Speaking of ants, was Vores (WAS: Eskimo Longevity and Meat Consumption [Brief])

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Elchanan

>Ants, mosquitoes, and a

few others surely can be bothersome at times!

 

Bothersome indeed! My son is very allergic to ants, even the tiny black

ones - if they walk on his skin he gets a blistering, burning rash where

they touch him. Unfortunately, they love him, or at least his cup of water

that he has on the bench beside my computer desk. He often finds his cup

full of ants swimming in his water, while mine next to it will be completely

free of ants. Today he didn't look before he sipped, and ended up with a

mouth full of ants ( I'm hoping that the fact that they were in water, and

that I rinsed his mouth out as quickly as I could, will reduce the burns, or

he won't be tasting much for a while! I just hope he didn't swallow any...

 

I have no idea why they congregate in his cup - he sometimes leaves bowls

with uneaten pieces of fruit in them (when he's had too much) in the

loungeroom, and all the empty bowls go in the sink, but they never go after

those, just his cup of water. It's doesn't seem like they're after the

water, even, because there's often water in the bowls in the sink when I

rinse them, and I often leave the top off the water cooler behind me after I

refill it (the filtered water is sealed away). Unless they really like the

filtered stuff, but my cup often has water in it too, but never ants.

 

I don't like to use chemicals or poisons, for obvious reasons. Does anyone

know how I can keep the ants away from him and his cup?

 

Caron