They had 5000 ants in 2200 test tubes and tried to pass this off as “for fun” lmao. Ain’t nobody packing 5k ants in 2.2k test tubes for fun.
2.27 ants per tube on average. Ant experts, is this the correct way to pack ants?
Most likely they packed one queen per tube, and then some of the queens had had workers spawn by the time these guys got busted
Neither the .27 of an ant or the remaining .73 of an ant has a great chance at survival
What are these, ants for worms?
That’s an amazing headline, every single word of it. A piece of art.
I read the article but I’m still confused as to why anyone would want to smuggle ants.
Hey! This guy doesn’t know why we smuggle ants!
Somebody else tell them why and I’ll just listen to make sure it’s right.
“…messor cephalotes…”
Apparently its a pretty sought out ant in research/hobbiest fields
This. You can make a small fortune, especially if you are the only supplier. This guy was an idiot tho, dont ruin it for everyone else and screw over a species by taking all the queens from a location.
There’s a huge pet trade for ants. Really big hobby.
They smuggled what now?
I believe these are for so-called “ant parties”. Popular with some youths
