[ExI] ants again

[spike]

Recall my conjectures that ants engaged in mortal combat will not
discontinue their struggles to bite an intruder.

 

This evening I happened upon an ant war and scooped a pile of them into my
hand:

 

 



 

I held them for about three to four minutes, by which time they were
wandering up my arm.

 

In agreement with previous experiment and my understanding of evolutionary
mechanisms, not one of them bit me, not one bite did I get.

 

Ants are cool.

 

spike

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