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MELBOURNITES!!!! BEWARE!!!! Giant mutant ant colony found in Australia
Thu Aug 12, 4:55 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) - A huge ant colony measuring 100 kilometres (62 miles) across has been found under the southern Australian city of Melbourne, scientists said. 
Reuters Monash University researcher Elissa Suhr said the supercolony of Argentine ants was threatening native biodiversity in Australia's second largest city. Suhr said the introduced pest's natural aggression kept numbers under control in its native country but the genetic make-up of the ants found in Australia had mutated allowing them to cooperate to build the supercolony. "In Argentina, their native homeland, ant colonies span tens of metres, are genetically diverse and highly aggressive towards one another," Suhr said. "So population numbers never explode and they are no threat to other plants and animals. "When they arrived in Australia, a change in their structure occurred, changing their behaviour so that they are not aggressive towards one another. This has resulted in the colonies becoming one supercolony." Suhr said the Argentine ants killed native ants and the insect life they normally preyed upon, posing a major threat to biodiversity. She said Argentine ants were ranked among the world's 100 worst animal invaders and had found an ideal habitat in the Mediterranean-type eco-systems of south-eastern Australia.  | |
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He.....he.  | |
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what about space invaders?
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OH SHIT!! BABY, RESCUE ME!!! 
Those antz look really scary!  No hablo espanol,no! 
Pero hablo ingles..ssii muy muy bien...
 "Come into my world..."
Missy Quote of da Month: "yeah, sure, that's cool...wait WHAT?! "  | |
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sinisterpentatonic said: Giant mutant ant colony found in Australia
Thu Aug 12, 4:55 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) - A huge ant colony measuring 100 kilometres (62 miles) across has been found under the southern Australian city of Melbourne, scientists said. "When they arrived in Australia, a change in their structure occurred, changing their behaviour so that they are not aggressive towards one another. This has resulted in the colonies becoming one supercolony." Suhr said the Argentine ants killed native ants and the insect life they normally preyed upon, posing a major threat to biodiversity. She said Argentine ants were ranked among the world's 100 worst animal invaders and had found an ideal habitat in the Mediterranean-type eco-systems of south-eastern Australia. They can never be as bad as the human race  | |
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I'd do her... 
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MartyMcFly said:
I'd do her...
[This message was edited Fri Aug 13 4:22:56 2004 by MartyMcFly] [This message was edited Fri Aug 13 4:24:02 2004 by MartyMcFly] Marty put your fly back in boy  | |
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