We used to fight all the time, ants and I. They would invade my space, and I'd kill them. That was pretty much our relationship until recently.
One day, I discovered that ants like Blueberry Muffin cereal. They had found my cereal box, and attacked it in their usual organized manner. Of course, they panicked when they noticed me, and started scrambling all over the place! I was squashing them as fast as I could, and tried hard to convince the ones inside the box to get out, so I could squash them too. Some did, but some refused to come out.
And that was my turning point. The Sudanese ants don't bite (like the Floridian fire ants). They just roam around the place, and try to get out of your way when you are around. They don't scream, or make a big drama scene when you accidentally step on one. They are also full of protein, so instead of talking them into getting out of my cereal box and squashing them, I just eat them. It's easyer for the both of us, and they don't even taste bad. In fact, they don't taste at all. So I can still enjoy the full flavour of my Blueberry Mufin cereal.
Besides, they reproduce more than rabbits! You couldn't possibly get rid of all of them.
So ants are now my new friends. Things are so much better between us now.
11 comments:
That's how uncivilized you're getting? Oh dear!
Just make sure you confine these new habits of yours to Sudan and don't go back home showing them off...Somehow, I don't think we would appreciate them the way you seem to!
Meanwhile, well, enjoy your feast!
duuuuudddeeee ! You don't stop to impress... A new motto for the blog: "If you can't beat them, eat them" :-) Despite what Tibetans think, it seams working well for you.
-ikh
It appears to me that the Frankenstein side hidden in you is coming out stronlgy in Sudan.
Bestia, you can't eat alive creatures like this, it's evil:-)
At least show a bit of guilt!
I will make sure you get an appropriate rehab when you're back:P
Ciao bello! Miss you!
Rock
I heard James Bond imports Sudanese ants and of course eats them.
If you like them don't worry what others say..
love
rafal
hahaha, I like that motto!
In some parts of the world ants are a delicacy, right miss China?
Anything that moves and looks disgusting is a delicacy in China.
But that doesn't mean IT actually is gourmet food...
Dude! Remember when you were a kid, I told you that caviar is small fish-eggs (true) that was filled with bluish water and a tiny live little baby fish swimming inside each egg. That grossed you out and you never touched the stuff for YEARS! I had it all to myself.
Then, in Liberia, we learned that they ate ants as a delicacy (the type of ants that had wings on them, remember those?). We sure experienced a whole wide range of foods over the course of our travels.
I, personaly, think it's fun to eat stuff that can crawl out of your mouth while you're trying to send it down. It makes the eating experience more...uhh..err...interesting. I like being able to chase my food around. It makes you appreciate it more, and connects you to nature. It brings us closer to our ancestral roots!!!
I'm glad to see that you're adapting well out there.
Birra
Wizz,
You are obviously still in denial. The notion of friendship is a key feature of the civilized life and civilization at large. Being civil - being polite & propriety - is the opposite of being uncivil - rude, barbaric or savage. The latter's key attribute is a one way communication dynamic, associated with selfishness and idiosynchratism. What do your ants obtain from this newly found relationship of yours? Death and annihilation of their existence. Whereas you seem to get a non-exclusive parasitic and apparently entertaining bond. ana is right you have become a barbarian.
in support of you as always
ak
Well I must say I too am proud of your ability to adapt and travel the path of least resistance............ it is a life skill that not many of us obtain!
You know when I was young, after watching some nature show, I use to detach the bum of a green ant and eat it.............. it totally tastes like a drop of lemon or lime ( i forget which one, I might just go outside and disembowel a green eat and report back)...........
I'm back - yep it is lime!
Have you BBQ the little goats yet Wiss ??
Kylie! Your comment cracks me up! I almost want to try that too, LOL!!!
Lime you say, eh?
hmmmm.....yummy!
Birra
You guys are the best! This blog is such good return on investment.
ak, I see your point. But the ants are actually getting something out of it. You see, ants are social creatures - they only exist in colonies. While the colony enjoys the great taste of my Blueberry cereal (or whatever they enjoy in it), I enjoy what is considered a small sacrifice by the colony; a few ants. What is a few ants when you are talking of a colony of hundreds of thousands of troops? In fact, I think I'm getting the raw end of the deal, cause the ants don't even taste like blueberry, or even lime for that matter. Unlike the juicy Oz lime ants, the sudanese ants are small, thin and tasteless. All I am getting is less preocupation and a bit of protein. Insignificant, really.
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