On April 18, the customs announced that 38 illegally imported live grasshoppers had been seized at the Customs of Qingdao Post Office in Shandong Province. After appraisal, recently, after appraisal, Qingdao Post Office Customs, which belongs to Qingdao Customs, seized 38 illegally imported live ants, including 23 ants of the genus Minotaur ant and 15 ants of the genus Bowback Ant.
According to customs regulations, live insects are prohibited from being mailed into the country, not to mention such a powerful poisonous ant, once spread, the consequences are unimaginable. Netizens can't help but ask: What is the purpose? Whether it is to do research or what other purposes there is, it has aroused heated discussion among netizens. At present, the mail has been further processed according to the regulations.
These ants are huge, with adult ants ranging from 25 to 45 mm long. The Bulldog Ant is not only the most venomous ant, but also one of the largest ants in the world, known as the "most dangerous ant in the world", with extremely aggressive and toxic. It is understood that the Bulldog Ant is mainly distributed in Australia.
Why are live ants so powerful? The bulldog ant is poisonous enough to kill a person, it is very violent, with a sharp jagged crocodile and a hard sting, as long as the slightest movement or tremor will provoke them, it will erect a long stinger, attack the enemy, bite and release the venom in time, paralyze the other party, and then enter a paralyzed state.
The exception is that the pit bull ant has extremely strong vision, and can attack the intruder in time even in the dim light. The Bulldog Ant has a fiery personality, good vision, and sensitive tentacles that have super combat effectiveness. Therefore, for Australians, it is the most terrifying creature, countless Australians are stung every year and have symptoms such as shock or even death, and the bulldog ant is toxic enough to kill a person. There are cases that show that about 7 minutes after being stung by a pit bull ant, the patient begins to have a condition where the pulse stops beating and the vital signs disappear, which shows how toxic the bulldog ant is.
However, even the most powerful bull-headed dog ants also have natural enemies, and the natural enemies of the bull-headed dog ants are ant lions, although the name sounds mighty, but in fact, it is only an insect that is not much larger than the bulldog ant, and it is also known as "sand monkey". The ant lion is very good at making traps, digging a funnel-shaped trap in the sand, so that the prey will neither collapse nor escape after falling into it, as long as the pit bull dog ant accidentally falls into such a trap, it is not far from death.
The tortoise ant is widely distributed around the world, among which the Japanese bowback ant is a pet ant that has swept the mainland and Taiwan. Most small species of the genus Humpback Ant are milder, while larger species are more aggressive, and venom enters the body. Small ants, since they have such a strong toxicity, presumably they will not be close to ants after understanding it.