Electronics-eating ants devouring Houston gadgets; Dallas next?
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(photo: AP)
This sounds like a hoax, but the Associated Press is reporting on a species of ant called “crazy rasberry ants” that have appeared in the Houston area by the billions and that are apparently attracted to electronic devices:
[T]hey, like some other species of ants, are attracted to electrical equipment, for reasons that are not well understood by scientists.
They have ruined pumps at sewage pumping stations, fouled computers and at least one homeowner’s gas meter, and caused fire alarms to malfunction. They have been spotted at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and close to Hobby Airport, though they haven’t caused any major problems there yet.
Ladies and gentleman, we’ve just lost the picture, but what we’ve seen speaks for itself. Houston has been taken over — “conquered”, if you will — by a master race of giant space ants. It’s difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth gadgets or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here.
And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted newspaper personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.
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