Re: About those Piranha Bugs - LOOOOONG

On 11-Jan-02 at 15:15, Brian Bilderback (bbilderback@hotmail.com) wrote:

> I noticed that it was stated that there were numerous mounds of these
bugs 
> within proximity to one another,  While the bugs themselves are quite 
> believable, I have a problem with this.  This is why.  Colonizing
insects 
> TEND to protect their nests/lairs VERY violently - as the scenario
attests.
>   Predatory animals, particularly social ones, TEND to be very
> territorial.	 Combine the two, as in Colonizing Predatory Insects,
and you
> TEND to get  animals that are EXTREMELY turf-conscious.  I've seen
footage
> of ants going  at it with other ants over nests/territory - it ain't
pretty.
>  Makes many  human wars seem calm when taken in scale.

I didn't think they were predatory...

Roger Books