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SCIENTISTS SUGGEST KILLING ANTS WITH VIRUSES
Futurism ^ | 19 June 2022 | Lonnie Lee Hood

Posted on 06/19/2022 4:16:52 PM PDT by Scarlett156

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To: Scarlett156

Human hubris.... sigh


21 posted on 06/19/2022 4:30:20 PM PDT by week 71
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To: Scarlett156

One good thing about fire ants: they eat ticks.


22 posted on 06/19/2022 4:31:22 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: Scarlett156

I guess Antpox is next.


23 posted on 06/19/2022 4:33:09 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Scarlett156

Since ants are non-White, when the virus starts to infect humans, anyone calling it the “Ant Virus” will be branded as a racist.


24 posted on 06/19/2022 4:33:46 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: rovenstinez

“Some of them are good.”

And Fire ants kill and eat all those beneficial insects. They also kill lizards, spiders, and baby chicks, calves, and lambs. If they are not in your area, you should be happy.

My concern would be what this does to native ants?


25 posted on 06/19/2022 4:36:29 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Scarlett156
the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology...

...or JIP for short. Must reading for anyone interested in pest control.

26 posted on 06/19/2022 4:38:06 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: Scarlett156

“Empire of the Ants.”

“Them.”

Coming to a theater near you.

5.56mm


27 posted on 06/19/2022 4:42:03 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

28 posted on 06/19/2022 4:42:10 PM PDT by null and void (We're trapped between too many questions unanaswered, and too many answers unquestioned...)
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To: Scarlett156
Releasing a virus into the wild? No. Even if you don't like ants the consequences could be catastrophic.

I can't believe this is even been proposed.

29 posted on 06/19/2022 4:42:28 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Scarlett156

Sure it is.😵‍💫


30 posted on 06/19/2022 4:43:33 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Scarlett156

What a great idea. There couldn’t possibly be any consequences.

I got destroyed by red fire ants at Patrick AFB. I put on my camouflage pants at 0530 in the dark, and just felt burning pain. I threw on the lights and dropped my pants and had hundreds of ants biting me. I must have wiped my hands on pants after eating the day before. It was not fun…


31 posted on 06/19/2022 4:45:02 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Scarlett156

Release it, then it mutates and wipes out the honeybee and we all starve.


32 posted on 06/19/2022 4:45:47 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Scarlett156

Has anyone seen “I am Legend”? ANYONE?


33 posted on 06/19/2022 4:47:05 PM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" LStar)
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To: Scarlett156

Never, never ever works out as planned. There are hundreds of cases that “scientists” modified mosquitoes, introduced preditors, etc. and in all cases the “law of unintended consequences” raised its ugly and vicious head.


34 posted on 06/19/2022 4:47:48 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: Qwapisking

For some weird reason, Smith having to kill his dog is the worst part.


35 posted on 06/19/2022 4:48:33 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: blackdog

That’s actually more correct than you realize


36 posted on 06/19/2022 4:48:47 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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37 posted on 06/19/2022 4:51:27 PM PDT by Bobalu (I bet the "K" is silent in monkeypox....)
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To: Scarlett156
The AntsCanada Ant Forum's - Search
38 posted on 06/19/2022 4:52:08 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti-Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: Scarlett156

I think I’ve seen this movie.


39 posted on 06/19/2022 4:52:26 PM PDT by mykroar (Democrats support both types of allowed thought: Marxist and Leninist.)
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To: rovenstinez

ypu are correct.


40 posted on 06/19/2022 4:52:58 PM PDT by pdunkin
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