These are Sugar Ants that set up their little colony next to our picnic enclosure. Upon closer inspection we found them to be an interesting bunch.
This little guy looked like he had a club foot and has walking a bit awkwardly. It was nice to know that ants have crips as well, however upon closer inspection, we noticed he'd stepped in an ant.
I've circled it in red and it just looks like a blob but there it is.
Yes an ant had stepped in an ant. WTF?
The fun doesn't stop there. After Clubfoot the ant ran off we noticed another ant moving slower than all the rest. We were able to pick him up on a stick for a better look and we were surprised by what we saw.
Our ant had a brain lesion which you can't see here. There was a weird drop of moisture seeping from his head and he was slow and non aggressive. It was like the other ants had lobotomised him McMurphy style.
Seeing as he was slow, I decided I'd lick him to see what would happen. My saliva had an almost instant curative affect. Phillip, as we named him started to walk on the stick slowly in anti clockwise circles and then he started runing up and down the stick so we let him be free, seemingly recovered. We packed up and left and didn't see him again.
Phillip, if you're reading this I hope you're ok.
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