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emad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 08:47 AM
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Ant balls not an urban myth

In addition to all of the other horrors befalling New Orleanians during the flood was the creepy discovery that red ants form themselves into floating clusters to avoid drowning. As Dante Ramos and I paddled along Carrollton Avenue on Wednesday, I saw two glittering, golf ball-sized masses of ants floating beside our canoe.
http://www.nola.com/weblogs/print.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/print075568.html
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 08:52 AM
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1. There are several
things in that water to be concerned about. Fire ants can be deadly if enough bite you. It is really terrible.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 09:01 AM
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2. Elephant Walk
showed how bad ants can be
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liberalitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 09:46 AM
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3. After Isabell...
an ant ball the size of grapefruit floated into my mom's porch.... what a nightmare!
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-06-05 09:58 AM
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4. OK, as mean as this sounds, I have to say it.
I thought you were talking about something COMPLETELY different. :freak:

But you're right, that is horrible.
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