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blind
May 13th, 2009, 01:17 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090512/sc_mcclatchy/3231765;_ylt=AqZC5D0ms_KYp_dxEuG2b1oPLBIF
YEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee: cool::cool::cool:
BobtheGreatII
May 13th, 2009, 03:13 PM
Wow... That's crazy.
I'm not fully sure I understand why the ant still moves with no brain though... How does that work?
Jean-Luc
May 13th, 2009, 03:18 PM
Wow... That's crazy.
I'm not fully sure I understand why the ant still moves with no brain though... How does that work?

I would imagine that the parasite takes control of the neural system and is able to move the ant to its own will. Think of them like Flood that way.
blind
May 13th, 2009, 03:24 PM
I would imagine that the parasite takes control of the neural system and is able to move the ant to its own will. Think of them like Flood that way.

The maggot eventually migrates into the ant's head, but Plowes said he "wouldn't use the word 'control' to describe what is happening. There is no brain left in the ant, and the ant just starts wandering aimlessly. This wandering stage goes on for about two weeks."
welp
Jean-Luc
May 13th, 2009, 03:41 PM
This is me : :downsdance:

I'll be sure to read more carefully next time.
Delta4907
May 13th, 2009, 03:44 PM
Didn't I make a topic one time with something similar to this? it was some parasite that made ants climb to high places, then die, and the fungus grew out of the ants head so it could spread its spores.
Sel
May 13th, 2009, 03:51 PM
HAhahah cool
TVTyrant
May 13th, 2009, 04:01 PM
Obama planned it. Its a fire ant zombie uprising. We're all doooommmmeddddddd, dooooooooooooooommmmmmmeeeeeddddddddddddd, DOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMEEEEDDDDDD

/Dane
LlamaMaster
May 13th, 2009, 04:04 PM
Didn't I make a topic one time with something similar to this? it was some parasite that made ants climb to high places, then die, and the fungus grew out of the ants head so it could spread its spores.
Yes. Yes you did.
Hotrod
May 13th, 2009, 05:24 PM
Didn't I make a topic one time with something similar to this? it was some parasite that made ants climb to high places, then die, and the fungus grew out of the ants head so it could spread its spores.
Did you really? I gotta go check that out.

And man, I'm glad this can't affect people, cause that would just be freaky as hell...
sdavis117
May 13th, 2009, 07:10 PM
Here's me hoping that once these flies overpopulate due to lack of predators, they don't start using Humans as hosts.
Sel
May 13th, 2009, 09:42 PM
Here's me hoping that once these flies overpopulate due to lack of predators, they turn texans into zombies and we can play l4d irl.
Disaster
May 13th, 2009, 09:52 PM
but texans are hardcore, you can't kill them :gonk:

Think about Chuck Norris D:


were fucked
TVTyrant
May 13th, 2009, 10:49 PM
but texans are hardcore, you can't kill them :gonk:

Think about Chuck Norris D:


were fucked
This.
And I doubt they can reach the human brain. I think there's too much material to get through. Plus, think about it. ITS TEXAS. Their like, the 2nd fattest state in the US. Those flies would die before they even got to the meat.
n00b1n8R
May 14th, 2009, 02:34 AM
As soon as they start saying "they're a natural population control", I get worried.

http://blog.forestandbird.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/cane-toad-4.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia)
link on the pic btw
mech
May 14th, 2009, 09:47 AM
Look at that awesome cane toad!
rossmum
May 14th, 2009, 11:20 PM
As soon as they start saying "they're a natural population control", I get worried.

http://blog.forestandbird.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/cane-toad-4.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia)
link on the pic btw
The difference is that they're not poisonous and they attack fire ants exclusively as far as I can see.
TVTyrant
May 16th, 2009, 03:22 AM
As soon as they start saying "they're a natural population control", I get worried.

http://blog.forestandbird.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/cane-toad-4.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia)
link on the pic btw
Haha, Australia lost to cane toads. Makes me almost feel good about losing to the Vietnamese and tribes people who live in caves. I love sarcasm
rossmum
May 16th, 2009, 09:59 AM
Cane toads are highly toxic, prolific breeders, and very hardy. The NVA/VC had an intimate knowledge of the ground they were fighting on and had years of experience fighting numerically and technologically superior militaries. The Mujahidin which fought for the Taliban were trained and funded by the US until they decided they didn't like America very much.

Your point? :hist101:
TVTyrant
May 16th, 2009, 11:31 AM
Take a bunch of people with big boots and go a stomping. Thats your solution. And I still dont really feel good about losing to the Taliban or the NVA, but here's what I do: I only play hitory based shooters based around 1940-1946 or so. Makes me feel good about
http://www.bigqueer.com/uploads/FuckYeah.jpg
anonymous1337
May 16th, 2009, 03:59 PM
its like l4d D: except for ants...