REMINDER: Floating balls of Ants are the most dangerous part of Hurricanes - GoFuckYourself.com

DarkJedi · 08-13-2004, 03:07 PM

You always hear stories of dipshit kids out having fun wading around in the flood water until a giant ball of huddled fire ants floats right into them, spreads over their body in a matter of seconds, and kills them.

This is your yearly reminder. Beware.

stocktrader23 · 08-13-2004, 03:09 PM

I believe it. Those things are fuckin brutal.

Inde · 08-13-2004, 03:10 PM

wtf? never heard of that before. you serious?

DarkJedi · 08-13-2004, 03:10 PM

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Originally posted by Inde
wtf? never heard of that before. you serious?

They come out of their nests when the water rises, and huddle together and float on the water until they reach something solid. If it happens to be a person or animal, they start biting like crazy. It usually kills the person or animal.

stocktrader23 · 08-13-2004, 03:11 PM

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Originally posted by Inde
wtf? never heard of that before. you serious?

Ants latch on to each other when they fall in the water. They form like a big sheet and when they hit something dry watch out!

strats · 08-13-2004, 03:11 PM

JSA Matt · 08-13-2004, 03:12 PM

We have spent a lot of time in flood waters... even had fish swim up to our front door from out of the street. Ive seen these "ant balls" but never heard them to kill anything...

jade_dragon · 08-13-2004, 03:13 PM

Yeah fire ants are big down here and do do that, as soon as the ball touches they swarm all over whatver it is, if it is alive it is attacked. You have to physically brush them off if you can because going under water alone will not make them stop let go, they lock jaws and sting over and over again till they are killed or brushed off.

DarkJedi · 08-13-2004, 03:14 PM

Some ant balls are as large as a dinner platter...or bigger. As soon as they touch something, it's all over.
Some kids get killed every year this way. I've seen what they do to a cow first hand. Not pretty.

cherrylula · 08-13-2004, 03:15 PM

damn, death by ant balls? fuck that.

MrJackMeHoff · 08-13-2004, 03:16 PM

This happend to me when I was a kid but my mommy killed them all. I was fine just bit the shit out of me.

Manowar · 08-13-2004, 03:16 PM

I'll be on the look out now

RAM · 08-13-2004, 03:16 PM

Holy shit giant Ant balls are coming !!

sltr · 08-13-2004, 03:17 PM

while they are dangerous, ant balls are not the most dangerous part of a hurricane by far

baddog · 08-13-2004, 03:17 PM

I'll stick with our earthquakes, thank you very much

DarkJedi · 08-13-2004, 03:25 PM

Fire ant ball: http://claycoleman.tripod.com/id180.htm

Thechad · 08-13-2004, 03:30 PM

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Originally posted by jade_dragon
Yeah fire ants are big down here and do do that, as soon as the ball touches they swarm all over whatver it is, if it is alive it is attacked. You have to physically brush them off if you can because going under water alone will not make them stop let go, they lock jaws and sting over and over again till they are killed or brushed off.

They are not to be messed with. I have 2 mounds in the back yard I can not get rid of. The bastards will not die!

If it's dark and you do not see or feel them on you, they wait until a good number of them are on you, then they all start to bite you at once. EVIL ANTS

OWNED · 08-13-2004, 03:34 PM

This thread has stirred a lot of torment and grief in my heart today, it reminds me so much of my precious middle daughter Katie.

Katie and I were picnicing on the shores of the Shenadoah River, just below the Georgia state line, one hot, sunny August afternoon almost three years ago today. We feasted ourselves on cold roasted chicken, macaroni salad, and bread pudding all washed down with cold apple cider, and afterwards, we decided to take a short dip to cool ourselves from the hot Florida Panhandle sun.

Katie saw what she thought was a 12" competition-style Frisbee passing by innocently in the water, and before I had time to warn her she reached out to grab the floating disc only to be instantly swarmed by thousands of vicious fire ants. The ball of death completely consumed her sweet little body in a matter of seconds, and I could only watch helplessly as I watched her skeleton sink into the muddy waters below.

Thanks a lot you bastards for bringing this up today, I thought I had repressed that horrible image of Katie's death forever.

strats · 08-13-2004, 03:35 PM

whoa. definetly something that should, and probably wont be mentioned on the news.

Magg · 08-13-2004, 03:37 PM

When I used to live in Florida a lot, I used to have mounds come up in the yard all the time, what I normally did if they really pissed me off is pour gasoline over the mound and let it soak in for a couple minutes, then id pour some more over it.... I usually used gasoline or lighter fluid for BBQ's...

I then took a match and lit that bitch up.... was pretty cool to look at and burned the shit out of the bastards.

crockett · 08-13-2004, 03:40 PM

the worst part is when they start bouncing.. fucking ants start flying everywhere

Furious_Male · 08-13-2004, 03:40 PM

Damn.. They sounds like evil little bastards.

TheGoldenChild · 08-13-2004, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by OWNED
This thread has stirred a lot of torment and grief in my heart today, it reminds me so much of my precious middle daughter Katie.

Katie and I were picnicing on the shores of the Shenadoah River, just below the Georgia state line, one hot, sunny August afternoon almost three years ago today. We feasted ourselves on cold roasted chicken, macaroni salad, and bread pudding all washed down with cold apple cider, and afterwards, we decided to take a short dip to cool ourselves from the hot Florida Panhandle sun.

Katie saw what she thought was a 12" competition-style Frisbee passing by innocently in the water, and before I had time to warn her she reached out to grab the floating disc only to be instantly swarmed by thousands of vicious fire ants. The ball of death completely consumed her sweet little body in a matter of seconds, and I could only watch helplessly as I watched her skeleton sink into the muddy waters below.

Thanks a lot you bastards for bringing this up today, I thought I had repressed that horrible image of Katie's death forever.

Whoa.

stevecore · 08-13-2004, 04:43 PM

i've been covered in red ants and it aint pretty. luckily i only received a few bites. i was 6 and sat directly on an anthill when i lived in FL. my green denim pants were completely red.

stevecore · 08-13-2004, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by OWNED
This thread has stirred a lot of torment and grief in my heart today, it reminds me so much of my precious middle daughter Katie.

Katie and I were picnicing on the shores of the Shenadoah River, just below the Georgia state line, one hot, sunny August afternoon almost three years ago today. We feasted ourselves on cold roasted chicken, macaroni salad, and bread pudding all washed down with cold apple cider, and afterwards, we decided to take a short dip to cool ourselves from the hot Florida Panhandle sun.

Katie saw what she thought was a 12" competition-style Frisbee passing by innocently in the water, and before I had time to warn her she reached out to grab the floating disc only to be instantly swarmed by thousands of vicious fire ants. The ball of death completely consumed her sweet little body in a matter of seconds, and I could only watch helplessly as I watched her skeleton sink into the muddy waters below.

Thanks a lot you bastards for bringing this up today, I thought I had repressed that horrible image of Katie's death forever.

sure it wasn't a big pile of bullshit??

Dildozer · 08-13-2004, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by kBizzle
Whoa.

Yeah right

VeriSexy · 08-13-2004, 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by Magg
When I used to live in Florida a lot, I used to have mounds come up in the yard all the time, what I normally did if they really pissed me off is pour gasoline over the mound and let it soak in for a couple minutes, then id pour some more over it.... I usually used gasoline or lighter fluid for BBQ's...

I then took a match and lit that bitch up.... was pretty cool to look at and burned the shit out of the bastards.

Cool, next time get a video. What do these ant mounds look like?

Vitasoy · 08-13-2004, 04:55 PM

Whoa that's crazy, thanks for the pics

pxxx · 08-13-2004, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jade_dragon
Yeah fire ants are big down here and do do that, as soon as the ball touches they swarm all over whatver it is, if it is alive it is attacked. You have to physically brush them off if you can because going under water alone will not make them stop let go, they lock jaws and sting over and over again till they are killed or brushed off.

That is some scary shit

.

tony286 · 08-13-2004, 04:59 PM

scary shit

jade_dragon · 08-13-2004, 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by VeriSexy
Cool, next time get a video. What do these ant mounds look like?

look like little or sometimes big mounds of dirt, usually not as big as a termite mound but second in size.

If you do not want to use chemicals or you wanna have some fun, take a nice shovel full of one pile and put it in another pile and vice versa, they go to war and if the queen gets killed and the larva die you kill both colonies. I guess since south america also gave us brazillian women we can not complain to much about this gift also.

RedShoe · 08-13-2004, 05:37 PM

big deal! Roaches do the same thing.. except better.

SetTheWorldonFire · 08-13-2004, 05:38 PM

That's wild!

digifan · 08-13-2004, 06:07 PM

Ouch.,.. I hate ants.

iwantchixx · 08-13-2004, 06:40 PM

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Originally posted by stevecore
sure it wasn't a big pile of bullshit??

that's an aweful thing to say.

Rankings · 08-13-2004, 06:41 PM

That's my worst fear.

stereolab · 08-13-2004, 06:43 PM

:mittens:

Thechad · 08-13-2004, 06:46 PM

A small mound pic

Firehorse · 08-14-2004, 01:15 AM

Those ants are a frightening example of the effectiveness of team work!

Preacher · 08-14-2004, 01:38 AM

this thread needs a video

James Greuel · 08-14-2004, 02:33 AM

You wanna kill fire ants?

Pour a bunch of Grits on the mound

Ya, good old Southern breakfast food grits.

Give them a few hours and then water the lawn around the mound. I know it sounds crazy, but it works.

It's also non toxic, and not dangerous.

I hate the fuckers and it is weird how they wait until there's a bunch of them on you, and then they all start biting at once.

=^..^= · 08-14-2004, 03:07 AM

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Originally posted by James Greuel
it is weird how they wait until there's a bunch of them on you, and then they all start biting at once.

i believe when they bite it sends some "signal" (smell or whatever) to the others to all attack

Sarah_Jayne · 08-14-2004, 05:35 AM

Well, you learn something new everyday, eh? Actually, when I was a kid i once knelt directly onto an ant hill and boy did those fuckers let me know who was boss!

p.s. typing and posting from webtv in a hotel is a bitch.

DarkJedi · 09-05-2004, 06:31 AM

Manowar · 09-05-2004, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkJedi
They come out of their nests when the water rises, and huddle together and float on the water until they reach something solid. If it happens to be a person or animal, they start biting like crazy. It usually kills the person or animal.

Shiiittt

WickedVenus · 09-05-2004, 11:30 AM

OMG thats nuts I have never heard of that ever. Well watch out folks when playing in the water.

SmokeyTheBear · 09-05-2004, 11:43 AM

here is what a floating red ant ball looks like..

Steen2 · 09-05-2004, 12:00 PM

Omg I'm scared now.

I will never swin in any flood waters again! Actually, I never had. Those ants sure know how to work together though, jeez. So powerful in their groups.

SmokeyTheBear · 09-05-2004, 09:31 PM

Plan9 · 09-05-2004, 10:11 PM

Holy shit, that'd be a terrible way to go. Must take a long time to get devoured by a colony of ants - painful, too.

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DarkJedi No Refunds Issued. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: GFY Posts: 28,300	Some ant balls are as large as a dinner platter...or bigger. As soon as they touch something, it's all over. Some kids get killed every year this way. I've seen what they do to a cow first hand. Not pretty.

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OWNED So Fucking Banned Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 852	This thread has stirred a lot of torment and grief in my heart today, it reminds me so much of my precious middle daughter Katie. Katie and I were picnicing on the shores of the Shenadoah River, just below the Georgia state line, one hot, sunny August afternoon almost three years ago today. We feasted ourselves on cold roasted chicken, macaroni salad, and bread pudding all washed down with cold apple cider, and afterwards, we decided to take a short dip to cool ourselves from the hot Florida Panhandle sun. Katie saw what she thought was a 12" competition-style Frisbee passing by innocently in the water, and before I had time to warn her she reached out to grab the floating disc only to be instantly swarmed by thousands of vicious fire ants. The ball of death completely consumed her sweet little body in a matter of seconds, and I could only watch helplessly as I watched her skeleton sink into the muddy waters below. Thanks a lot you bastards for bringing this up today, I thought I had repressed that horrible image of Katie's death forever.

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