Ants also find millipedes a nuisance

[dragonblade71]

Over on Kangaroo Island, we have heaps of introduced Portugese millipedes. There are so damn many of them, especially after rain. They are real pests. There's an ant nest not too far away which the millipedes venture into without any thought of the consequences. On one particular day, I saw the ants grab hold of the millipedes, carry them out of the nest and then dump them some distance away. I managed to get some footage of one of these ants who was having some difficulty transporting a millipede.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK71x7ZjjRQ

 

[zonbonzovi]

Hilarious- kinda like getting a drunk out of the bar at closing time.

 

[dragonblade71]

Zonbonzovi: "Hilarious- kinda like getting a drunk out of the bar at closing time."

LOL so true! Though it looks like this guy decided to give the 'drunk' a little sting at the end!

 

[Moltar]

Crazy ant strength or not... it's kinda hard to drag something with (500?) legs anywhere it doesn't want to go.

 

[pwilson5]

ant bouncer: "Get out you!!"
drunk mili: " NOOOOOOO!!!!! I WANT MORE!!!"

 

[TheTyro]

It's threads like these that make me love the forum so much.

So funny.

Does seem to be quite a number of millipedes there, in that clip theres like..5 just milling around. (bahaha..milling!) :clap:

yes I'm a dork.

Poor ant, the crap he has to deal with all day!