For some reason, I missed the first round of buzz on crazy rasberry ants which have invaded six counties in Texas. They’re named after Tom Rasberry, the exterminator who first identified them. Tom’s not crazy, but the ants are – they move about in random, riotous fashion rather than in orderly formations. They apparently have voracious appetites for electronics which they destroy by feeding on insulation. Even the folks at NASA’s Johnson Space Center are worried. Texas A&M, USDA, the Texas Department of Agriculture and others have formed a task force to address the Crazy, Rasberry Ant Problem (CRAP?).
How interesting (and disturbing) to be reading about the crazy ants today – the day we humans (with voracious appetites for electronics and moving in riotous fashion) have managed to trample to death a Walmart associate in our day-after-Thanksgiving, shopping frenzy. We’ve also reduced ourselves to a shoot-out at Toys-R-Us, of all places. Where’s the task force on Black Friday Disease (BFD?)?
