Scientists create the first mutant ants

Washington Post ^ | August 10, 2017 | Ben Guarino

[C19fan]

Despite what you might've seen in 1950s monster movies, it's difficult to raise mutant ants. For years biologists have altered the genetics of organisms as varied as mice and rice. Mutant fruit flies are a laboratory staple. But ants' complex life cycle hampered efforts to grow genetically engineered ants — until now.

[C19fan]

These scientists never seen the movie "Them".

[SERKIT]

Mute ants (can’t speak) or mutants?

[BenLurkin]

[SubMareener]

What could possibly go wrong? THEM!!!!!

[yuleeyahoo]

[RandallFlagg]

Or, “Empire of the Ants.”

[Chainmail]

Can’t imagine what could go wrong..

[DannyTN]

Mutant Ants....What could possibly go wrong?

[DannyTN]

Mr. Edward Magorium: An accountant. According to the word, it must be a cross between a counter and a mutant and that may be precisely what we need.

[Berlin_Freeper]

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[Buckeye McFrog]

Tonight's feature on Monster Chiller Horror Theater is "The Mutant Ants Who Ate Topeka" starring Van Heflin, Ann Francis and Tor Johnson.

[Tucker39]

I take from the video that really all these quack scientists did was ruin some perfectly good ants. Killed their olfactory sense so the can’t communicate, and won’t work. The democRAT party did that with 47% of the human U.S. populace. Barely speak ebonics, and won’t work. I see no reason for fanfare.

[Conan the Librarian]

Que up Kent Brockman.

“I too welcome our ant overlords...”

[tophat9000]

mutant aunts so this is about Maxine Waters?

[BuffaloJack]

How do they know they are mutant?
There are over 200,000 varieties of ants already.
And why would anyone want a mutant ant?

[treetopsandroofs]

Or "This Island Earth".

[bigbob]

[dfwgator]

[2001convSVT]

It looks like a queen ant that can breath fire! Pyrolysis mutant gene?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

That would make them giants.