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Why didn't the ants eat the kids?

posted 9 years ago by danguerra
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The two boys down in the storm drain, the ants attacked everyone else they came in contact with, why not the kids?

[–] Owen-13 9 years ago

Apparently, the kids managed to stay back in a space the ants couldn't get into.

[–] Tim-Buktu 9 years ago

I'm guessing it was some kind of "CODE" law that said "kids can't be eaten by ants".

Also ghosts aren't real.

I periodically misspell words just to annoy the word police.

[–] danguerra 9 years ago

Maybe so...the little girl was spared too.

[–] metsgirl84 8 years ago

But her brother was taken...the family in the trailer had two children, only the girl survived..I am guessing the boys managed to stay out of the ants reach...

[–] PaladinNJ (21602) 7 years ago

The ants were trying to reach them when Ben came upon the scene.

[–] kenburke (2385) 7 years ago

Low calorie diet?

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 5 years ago

Maybe they were full.

[–] [deleted] 10 months ago

They were waiting for an opportunity to hold a giant magnifying glass over them so the sun would burn them.

[–] liscarkat (18985) 10 months ago

I seem to remember the ants were blocked by rebar that partially blocked the hole the two boys had gone through.