To: MizSterious
Having experienced fire ants while living in Corpus Christi
I got hit by one, one, on the back of my hand in the garden two weeks ago. It felt like I'd driven a straight pin through the back of my hand with an air hammer.
114 posted on
08/14/2005 10:30:50 AM PDT by
timpad
(The Wizard Tim - Keeper of the Holy Hand Grenade, Finder of Obscurata)
To: timpad
Hah! Wait til you get hit by the whole swarm of them. They do actually wait and send out some kind of signal (this per the Discovery Science channel) then all of them chow down at once. I used to think I just imagined that they did this, but science has confirmed it. There have been occasions when, once they hit me, I looked down and saw my whole foot covered with them. Very painful, plus it all swells--and it doesn't go away soon.
121 posted on
08/14/2005 10:34:15 AM PDT by
MizSterious
(Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
To: timpad
Did you realize that fire ants are not native to the US? They are illegal aliens also.
169 posted on
08/14/2005 11:01:16 AM PDT by
seemoAR
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