NOT THAT THIS IS ENTIRELY A BAD THING

Houston is being eaten by ants.

(Thanks to Siouxie, Keli Minick and Andrew Hoenig. And Cheryl Howard and Jeff Meyerson. And of course DavCat.)

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[Kibby F5™]

Suppose they tastes like chicken?

[The Dread Pirate Chris]

Crazy Rasberry Ants
Adam's first, failed, band.

[Kibby F5™]

*wonders what tasteS is*

[Siouxie]

Terrorist bastids now using ants??

[fivver]

Experts say each colony has multiple queens that have to be taken out.

*not goin' there snork*

[Kibby F5™]

Man! That's got to be one expensive night out!

[Cat R]

First frightening quote:

The ants - formally known as "paratrenicha species near pubens" - have spread to five Houston-area counties since they were first spotted in Texas in 2002.

Near what?!?

Second, more frightening quote:

And when you do kill these ants, the survivors turn it to their advantage: They pile up the dead, sometimes using them as a bridge to cross safely over surfaces treated with pesticide.

Intelligent crazy ants. This reminds me of the scene in "Bug" when the nuclear cockroaches spelled malevolent messages on the bedroom wall with their disgusting, cockroachy bodies. And yes, that movie poster shows a giant cockroach on the handset of the telephone. It was on the earpiece when she answered it.

I had nightmares for weeks.

[Kibby F5™]

What was that '70s film about intellegent ants that, I think, make symbols in fields and take a woman into their hive?

... or was that a bad reaction to dope?

[oneblankspace]

(insert Enron joke here)

[Cat R]

Kibby, I dunno about that one, but I'll probably have flashbacks tonight. And SNORK at expensive queens!

[Ant E. Ter]

Houston, thanks to the Dave Barry Blog, I have become aware of your plight.

I shall dispatch forthwith.