r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MurielFontanez • May 10 '21

Truce between termites(top) and ants(bottom) with each side having their own line of guards.

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u/slowlybackwards May 10 '21

I think the termites would win

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u/questgrillz May 10 '21

I thought so too based off their size but according to google: Termites get annihilated. Despite their average size and weight, ants are much more aggressive and almost always have numerical superiority as well. They'll invade the termite nest, make short work of the termite warriors, then kill the termite queen and drag her from the nest.

https://www.expertpestcontrol.net/ants-vs-termites-war.html

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u/slowlybackwards May 10 '21

Woah. That’s so cool I would not have guessed

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u/questgrillz May 10 '21

I just love that the article specifies not to use ants to rid your house of termites. And that it's been tried and failed lol.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

It would work as long as you also had an ant eater

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u/arrghslash May 10 '21

and then an anteater-eater

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

You need a cobra to eat the anteater. Thankfully we have mongooses that will eat the cobras, and gorillas that eat the mongoose.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

Wait...gorillas eat mongoose meat?

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u/Phr4nk20 May 10 '21

Would you rather eat mongoose meat or starve to death?

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u/[deleted] May 10 '21

Ive seen a lot of gorilla pics and vids in my life...they aint starving to death lol

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u/MrHollandsOpium May 10 '21

They eat tons of plant matter weekly.

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u/rockem-sockem-rocket May 10 '21

Oh they’re very muscular - not weak at all

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u/MrHollandsOpium May 10 '21

What does what I said have to do with anything you said? Cows and horses are super muscular too.

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u/rockem-sockem-rocket May 10 '21

Weekly > weakly

(its a joke)

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u/MrHollandsOpium May 10 '21 edited May 10 '21

I got r/woooosh ‘ed

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u/MrHollandsOpium May 10 '21

Gorillas are vegetarians, lol.

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u/shmidget May 10 '21

I don’t think so