Leiningen...what a great story... I have vivid memories as a kid of listening to a tape recording my uncle had of an old radio narration of it. Scared the bejesus out of my cousins and me!
Leiningen...what a great story... I have vivid memories as a kid of listening to a tape recording my uncle had of an old radio narration of it. Scared the bejesus out of my cousins and me!
theJeff wrote:
The Brazilian rose heavily to his feet. "I've done my best," he gasped. "Your obstinacy endangers not only yourself, but the lives of your four hundred workers. You don't know these ants!"
That same evening, however, Leiningen assembled his workers. He had no intention of waiting till the news reached their ears from other sources. Most of them had been born in the district; the cry "The ants are coming!'" was to them an imperative signal for instant, panic-stricken flight, a spring for life itself. But so great was the Indians' trust in Leiningen, in Leiningen's word, and in Leiningen's wisdom, that they received his curt tidings, and his orders for the imminent struggle, with the calmness with which they were given. They waited, unafraid, alert, as if for the beginning of a new game or hunt which he had just described to them. The ants were indeed mighty, but not so mighty as the boss. Let them come!
Why is everything you like so white-supremacist?
Army ants don't form 20-square-mile columns of doom, nor do they mow down large prey. The story is ignorant fantasy.
Bad Wigins wrote:
theJeff wrote:
The Brazilian rose heavily to his feet. "I've done my best," he gasped. "Your obstinacy endangers not only yourself, but the lives of your four hundred workers. You don't know these ants!"
That same evening, however, Leiningen assembled his workers. He had no intention of waiting till the news reached their ears from other sources. Most of them had been born in the district; the cry "The ants are coming!'" was to them an imperative signal for instant, panic-stricken flight, a spring for life itself. But so great was the Indians' trust in Leiningen, in Leiningen's word, and in Leiningen's wisdom, that they received his curt tidings, and his orders for the imminent struggle, with the calmness with which they were given. They waited, unafraid, alert, as if for the beginning of a new game or hunt which he had just described to them. The ants were indeed mighty, but not so mighty as the boss. Let them come!
Why is everything you like so white-supremacist?
Army ants don't form 20-square-mile columns of doom, nor do they mow down large prey. The story is ignorant fantasy.
I cannot tell if you are joking or not.
1. The white guy in this damned by his overconfidence. It is literally the opposite of White Supremacist.
2. Is all fantasy "ignorant"?
3. You've never seen videos of ants skeletonizing animals?
"You know, everyone has his moral principles. For me, there is nothing wrong in killing ants. I think that they are like plants, but of course there are people who would hate and blame me for this. I have nothing about ants, but when they get into the house and are everywhere, that it becomes a huge problem. Believe me, I know what I am talking about as we had a lot of ants in our house. It was impossible to sleep or to eat normally. I tried different things to get rid of ants, but nothing worked out. I asked on a forum and someone recommended a site where I found how to get rid of ants forever. If you want, you can check the site I am talking about by clicking on
https://www.thepestadvice.com/moisture-ants/"
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eishirukofuko wrote:
"You know, everyone has his moral principles. For me, there is nothing wrong in killing ants. I think that they are like plants, but of course there are people who would hate and blame me for this. I have nothing about ants, but when they get into the house and are everywhere, that it becomes a huge problem. Believe me, I know what I am talking about as we had a lot of ants in our house. It was impossible to sleep or to eat normally. I tried different things to get rid of ants, but nothing worked out. I asked on a forum and someone recommended a site where I found how to get rid of ants forever. If you want, you can check the site I am talking about by clicking on
https://www.thepestadvice.com/moisture-ants/"
I absolutely agre that everyone has his moral principles, and there is not an overall point of view
You out there in Tejas That’d explain it. Them folks on the frontier saw wonders of nature so I Suppose crazy raspberry ants’d have an explanation in time.
Do Ants have Souls? wrote:
I have a daily ant issue. I did some home renos last year on the bathroom and am now paying the price. I don't want those suckers to be chewing my wood. Do you feel bad massacring "god's creatures?" I have some traps which are bad enough but they don't work so well. I flush like 10-15 down the toilet per day. Some times I just squeeze them or if they're in the sink I just run it til they're gone. I'm mostly an atheist but I feel bad for what I'm doing. It'd take too long to take each one downstairs and put it outside.
Looks like you did your DIY bathroom remodel wrong.
Maybe you want to redo your bathroom again according to code.
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Fire ants are evil MFers
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Here is what you do.
Get a spray bottle of vinegar and a paper towel ready.
Blow some air on a portion of the trail. They will scatter and you should get them to create a gap in the trail.
Spray vinegar on a towel and apply it to the gap.
Try to make it cover a big enough area that they cannot go around.
They will be confused for a moment, but as each ant approaches your vinegar barrier, it will turn around and eventually they will form a trail back to their nest.
Put salt and vinegar near the entrance of the nest as a deterrant.
The ants on the other side of the first vinegar spot will be cut off, but you can get them on a paper towel and carry them back to the main trail.
Once they smell the trail, they can find their way home.
I setup Terro traps in my house a few times a year. I wouldn't be surprised if my lifetime ant kills is in the millions. I've wondered the same thing as the OP, but once I see ants return to my house, I resume killing mode.
I wouldn't torture any little pest but yes on eliminating them.
When I ws a kid I once tossed an ant in a spider web, that bugged me for days,
Only if they are ant fetuses. Then yes.
Yes it is. I have used traps but feel sick about it. I try to throw them outside. In my mind I try to tell them that I may use poison. Recently they have not been around.
As an undergrad in a fruit fly lab, I worked under a vegan lead investigator who fiercely condemned animal product consumption. Yet, she casually sacrificed thousands of fruit flies for research. When I pointed out the contradiction, her cognitive dissonance was a sight to behold.
Soul Brother wrote:
All living beings have souls.
Even lettuce?
eh yous guys wrote:
Only if they are ant fetuses. Then yes.
I think that OP had fourth trimester abortion in mind.
10-15 a day is not an ant problem. I've had to kill 100s in a few minutes. Sometimes many 1000s in a day.
I remember this one time I was smoking weed, watching a trail of ants do their thing.
I crushed a small nug into powder, between my finger and my thumb, and sprinkled it onto the trail. For the next fifteen minutes, I watched the ants investigate the powder and (I assume) consume it.
The ants stopped being productive members of their society. They pretty much became immobilized around the powdered area. It was reminiscent of a group of heroin junkies hanging around a sidewalk while others went about their day.
It was like a bird’s eye view of an anti-drug campaign. If you ever find yourself with some weed and a trail of ants, you should try it and see for yourself.