"Omelet" <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <w-CdnYcSpokj76jVnZ2dnUVZ_h_inZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "Dioclese" <NONE> wrote:
>
>> "Omelet" <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:ompomelet-2564CE.11224421052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > In article <kzNYj.1521$mh5.999@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> > jOhN <us271934SPAMNYET@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >
>> >> > Better than fire ants... The fire ants are wiping out ground
nesting
>> >> > birds such as meadowlark and bobwhite quail.
>> >>
>> >> The rasberry's are taking out the fire ants so I'm kinda guessing
they
>> >> are not particularly benign ;-)
>> >>
>> >> The species they say is related in South America may kill animals by
>> >> clogging their breathing passages.........not a good visual.
>> >>
>> >> Too many of any species is not a good thing.
>> >
>> > While I see what you mean, the bloody fire ants are already out of
>> > hand.
>> >
>> > I used to do wildlife rescue.
>> >
>> > Fire ant fawns are not pretty...
>>
>> Ants in general do the cleanup duty of carc***** in drier areas of the
>> country. I have seen carrion eating birds jumping wildly near some not
>> so
>> fresh carc*****, then flying away. A closer inspection I saw fireants.
>
> The fire ants KILL fawns, not clean them up after they die on their own.
>
> I was talking about trying to save one still living that has several
> thousand stings. :-(
>
>>
>> I tend to thing there is some relation****p between the very obvious
>> decline
>> of harvester ants, and the fireant population. I do not see any horned
>> toads any longer.
>> http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/bulletins/l-5314.html
>>
>> There may be similar implications with another species of ant roaming
the
>> local area.
>
> Yeah, but at least you can let the rasberry ants crawl on you.
> I'd not try that with fire ants...
>
> It all comes down to the lesser of two evils, kinda like Presidential
> candidates. <g>
> --
> Peace! Om
>
> "Human nature seems to be to control other people
> until they put their foot down." -- Stephan Rothstein
Didn't mean to digress from the live-kill on fawns issue. Excuse my
insensitivity.
At this point, we don't know all the potentials for the rasberry ant
altering the native habitat. So, I reserve my own judgment on that end.
--
Dave
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