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Poll Question: Do ants become more copious when you put them into a fridge?
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    Posted: October 22 2006 at 17:00
Sorry if this poll is too stupid, but I have a friend who has a terrarium with ants and he seriously argued that these twee, busy insects have to be put into a fridge because if they are not, they lose their copiousness. LOL

As I heard that I was laughing about 10 minutes or something because this was simply one of the most stupid things I have ever heard. Big smile

I simply can't believe it, but on the other hand I have never had any experiences with ants in my live, so who knows if he was still right (I hope someone who has a terrarium with ants either knows it)... Tongue

So, what do you guys think? Do ants become more copious when you put them into a fridge for some time?

By the way, my friend said that the vegetable cooler would be the best place to store the ants in the fridge... LOL

I think he is just off his rocker... Big smile

And by the way, wouldn't that be cruelty to animals?!

P.S.: Please don't ban me for this stupid poll... WinkTongue
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Trust me, there have been many, many, MANY, more stupid polls than this. Wink
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Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Trust me, there have been many, many, MANY, more stupid polls than this. Wink



I am relieved to hear that... Big smileWink


Edited by Badabec - October 22 2006 at 17:05
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Originally posted by Badabec Badabec wrote:

Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Trust me, there have been many, many, MANY, more stupid polls than this. Wink



I am relieved to hear that... Big smileWink


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Originally posted by heyitsthatguy heyitsthatguy wrote:

Originally posted by Badabec Badabec wrote:

Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Trust me, there have been many, many, MANY, more stupid polls than this. Wink



I am relieved to hear that... Big smileWink


Do you remember all those DT polls?.....Wink



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Originally posted by Badabec Badabec wrote:

Originally posted by heyitsthatguy heyitsthatguy wrote:

Originally posted by Badabec Badabec wrote:

Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Trust me, there have been many, many, MANY, more stupid polls than this. Wink



I am relieved to hear that... Big smileWink


Do you remember all those DT polls?.....Wink



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This seems to have something pertaining to this topic:

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1420-9101.1994.7040403.x


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By copious do you mean they have sex more? Because I believe putting them in a fridge will make them frigid...

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I believe they become more copious when you take them out of the fridge, which of course requires putting them in the fridge so they can be taken out, so the answer is YES, YES, YES!
(I know nothing about ants, nor have I ever heard the word 'copious').
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After 11 months of reconsidering this question I've come to the conclusion that it depends on the temperature of the fridge and the species of the ants. (I still don't know what 'copious' means, though.)
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Originally posted by Badabec Badabec wrote:


And by the way, wouldn't that be cruelty to animals?!

 
No more so than using a magnifying glass on them.  Wink
 
Besides they are just insects and cruelty to insects is just fine.  I'd like to destroy them all.  Of course, then all plant life would die, followed by all animal life on the planet, but hey, it'd be worth it if I didn't have to deal with bugs. 
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Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

After 11 months of reconsidering this question I've come to the conclusion that it depends on the temperature of the fridge and the species of the ants. (I still don't know what 'copious' means, though.)
 
Copious indicates a profoundly large number.
 
e.g. "I love prog for the copious number of notes in any given song, but much less for the copious number of hot girls who don't show up to prog concerts"
 
 
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Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Originally posted by Badabec Badabec wrote:


And by the way, wouldn't that be cruelty to animals?!

 
No more so than using a magnifying glass on them.  Wink
 
Besides they are just insects and cruelty to insects is just fine.  I'd like to destroy them all.  Of course, then all plant life would die, followed by all animal life on the planet, but hey, it'd be worth it if I didn't have to deal with bugs. 
 
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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Originally posted by Badabec Badabec wrote:


And by the way, wouldn't that be cruelty to animals?!

 
No more so than using a magnifying glass on them.  Wink
 
Besides they are just insects and cruelty to insects is just fine.  I'd like to destroy them all.  Of course, then all plant life would die, followed by all animal life on the planet, but hey, it'd be worth it if I didn't have to deal with bugs. 
 
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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

After 11 months of reconsidering this question I've come to the conclusion that it depends on the temperature of the fridge and the species of the ants. (I still don't know what 'copious' means, though.)
 
Copious indicates a profoundly large number.
 
e.g. "I love prog for the copious number of notes in any given song, but much less for the copious number of hot girls who don't show up to prog concerts"

In that case I suppose the amount of ants inside the fridge increases and the amount of ants outside the fridge decreases.
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Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

After 11 months of reconsidering this question I've come to the conclusion that it depends on the temperature of the fridge and the species of the ants. (I still don't know what 'copious' means, though.)
 
Copious indicates a profoundly large number.
 
e.g. "I love prog for the copious number of notes in any given song, but much less for the copious number of hot girls who don't show up to prog concerts"

In that case I suppose the amount of ants inside the fridge increases and the amount of ants outside the fridge decreases.
 
Unless, of course, the fridge is not on and it is very cold outside the fridge.

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I want to revive this thread. Everyone, please share your experiences about putting ants in the fridge to make them more copious.
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Well, of course they get more copious in the fridge, because in the cold they tend to snuggle a lot more and everybody knows where that leads to!
But I could be wrong of course!
It sure isn't cruelty against animals to put them in the fridge, e.g. for turtles it is a great way to hibernate in a fridge. Just don't put them into the freezer!
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Insects metabolism slows down when their body temperature drops and they become inactive, so I can only assume that it is when you remove them from the fridge they get frisky and start increasing the size of the colony. This possibly mimics the winter/spring cycle within the terrarium and they get more numerous in readiness for the increased food supply in spring.

But why would anyone want to purposefully increase the number of ants in this world?
 
Better to stop them breading than to invest in thousands of tiny ant-traps, which everyone knows are useless because the ant just chews it's leg off and escapes on the remaining five.Confused
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Originally posted by Guzzman Guzzman wrote:

Well, of course they get more copious in the fridge, because in the cold they tend to snuggle a lot more and everybody knows where that leads to!
But I could be wrong of course!
It sure isn't cruelty against animals to put them in the fridge, e.g. for turtles it is a great way to hibernate in a fridge. Just don't put them into the freezer!

Freezer makes ants nice and crunchy, mmm.
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If you put them in the fridge first and then in the freezer, you'll get copious crunchy ants. Big%20smile
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