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Invasion of Invincible Ants

Posted by michael on from the flee-the-battle dept.

Kryptonomic writes: "It's coming to Australia. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, pain or fear! No. It's not a Godzilla or the Alien. It's an ant that attacks anything in its path is slowly spreading though Queensland, Australia, sparking fears of crop damage and environmental destruction."

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  1. You make them out to be like Borg ants by jgaynor · · Score: 3, Insightful

    but theyre more like little locusts or something . ..

    They apparently eat alot of crops and might attack animals. Its not like they'd start eating your house like termites. This sounds like the perfect place to start using some genetically engineered crops to poison the ants.

    Hopefully, if the problem gets big enough and a succesful genetically engineered crop can be produced without people freaking out, it will help spur the acceptance of genetically engineered foods.