Ants vs. Humans

[TheIrishThug]

ants reproduce faster and have natuarally shorter life spans. stronger traights will become more wide spread in the new ants because the ones that are survinging have some traight that benifited them.

[TheBlueMonster]

Humans. There are few ants that can kill humans alone and they are limited to Tasmania (an island). Most times it takes thousands of ants to kill one large animal (human size). Even though the amount of ants vastly outnumbers the amount of people, it would take too many ants to kill one person to make their victory possible.
Plus we have insecticide. Lots of bug spray.

[theweatherman]

Humans by far. Just think of the arsenal:

Double sided tape
glue
anteaters

No way theyd get anywhere once we got trained anteaters on our side.

The real question is will humans still die if a large component of the ecosystem is wiped out? If so then the ants have all the cards and the only option is creating robot ant replacements or else face certain doom

[mslif]

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ants reproduce faster and have natuarally shorter life spans. stronger traights will become more wide spread in the new ants because the ones that are survinging have some traight that benifited them.

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Only the queen can lay eggs. If we can kill the queens, this battle is a piece of cake!

[TTChamp]

I don't think the ants would have a chance in cold climates, so how could they ever win?

People in cold climates would figure out what was happening, arm them selves with a ton of raid and take out the ants.

They only way I could see the ants having a chance is if they used there cooperative behavior to build weapons, but your premise doesn't allow for this.

The Ants would have no chance.

I think if the question was about one isolated area (one of the Hawaiian Islands for example) then it would be more compelling.

[Paluka]

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Humans. There are few ants that can kill humans alone and they are limited to Tasmania (an island). Most times it takes thousands of ants to kill one large animal (human size). Even though the amount of ants vastly outnumbers the amount of people, it would take too many ants to kill one person to make their victory possible.
Plus we have insecticide. Lots of bug spray.

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This post is underestimating how many ants there are.

This isn't the easiest ? ever, but it's close.

As many have already noted, humans have tons of pesticides (aerosols, liquids, powders, etc.) and open communication. True, while the ants were setting upon us and warnings were being issued, thousands would ignore the warnings and die. (some dumbasses just don't understand the "You Can Never Be Too Paranoid" theory)

A word of warning: If you've never experienced this lil f***er - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ant -
count yourself blessed. I got stories 'bout these summbitches! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

There's an old, old movie about army ants invading a plantation in So. America. Charlton Heston (I'm sure) and Liz Taylor(?). Creepy funny.

[scotty34]

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ants reproduce faster and have natuarally shorter life spans. stronger traights will become more wide spread in the new ants because the ones that are survinging have some traight that benifited them.

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You are aware that evolution occurs over thousands of years, not a few generations right?

[TTChamp]

There is also a movie about smart Ants in a desert that attack a group of humans. At one point the humans hide out in a hut and the ants build these reflectors all around the house. The reflectors are at just the right angle so that the sun hits the hut and cooks the people inside.

[Mason Hellmuth]

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There is also a movie about smart Ants in a desert that attack a group of humans. At one point the humans hide out in a hut and the ants build these reflectors all around the house. The reflectors are at just the right angle so that the sun hits the hut and cooks the people inside.

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The ant colonies are not working together [and] have no more intelligence than they would otherwise...

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