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- inactive, on 10/27/2007, -7/+170What the hell do you expect? My first reaction when I saw the title, not even knowing who the fire ants were going up against, was "No *****, Sherlock!" If you've ever lived in an area with fire ants, you'd understand... Those things are the freakin' Chuck Norris of the insect world.
- j3one, on 10/27/2007, -6/+114"Now thats fighting fire with fire"
- everybodyruns, on 10/23/2007, -2/+95Holy Crap! Ant Lions are real?!
- jupaneanu, on 10/24/2007, -4/+96Disgusting insects...still that "spider" kicked ass
- fakesinatra, on 10/23/2007, -4/+94That's not a locust in the first video. It looks more like a Cicada. Locusts are big ass grasshoppers.
- Laughto, on 10/23/2007, -4/+77Third only to the Ice Ants and the Shadow Ants
- timfitz99, on 10/23/2007, -0/+62You didn't mention their bad-ass response to flooding... this is true, BTW: The whole hive forms a ball that floats on the floodwaters, with the queen in the center. They keep running around so everyone gets a chance to breathe. When the ball hits something dry (like a person trying to escape the flood), they swarm over it.
Fire ants are proof of evil. - tomcat4u, on 10/24/2007, -3/+57used to play with antlions as a kid. They lived in our sandbox at home in Virginia, and made these awesome Sarlac pit-like funnels that we would drop ants in to. They got pretty damn big too! Their claws are nasty (for ants)
- Kmack928, on 10/23/2007, -1/+52pretty funny : )
also, that spider was on a mission, it's like he spends all day pwning fire ants, in preparation for such an event. - Misanthrope, on 10/23/2007, -0/+43Chuck Norris' beard is made of fire ants. An attack would only add to the power of the beard.
- whataboutdave, on 10/23/2007, -0/+42"Sarlac pit-like funnels that we would drop ants into"
Funneling live prey into the waiting jaws of ant lions? Now THAT I could watch all day. - kidendless, on 10/23/2007, -1/+42jesus christ, that sounds horrible. you lose your house, are trying to escape certain death, and then BAM! BALL OF FIRE ANTS RIGHT TO YOUR FACE!
- UberNick, on 10/23/2007, -0/+40Anyone else get a sudden hankering to load up SimAnt?
- KingBabi, on 10/23/2007, -0/+38Better break out the crowbar, Gordon.
- freefoodisgood, on 10/24/2007, -2/+39what about anteaters?
- hfisher, on 10/23/2007, -1/+36Fire ants are mean little bastards! When i was a kid we used to travel to Alabama once a year and on the way we would always stop off in Tennessee to get some fireworks. On my third trip down there i decided i would blow up some ant hills despite the warning from my grandparents not to mess with the little red ants. I grabbed me a handful of ladyfingers and set off to destroy some ants, i stuck the ladyfingers in the holes of the anthills and set them off. Next thing i knew i was covered in these little bastards screaming and yelling as the ants bit me all over. I had a hundred or so blisters all over my body by the time they were finished.
Fire ants 1, little punk 0. - xdeliriumx, on 10/23/2007, -5/+38Ever see the MacGyver where he constructs a flamethrower to ward off a mass of fireants? That was solid.
Please, no "Now thats fighting fire with fire" replies. - accessviolation, on 10/23/2007, -0/+32That is the coolest name for an insect ever. Extra points for being a total bad-ass.
- postal21, on 10/23/2007, -3/+34lol, watching him throw the firecrackers at the fire ants made me realize why we created napalm.
- 0megaMagus, on 10/23/2007, -1/+30In all fairness it wasn't a spider, it was a wind scorpion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae
But it still kicked ass - nivekreduls, on 10/23/2007, -1/+27Anyone else get a sick pleasure out of watching the ants explode?
- crashflow, on 10/23/2007, -0/+26Don't forget were-ants. They hide among us.
- bossm4n, on 10/23/2007, -0/+25That was like watching an entomology class taught by Bevis and Butthead.
- TheUngod, on 10/23/2007, -0/+22Not only would they whup those ants, they're way better hung
- taintedzodiac, on 10/23/2007, -0/+22All those hours in the simulator really paid off.
- elementfire, on 10/27/2007, -2/+24And then a bounty hunter ant fell in, somehow survived with significant scarring, and went on to spawn a mildly interesting comic book series?
- dbixler, on 10/23/2007, -0/+21I live in Florida, and of ALL things that exist here, these are the absolute WORST creature. I just hope they keep coming up with enough pesticides to eradicate these things from my yard or I'm gonna get the hell outta this state. Nothing is worse then stepping in a pile of these critters and having them dine at the foot and ankle buffet.
- accessviolation, on 10/23/2007, -1/+19I wonder if fire ants are to ant eaters what hot peppers are to humans?
- legendxx, on 10/23/2007, -0/+18uhm, the spider won.. easily
- xdeliriumx, on 10/27/2007, -2/+19you got me. +1
- mlvassallo, on 10/23/2007, -0/+16Unless you live in Texas you don't know the raw power of fire ants. They can kill children and small animals. I ***** hate them.
- xYike, on 10/23/2007, -1/+17Crystal Ants and Obsidian Ants are tough.
- penguinxp, on 10/23/2007, -0/+16ive been attacked by a swarm of these bastards. it was pretty awesome... if you consider a thousand little prick ants running around your body biting you awesome that is. and i do.
i highly suggest anybody visiting florida to look for these guys and spend some time with them. - SocialPoison, on 10/23/2007, -0/+15Yes... they were not just made up by Sim Ant...
- djsqueak, on 10/23/2007, -0/+15I concur. Cicada, not locust.
For the nonbelievers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust - MagiTekSoldier, on 10/23/2007, -1/+15In Soviet Russia, ants fire YOU!
- accessviolation, on 10/25/2007, -2/+16You rule, you sick bastard.
- Wildthing, on 10/23/2007, -0/+13The advantages/disadvantages and commentary are so ridiculous that I'm digging this
- xYike, on 10/23/2007, -0/+13How about another tourney - this type with different types of BEES. There are some nasty battles there!
- sowdog, on 10/23/2007, -0/+13Happens when your hands are chewed gnarly by fire ants
- mahdaeng, on 10/23/2007, -0/+12Looks like you spelled "today" just fine.
- discofreak, on 10/23/2007, -0/+12not only will they climb up your leg to find flesh, the tiny ones will climb THROUGH your sneaker - in between the holes for strings and whatnot. and they DO bite through thin clothing - like socks.
they're nasty buggers. - qber, on 10/23/2007, -3/+15The first item is a cicada, not a locust.
But yeah, fire ants are mean little buggers. - legendxx, on 10/23/2007, -0/+11its true
- inactive, on 10/23/2007, -1/+12Cicadas are commonly called locusts. I'm not sure why, because they're most definitely not, but it's just one of those weird things.
- SenorCardgage74, on 10/23/2007, -0/+10Surely yall have seen HORNETS VS BEES right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_DQYVppJG4
This is a STONE CLASSIC fight. - chronichyjinx, on 10/23/2007, -7/+17Tadpoles! Tadpoles is the Winner!
- accessviolation, on 10/23/2007, -0/+10Yeah, it is. As far as we know, ants are about as self-aware as a pile of rocks.
- Shroomie, on 10/23/2007, -0/+10You'd think shoes would help, but they don't. Like the other guy said you don't usually notice until you're covered in them and they all decide to bite at once, causing you to hop around your front yard kicking your feet wildly in an attempt to get them off as your neighbors watch and laugh.
- BlackJackJester, on 10/23/2007, -0/+10i have a sudden urge to walk into a power socket.
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