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Re:A remote island's battle against seabird-killing ants (2015) by WalterBright on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:41AM (#28376508)
I'm curious. The 2015 article said they'd killed 99% of the ants, but it took 6 more years to kill the rest? There's more to the story.
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Re:A remote island's battle against seabird-killing ants (2015) by dathinab on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:43AM (#28376730)
Like they said, a single ant queen can spawn a new mega colony, and there where more then just one or two queens involved.

Besides that in the same way they initially can to the island they might come there again so it's not over, just paused ;=)

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Re:A remote island's battle against seabird-killing ants (2015) by MiddleEndian on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:25AM (#28376667)
It's like software delivery. You're always 80% done!
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