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[โ€“] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What's becoming more and more clear is that you truly have no grasp of what 30 million ants en masse truly is. ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿคฎ

[โ€“] essteeyou@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

All you've got to do is maintain a little distance from them, and I can easily outrun an ant. Step on the closest 500, take a step back. Repeat forever.

[โ€“] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 3 points 8 months ago

I think you need a flamethrower in the scenario...

[โ€“] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Thirty.

Million.

The ambulatory physics of that volume is firmly in the fluid dynamics territory, not a mere creepy crawly carpet. ๐Ÿ˜ณ