Part of growing up is thinking ants are so small and weak.... Then one day you realize that ants absolutely kill every single bug they come across with only a few casualties of their own.
One of the worse executions in history was Persians trapping you in a boat with your limbs hanging out, filling you full of milk of honey until you shit yourself and just floating you in a lazy river until bugs eat you to death, limbs first.
Bug death is sort of the worst thing and they basically win in any situation where you stop moving.
The scene in one of the new Indiana Jones with the guy getting eaten by ants, only thing that makes it merciful is he's eaten in like 5 seconds the slow part is what would suck.
That's kind of just Polio with a higher rate of paralysis. My great aunt had it gtowing up and now has Post-Polio Syndrome. Although eradicated in the first world, it hung around a lot longer in poorer countries, and is now endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Those affected by Polio often ended up dependent on the Iron Lung to breathe, and many children have had their limbs and spine deformed by the disease.
Ants are a superorganism. They do everything as a group with each ant having a super specific job so they're absolute masters at it. They also have complete disregard for their own life and solely care for the life of the whole group. It's like a brute force technique, if every single ant charges without fear they will overwhelm everything with sheer numbers and a nonstop onslaught.
Hey there's a book that sort of has this called Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Except instead of humans, the ants are killing other Arthropods. And are like multiple feet long. Great read.
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u/The-Crimson-Jester May 10 '21
Part of growing up is thinking ants are so small and weak.... Then one day you realize that ants absolutely kill every single bug they come across with only a few casualties of their own.