Monday, October 22, 2007

Fire ants vs. The World!

Check this site out! Not only is it full of videos of fire ants telling it like it is, the guy who wrote it is hilarious.

Fire ants have a degree of awesomeness that cannot be replicated by other insects. They are dangerous, relentless, stinging robots that attack anything that comes near their nest without any regard for their own lives. Even their name sounds menacing - putting other contenders like a "stink bug" or "dung beetle" in their place without even having to go to the trouble of biting out their intestines.
My favorite part is this:
Fire Ants vs. Giant, Pissed Off Spider

[Giant, Pissed Off Spider]
Advantages:
* More legs than an ant
* Can spin webs
* Spider-sense
* Giant and pissed off

[Fire Ants]
Advantages:
* Legs are good target for biting
* Can bite through webs
* Gamma-ray induced ant rage
* Small, difficult target
It's a shame that he confused locust with cicada, as per the top of the page, but this is a common mistake. They don't look particularly similar:


CICADA


LOCUST

FIGURE IT OUT


Regardless, I understand that not all of us grew up under the spectre of yearly locust plagues. Especially the flesh locusts. It's difficult to forget that menacing shape after watching your grandmother be torn limb from limb in the village square, screaming helplessly as she clasps the red petunia you had sheepishly handed her.

It's kind of why I drink.

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