thinking things through, liberals.
/johnny
To: BenLurkin
Those ants are dining out. Do they pay sales tax on it? Calling Governor Cuomo.
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posted on
12/04/2014 12:48:26 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: JRandomFreeper
Ant poop can only improve that cesspool.
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posted on
12/04/2014 12:50:21 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/04/2014 12:51:53 PM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: BenLurkin
Can’t feed the homeless in NYC, but you can feed ants and vermin.
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posted on
12/04/2014 12:59:08 PM PST
by
DaveMSmith
(Evil Comes from Falsity, So Share the Truth)
To: DaveMSmith
THIS
NOT THIS
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posted on
12/04/2014 1:13:41 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: BenLurkin
Looks like Z and Princess Bala found insectopia.
To: DaveMSmith
Can’t feed the homeless in NYC, but you can feed ants and vermin. the ants and vermin at least try to fend for themselves and offer some benefits to society
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posted on
12/04/2014 1:32:02 PM PST
by
terycarl
To: BenLurkin
The ants do not actually directly eat most items left out. But rather they take it back to the next and it is turned into fungus. That is what they do eat or feed to mites and other creepy crawlies which then eat or convert it to a liquid the ants can eat.
As far as food goes... as for ants it is not food, but soylent green is food....
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posted on
12/04/2014 2:22:46 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS.. We are DOOMED for several generations. . Who cares? Dem's did and voted!)
To: JSteff
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