Stupid Ants ???

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30th December 2005, 08:49 AM
JDarvall

Stupid Ants ???

Probably being a little stupid myself posting this......but, I find it kinda fascinating.

My 3 year old daughter got a box of rubber snakes and lizards for christmas, that she'd been playing with in the bath. One was left on the floor last night. Found this in the morning...... I mean,,,,, ??? An't ants blind ? ...So, wouldn't their other senses be 'evolved' enough to tell the difference ?

:confused:

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30th December 2005, 08:56 AM
oges

maybe they are using the rubber to make thongs? :D
30th December 2005, 09:01 AM
Christopha

You need a manicure thweety!
30th December 2005, 10:55 AM
Landseka

Maybe they're getting off on the bathwater....:eek:

Neil.
30th December 2005, 12:53 PM
Skew ChiDAMN!!

3yo? Bath?

Dunno 'bout your household, but here the latter is usually 'cos the former is covered in something edible. Not necessarily healthy, but edible.

And invariably sticky...
30th December 2005, 10:01 PM
JDarvall

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christopha

You need a manicure thweety!

Oh, sweatheart !!...you don't give up do you..:rolleyes: ....yes you can give me a manicure if you want. And if your lucky, I'll give ya hug......(you and your bloody hugs:p ).....but this time, HANDS OF ME TACKLE !! :eek:

Anyway, who cares about that. What you think about my new scientific discovery. Stupid ants !!!....before you know it, everybody will want some.

AND, its not the bathwater !, Neil. :D ...we're not grubs ! ..... Those dirty nails, are just greese stains. Go through cakes of solvo I do. Can't ever really get them that clean.

The stupid bloody ants, thought it was a dead snake thats all. :o Sure of it.
30th December 2005, 10:24 PM
oges

Must be the heat sending them mad
30th December 2005, 10:44 PM
JDarvall

Quote:

Originally Posted by oges

Must be the heat sending them mad

Its bad alright, ant it. I'm in local RFS, so we all on 'alert'. Peer pressure, just quietly. :rolleyes: Tied of it though. Taking up too much of my time. If only we got some bloody muni for it.
30th December 2005, 10:47 PM
E. maculata

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Originally Posted by oges

Must be the heat sending them mad

Nup I reckon every living critter that hangs around koggle for too long ends up MAD.......did I ever mention we were married in Kyogle?:o
30th December 2005, 10:49 PM
E. maculata

Quote:

Originally Posted by apricotripper

Its bad alright, ant it. I'm in local RFS, so we all on 'alert'. Peer pressure, just quietly. :rolleyes: Tied of it though. Taking up too much of my time. If only we got some bloody muni for it.

Hang around long enough in the service and someone might make you a "paid" officer, look at "Steak" Steve, fomerly of the Transport "conglomerate".
31st December 2005, 08:29 AM
JDarvall

Hey ya Bruce. You know Kyogle well !:D

Don't know Steak Steve personally. Only really know guys in my unit. Don't think I'll be around long enough to get paid though, or to become an officer. Not keen on the responsibility. Prefer to just hose things down. (like the captain :D )

:)
15th September 2009, 06:27 PM
robbo266317

I found "meat ants" in a box of tissues, cutting them up and carrying the pieces away.
15th September 2009, 08:46 PM
Gingermick

ants at my folks place always went to any drops of water left on the counters. If there was any food, they went there too, but they liked the water.
15th September 2009, 09:02 PM
tea lady

If the bath had bubbles in it there could be bubble residue on the snake. Bubble bath stuff is made from some sort of coconut product. Could be it.:shrug:

I had ants once years ago, that came out of a hole in the bench, went up to the roof, did a lap of the kitchen, out the door, all round the lounge room, back through the same door on the other side and back round the kitchen to a bowl of something that was 6 inches from where they had emerged. :doh: It was amazing. Prolly 20 meters of 1/2 inch wide ant trail. :oo: I took the bowl away and spoilt the party though. :D
15th September 2009, 09:05 PM
Geoff Dean

Gee, this one has been dredged up from the bottom of the archives. :rolleyes:
15th September 2009, 10:34 PM
rrobor

Ants love soap, after all its made from boiled down bones, so Na not so stupid ants.
15th September 2009, 10:53 PM
tea lady

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geoff Dean

Gee, this one has been dredged up from the bottom of the archives. :rolleyes:

:? :pi: :rolleyes: So it has. Silly ants! :doh:
15th September 2009, 11:16 PM
Waldo

Maybe they're rubber ants. :U
20th September 2009, 07:55 PM
Johncs

Quote:

Originally Posted by tea lady

If the bath had bubbles in it there could be bubble residue on the snake. Bubble bath stuff is made from some sort of coconut product. Could be it.:shrug:

I had ants once years ago, that came out of a hole in the bench, went up to the roof, did a lap of the kitchen, out the door, all round the lounge room, back through the same door on the other side and back round the kitchen to a bowl of something that was 6 inches from where they had emerged. :doh: It was amazing. Prolly 20 meters of 1/2 inch wide ant trail. :oo: I took the bowl away and spoilt the party though. :D

We had some do a lap of the lounge room, going through three inside corners, around the wall that partly separates dining/loung areas (two outside corners) and on into the kitchen.

Spray didn't work, so I paid a little more attention. The came in near the (9') ceiling, through a small hole in the brickwork around the fireplace. A small plug o "no more gaps" and there were no more ants.

Silly ants.
21st September 2009, 08:31 AM
AlexS

OK, how are they getting into the dishwasher, yet the dishwasher doesn't leak?
21st September 2009, 11:21 AM
tea lady

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Originally Posted by AlexS

OK, how are they getting into the dishwasher, yet the dishwasher doesn't leak?

down the hose the water goes down, while there is no water in it? Or they just live in there all the time. :shrug: Scuba ants.:D