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Ants Invade iBook

Posted by pudge on from the the-lunch-that-comes-to-you dept.

xkranda writes "Seriously ... this is off the Apple Discussions site. Apparently some poor sap's iBook became infested with ants. All I have to say is ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!!!"

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  1. Finally got as far as the story by the_other_one · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Original Message (Posted Nov 12, 02 8:46 pm) bookmark* mail* reply* New Posts: 2 iBook 600mhz Mac OS X (10.0.x) Has anyone had this problem? I hope not . . . After the first rain of the year, the ants outside were restless (and homeless). My wife had left her ibook on the mantle charging overnight. The next morning we noticed a large number of ants milling around it. Upon inspection we discovered ants crawling in and out of every hole in the computer. I grabbed my can of compressed air and started blowing! To my horror hundreds of ants started pouring out carrying eggs! I knew this was bad. I took the computer out to the garage and completely disassembled the thing layer by layer . My stomach turned when I exposed the main circuit board and saw thousand of ant and eggs (and a queen or two), writhing across every inch! Argh! After several hours with a vacuum and a can of air I finally got the thing clean. I put it back together (only a few extra screws) and luckily it works fine. Any theories on why ants would decide to move an entire colony into an ibook? Warmth? Sweet circuit boards? I think they were attempting to colonize the ultimate frontier: cyberspace.

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  2. Re:I knew it all along... by Afrosheen · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I always knew ants loved apples, but not this kind.

    *ducks*

    Sorry but I thought someone would beat me to this for sure.