Reply
Fri 15 Oct, 2004 08:37 am
I've heard that ants kill themselves if the queen ant dies. But I am to curious how the ants kill themselves....Anyone know?
Teeny tiny cyanide capsules.
Storm Orkin in massive suicide squadrons.....
Everyone jumps off a match book.
They are dispatched by a termite and anteater coalition of the willing......
Suicide cultists huddle together on the sidewalk and wait for the arrival of "Big Shoe".
one droplet of the special koolaid takes out the entire army
Bi-Polar Bear wrote:Storm Orkin in massive suicide squadrons.....
This one made me choke on my chicken salad.
<<handing FreeDuck a napkin for the spillage>>
teeny tiny explosives are strapped on, then they invade termite mounds en masse
They bite themselves in their teensy little necks.
Everyone is given 2 mm of dental floss and is directed to the nearest horizontal twig.
They don't commit suicide. They find a new queen.
They pay a mean little kid named Ernie to fry em with a magnifying glass
Thanks guys, now if I'm ever asked this question I can avoid the answer with an endless barrage of one liners.
by jumping off tall buildings
Ok - I tried to look it up for you.
One place said they gradually die off, if a queen is not available.
Others say that some colonies have several queens at any one time, and go for years.
I think it clear they do NOT commit suicide!
Child of the light,
they actually starve to death, unless they find a colony with another queen nearby.
Stumble It!
Tweet This
Bookmark on Delicious
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace