Too Bad Kermit Doesn't Have This

            These ants are extremely aggressive and territorial and bites and injects venom in anything that comes near their nest. This sounds like some people, but they are really ants. This makes it extremely difficult to infiltrate, because if you have people defending you, would you really want a bunch of placid looking ants or would you rather have the most ferocious and aggressive ants that would bite anyone who just looked at you the wrong way. Obviously the second choice. Now this is what this frog did in this article, it uses the ants’ hideout as his own, whether it is to hide from the sun or hide from predators, because, like I said, it is extremely difficult to get in.

            These frogs apparently leak a bit of chemicals which apparently stops the ants from attacking the frog. I am not too sure how or why it does that, because the article does not explain it, but it should be along the lines of a drug dealer. The frog provides some good smelling pheromones and so the ants let it stay there for a while as payment for the drug they receive. The only problem I find here is that they do not live in Colorado, and so it would be illegal. That was a joke by the way, and I really have no opinion on it, because if people want to go home and blaze it, it really has no effect on me whatsoever, unless they are my teacher, then I might be slightly bothered.

            I only found this interesting because it seems like the ants know exactly what they are doing and seem completely fine, just instead of biting, they just swarm all over the frog and want to take in as much as they can. A video of this is also attached to the link above. If only this could be used for a utilitarian purpose rather than it just entertaining kids like me. It shows a very important social concept of course. Even the meanest, most feisty people will accept someone if it means that they have all the right requirements. If only it were this easy in real life.

            The one thing I wondered after this was that, since these frogs produced the chemicals from inside their body and not their food, how long would it take, if the frog was killed and left inside an anthill, for the ants to devour the frog, if it would ever? If it does, it would show another social concept, if you buy your friends kids, chances are, they will backstab you once your money runs out.