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The trial of pinky, the hate ant.


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#1 Offline Mathiacus - Posted December 11 2014 - 7:57 PM

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Here is pinky. Today she stands accused of murder.

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Here she is attempting to murder her sister.

This ant has proven, on multiple occasions that she is quite insane. In the wild it is live and let die but not in my captive colony.

What is to be her fate?
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#2 Offline drtrmiller - Posted December 11 2014 - 8:00 PM

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Is she fighting for dominance to be able to lay eggs as a gamergate, or is she mistakenly from another colony?

 

My understanding was that those duels didn't usually end up with an execution, but just more of an overthrow of power. Idk.


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#3 Offline Mathiacus - Posted December 11 2014 - 8:01 PM

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Here she is, in solitary confinement. Do not be fooled by her missing leg. She is a murderous creature, a monster with no conscience.
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#4 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted December 11 2014 - 8:06 PM

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Here she is, in solitary confinement. Do not be fooled by her missing leg. She is a murderous creature, a monster with no conscience.

rofl The terms used in this talk about her! 



#5 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted December 11 2014 - 9:22 PM

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*Sentence her to death!* Just kidding. Any ant with a name even relative to "Pinky The Hate Ant" is just to amazing to kill. :P


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#6 Offline dean_k - Posted December 12 2014 - 5:56 AM

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The first photo looks like she's screaming "Let me go! Let me go! I have to kill that b****!!!"


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#7 Offline Crystals - Posted December 12 2014 - 10:10 AM

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I kind of agree with Terry, is there a chance that she was a forager from another colony?

Perhaps keep her separately and see if she can start her own colony?


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#8 Offline DesertAntz - Posted December 12 2014 - 1:18 PM

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Those suckers look mean. I like how you locked her up haha. 

 

Did you collect her with a missing leg or did she lose it in one of her attempts at murder? 


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#9 Offline Crystals - Posted December 12 2014 - 1:26 PM

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I can just imagine if she got loose.  She would likely be trying to take a piece out of the jailor.  :D


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#10 Offline DesertAntz - Posted December 12 2014 - 6:17 PM

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I'd have a semi automatic weapon on hand if I were keeping a colony of these girls, in case of a mass escape.  :kill:


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#11 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted December 12 2014 - 6:55 PM

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The reason she cannot be from another colony is because then multiple members of this colony would attack her. She is starting 1v1 conflicts with nest mates. Pinky has ambitions to be a queen obviously.



#12 Offline Mathiacus - Posted December 12 2014 - 10:37 PM

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Pinky.. uh.. died. She had an... accident. Yes, that is totally what happened. 😇

#13 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted December 12 2014 - 11:14 PM

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What happened? :( Poor Pinky The Hate Ant...



#14 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted December 13 2014 - 7:24 AM

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Wow what a story!



#15 Offline prettycode - Posted December 15 2014 - 7:34 PM

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What species of ant was she?

#16 Offline Mathiacus - Posted December 15 2014 - 10:31 PM

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She was a Myrmecia tarsata. She is now a stain.

#17 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted December 15 2014 - 10:42 PM

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You squashed her? D:



#18 Offline Mathiacus - Posted December 15 2014 - 10:46 PM

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Yeah.

#19 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted December 15 2014 - 10:49 PM

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:( Poor Pinky. Her legacy of hate will live on though.



#20 Offline CrazyLegs - Posted January 13 2017 - 4:20 PM

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Maybe her missing leg made her a bit aggressive. Painful memories :thinking:

Nice looking ant that B)






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