Insects from Another Planet

[jenmarya]

This morning K asked why we are alive. I told her that was a good question people have been asking a long time. I asked her what she thought. She said,  "because we eat so much." While it showed she wanted to know what made something alive, it was interesting, too, from that other perspective. As a species, we rarely compare ourselves to vultures

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[traballenguas]

Yeah, that was more than just a city, it was the whole Eastern Seaboard of antdom.

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[jerbu]

That's part of one of my favorite science channel documentaries of all time. Did they kill the ant colony? I vaguely remember them moving it before pouring the concrete (or whatever it was) in the colony, but I could be wrong.
Even if they didn't move it, I find it hard to sympathize with the youtube comments yelling "murder".

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[jenmarya]

Say what? Immo moved them all to a lovely 10,000,000 bedroom villa overlooking a park? Duuuuuuude! I don't think so!

But yeah, I find it hard to sympathize, too. I would like to sympathize more. I'm working on those muscles. ;)

[stanv]

Ha, just ask Arthur Dent!

[conlaen]

Have to say, I also felt sorta sorry for the ants. Even if they are not killed, thats 3 ant homes they destroyed there. The first by digging it out, the second by filling it with concrete and the third by cutting it in half. Poor ants!

[frostyjournal]

Reading these comments I dont think I want to watch this. Poor ants!