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Ants More Aggressive When in Gangs (It's Official!)
Yahoo News ^
| 6/31/2006
| Abigail W. Leonard
Posted on 08/01/2006 6:40:42 AM PDT by Theoden
Whether in a bar or on the battlefield, it’s easier to fight knowing friends have your back. The same is true in the ant world.
A new study shows ants are more aggressive when they think they’re part of a larger group.
The research showed that ants fighting for a piece of tuna soaked in pineapple juice—a precious commodity for the invertebrates—acted more aggressively if they felt they were part of a community.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: ants; breakinghard; chatroom; dumbstudy; waste; wob
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:40:42 AM PDT
by
Theoden
To: Theoden
Maybe Clinton can form a midnight basketball league for them.
2
posted on
08/01/2006 6:42:14 AM PDT
by
peyton randolph
(Time for an electoral revolution where the ballot box is the guillotine)
To: Theoden
I believe humans and ants are the only species in nature that wage war.
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:43:29 AM PDT
by
DaGman
To: Theoden
They needed a study for this?
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:43:33 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Theoden
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:44:34 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(War Monger...In the name of liberty, let's go to war!!!!)
To: dfwgator
MY life is better knowing this. Isn't yours?
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:45:01 AM PDT
by
aberaussie
(Ignorance has a cost.)
To: dfwgator
They needed a study for this?
I'm with you, they didn't need a study for this, all they had to do was look at humans, the ant reaction would be the same.
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:46:15 AM PDT
by
SR 50
(Larry)
Well no F(bomb)in' DUH! Whats next. Spiders like to build webs? Bees make honey?
To: The peoples DJ
Well no F(bomb)in' DUH! Whats next. Spiders like to build webs? Bees make honey? Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it....
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:47:55 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Theoden
Heck, they knew that fifty years ago :)
And those big ones are especially ornery...
10
posted on
08/01/2006 6:48:52 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Theoden
Tuna soaked in pineapple juice?
That tuna should be soaking in spring water, with fewer calories and less cholesterol, what are they trying to do, raise a generation of ants that are chronically obese and addicted junk tuna and sugary-sweet pineapple drinks?
We need a congressional investigation into this!
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:49:52 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: DaGman
Monkeys and apes will hare off in packs to raid neighboring groups. Any individuals caught alone are beaten to death.
Face it. Life is dangerous. We are all killers. Pretending otherwise is kinda silly.
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:50:13 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.- Aeschylus)
Their next planned study will be to determine the reason why a cat's butt hits the floor when a long tube sock is loosely tied around it's belly.
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:53:43 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: DaGman
No, I actually remember reading about Chimps waging what amounted to war in the wild.
susie
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:54:46 AM PDT
by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: peyton randolph
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:56:13 AM PDT
by
Theoden
(Fidei Defensor)
To: Tenacious 1; dfwgator
Anyone want to start a study with me? Maybe we could get millions in funding for a study on why people hate paying taxes...
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:57:36 AM PDT
by
Theoden
(Fidei Defensor)
To: DaGman
***I believe humans and ants are the only species in nature that wage war.***
Its been found that Chimpanzees also 'wage war'. They also kill each other and use 'weapons' (rocks, sticks) - just like us.
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:58:47 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(Better to fight for something than live for nothing - Gen. George S. Patton)
To: Dead Corpse
"Monkeys and apes will hare off in packs to raid neighboring groups. Any individuals caught alone are beaten to death."
Don't forget battles between Lions and Hyenas.
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posted on
08/01/2006 6:59:58 AM PDT
by
BadAndy
("Loud mouth internet Rambo")
To: Theoden
I ain't messing with no more ants!!
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posted on
08/01/2006 7:03:02 AM PDT
by
JZelle
To: Condor51
Its been found that Chimpanzees also 'wage war'. They also kill each other and use 'weapons' (rocks, sticks) - just like us.No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his banana.
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posted on
08/01/2006 7:08:49 AM PDT
by
Hoplite
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