6/5/2006: Ant world cup

Undertoad · 06-05-2006, 01:21 PM

It can't be. But in fact it is. Here you see the first World Cup played completely by ants. Japan versus Brazil.

According to the full story,

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In the wild, the ants recognize enemies by their pheromones. The organizers of the game used this natural ability to make the ants "ant-agonize" each other, by feeding the Japanese team with Kagoshima pork and the Brazilian team with spare ribs in order to alter the ants' pheromones.

It says the match ended in a draw, which I feel is totally unacceptable. It doesn't say what the score was, either. Shoddy journalism.

barefoot serpent · 06-05-2006, 01:47 PM

they stole the 'ball' from a dung beetle.

Griff · 06-05-2006, 01:50 PM

No way Japan ties Brazil. Shenanigans!

Undertoad · 06-05-2006, 02:15 PM

Well that's because they used ringers, not actual ants from Brazil which would look more like this:

...and would probably win the cup without having to actually eat spare ribs, in fact it would probably eat the other team.

Brazilian ant image from this thread from the "Name That Ant" forum. I did not make that up.

footfootfoot · 06-05-2006, 02:26 PM

OHHH! Fucking cheaters! the goddamn ant is using his hands in the second picture.

REF, ARE YOU FUCKING BLIND???

MaggieL · 06-05-2006, 02:58 PM

Ants got hands?

LabRat · 06-05-2006, 02:59 PM

No, see in ANT soccer, they can't use their feelers.

Highriskgeo · 06-05-2006, 03:30 PM

this is disturbing in more than one level

Kitsune · 06-05-2006, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Highriskgeo

this is disturbing in more than one level

Someone had to take their time to paint little team logos on the ants. With a brush. While holding them still and without crushing them.

Think about that for awhile.

glatt · 06-05-2006, 04:24 PM

They probably just stuck them in a fridge for ten minutes.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-05-2006, 06:16 PM

If you think ant soccer teams is sick....what about the fans that sit and watch the games.

footfootfoot · 06-05-2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If you think ant soccer teams is sick....what about the fans that sit and watch the games.

Are you calling me sick?

footfootfoot · 06-05-2006, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by LabRat

No, see in ANT soccer, they can't use their feelers.

That sounds suspiciously new age to me, I'll ask my neighbor he's a soccer ref. The regular kind.

Elspode · 06-05-2006, 11:29 PM

I'm assuming that ant soccer hooligans are what...aardvarks?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-06-2006, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Are you calling me sick?

Would I?
Could I?
Should I?

06-05-2006, 01:47 PM	#2
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	they stole the 'ball' from a dung beetle. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

06-05-2006, 01:50 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	No way Japan ties Brazil. Shenanigans! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-05-2006, 02:26 PM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	OHHH! Fucking cheaters! the goddamn ant is using his hands in the second picture. REF, ARE YOU FUCKING BLIND??? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-05-2006, 02:58 PM	#6
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Ants got hands? __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

06-05-2006, 02:59 PM	#7
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	No, see in ANT soccer, they can't use their feelers. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

06-05-2006, 02:15 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well that's because they used ringers, not actual ants from Brazil which would look more like this: ...and would probably win the cup without having to actually eat spare ribs, in fact it would probably eat the other team. Brazilian ant image from this thread from the "Name That Ant" forum. I did not make that up.

06-05-2006, 03:30 PM	#8
Highriskgeo In all my glory.. Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 14	this is disturbing in more than one level

06-05-2006, 04:24 PM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They probably just stuck them in a fridge for ten minutes.

06-05-2006, 06:16 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you think ant soccer teams is sick....what about the fans that sit and watch the games. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-05-2006, 11:29 PM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I'm assuming that ant soccer hooligans are what...aardvarks? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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