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Scientists create the first mutant ants
Washington Post ^ | August 10, 2017 | Ben Guarino

Posted on 08/10/2017 12:00:14 PM PDT by C19fan

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To: C19fan

Finally! I thought science was never going to progress.


21 posted on 08/10/2017 1:05:44 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: BenLurkin

I read years ago why an ant the side of a house would be impossible thanks to nature. Two of the main points were that an ant of that size would need hurricane force winds just to breathe and it’s exoskeleton would collapse under it’s own weight. Or at least it’s legs would snap like twigs.


22 posted on 08/10/2017 1:12:12 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

I meant an ant the size of a house.


23 posted on 08/10/2017 1:15:58 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Wouldn’t their limbs and tracheae also be house-sized?

We should move forward with our house-sized ants to be dropped on Pyongyang until Kim is pwned program!


24 posted on 08/10/2017 2:37:58 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Tucker39

I guess they identified the Dindu Nuffin gene.


25 posted on 08/10/2017 2:42:07 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: C19fan

Coming soon: Alien ant farms, sold by smooth criminals. Of course, they might be giants. (The ants, that is.)


26 posted on 08/10/2017 2:55:04 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (April 2006 Message from Dan http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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27 posted on 08/10/2017 3:20:14 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: C19fan
what could possibly go wrong???
28 posted on 08/10/2017 3:34:24 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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HIYA!!
29 posted on 08/10/2017 3:42:26 PM PDT by Samurai_Jack (War is cruelty, there is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.)
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on no... There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture.


30 posted on 08/10/2017 4:29:20 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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