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Gang who smuggled thousands of queen ants sentenced in Kenya (www.bbc.com)

submitted 3 days ago by nokturne213@sopuli.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Why the hell are people paying that much for ants? Just drop some sugar on the floor and you'll get tons of them for free!

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But you won't get Kenyan harvester ants...

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What if you're in Kenya?

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 2 days ago

Probably won't sell the queens for much money there, since anybody can collect 'em literally with breadcrumbs.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Is that way these guys did?

[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

Rich people aren’t very good with money.