Thread: How do ants get inside hermetically-sealed bags?

Originally Posted by Maanaam

He'd have got a whiff of formic acid.

why wouldn't the nitrogen have killed the ants ?

Originally Posted by baldrick

why wouldn't the nitrogen have killed the ants ?

Well it certainly would have killed them if the eggs had been packaged with the snack. I don't know. Perhaps they do die after they made a hole, but ants being ants, the horde just keeps going forward. Maybe this particular cereal company doesn't nitrogen refresh. Fuck knows. In my opinion the small hole is a more likely answer than eggs being packaged. Who cares? I made an opinion based on reasonable assumptions. But carry on...Today you learnt that snack companies do use nitrogen to package their crispy food and that 250 odd ml of nitrogen probably won't kill a person.
YW.

so the nitrogen leaked out through a small hole before the eggs hatched , and simon would not have noticed dead ants

maybe

Maybe.

Originally Posted by baldrick

so the nitrogen leaked out through a small hole before the eggs hatched , and simon would not have noticed dead ants

maybe

Ants don't breathe like vertebrate animals. They can survive 24 hours under water....so who knows?

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Indeed.
Following your logic, you're either ignorant or agree that I'm not bald.

You're fucking bald, deal with it. Shave the few pathetic grey remnants off, wear a hat 24/7, or get a rug (nobody wil laugh if you take option 3 and post pics for opinions, promise).

Originally Posted by Maanaam

They can survive 24 hours under water....so who knows?

24 hours without breathing air ? at what depth ? would they have lived if simon had added milk ?

^Have Ants got hair?. Asking for a friend

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Damn Foreigners.
They're everywhere.

Damn ants.
They're everywhere...

Originally Posted by Headworx

You're fucking bald, deal with it. Shave the few pathetic grey remnants off, wear a hat 24/7, or get a rug (nobody wil laugh if you take option 3 and post pics for opinions, promise).

So you're ignorant.

I have no idea why you're obsessed with your claim that I'm bald. Is it a Luluesque suspicion that the accusation upsets, therefore it's sport to repeat ad nauseum?
Carry on claiming that I am bald (and thus have high testosterone levels). I don't mind, but it is a bit tedious.

I have an airtight plastic box, but failed to put the cereal bag in it 'cos I wrongly assumed that the tiny ants couldn't chew through the plastic bag.

Previously, I've just eaten ants and muesli together, no big deal.

Does eating muesli help your hair grow?

Does eating muesli help your hair grow?

have you ever seen a hairy ant?

Originally Posted by Simon43

airtight

is it nitrogen tight ? N2 is a small molecule

Originally Posted by Maanaam

I have no idea why you're obsessed with your claim that I'm bald.

Because the photo of you on this board shows you're bald as a fucking badger but you're obsessed with denying it, that's why!.

Originally Posted by Headworx

Because the photo of you on this board shows you're bald as a fucking badger but you're obsessed with denying it, that's why!.

As with the illegal employment and micro-penis, he lies about things he's embarrassed about.


Too much nitrogen as a kid, perhaps.

Originally Posted by Headworx

^Have Ants got hair?. Asking for a friend

Ant Bessy.

Beasty as she is affectionately known in small circles.

How do ants get inside? Good question. I'd imagine the same way in which mole does.

Now as for gerbils use your imagination though I assume they are inserted.

I have a problem with pantry moths. They can seem to get in to just about everything. I have had to put a seal on the screw top lid of my plastic rice container as they even got past the screw lid. They appear to get in anything with the smallest of spaces and lay eggs. I have thrown out a bag of plain flour and self raising flour this week even though i thought they were well sealed with a tie. I will have to empty it and kill all but they will be back as I have donethis before.

^ You can get these clips at any 20 baht shop. I can attest they keep weevils out. We don't have pantry moths. If everything is sealed (so as not to taint the food), would moth balls keep them away?

100 ish Baht on Aliexpress.

Mini Portable Handy Package Sealing Machines For Plastic Snacks Bags

We get these really tiny weevils, I think they have JCBs for a mouth. I've bought packets of pasta before that obviously have a small hole in, and within a week it's ground to dust, they are fucking voracious.

But they can't get past ziplocs.

Originally Posted by baldrick

why wouldn't the nitrogen have killed the ants ?

They hold their breath...

^

Ants are the lesser of two weevils

Usually I just open them... *Boom tish!*


Thank you I'm here all week, don't try the fish it has weevils in it!