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Ants eat a gecko in a little over two hours
Category: Animal Behavior
Posted on: October 10, 2008 10:30 PM, by Coturnix
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What can I say but: ew.
Posted by: Romeo Vitelli | October 11, 2008 1:12 AM
AWESOME! Though I think it was two days, not two hours, judging by the clock in the lower left.
Posted by: Miriam | October 11, 2008 3:02 AM
They don't just eat it, they take away a lot of the bones. I wonder if they just end up outside the picture or do they actually carry them away.
Posted by: Flaky | October 11, 2008 3:16 AM
This is all very interesting and scientific and such, I'm sure, but the 'related video' with ants eating the spider has a much better sound-track.
I think they were trying to look up to the NIN - Eraser video show;
http://videos.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=24485059
Posted by: eddie | October 11, 2008 6:44 AM
Poor gecko!
Posted by: becca | October 11, 2008 3:09 PM