Spot the mistakes!
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Spot the mistakes!
I know this is just from a local newspaper and hardly expected to be accurate, but I came across this looking for hints as to when I can expect to see ant nuptial flights this year and it made me laugh.
How many mistakes or just plain incorrect "facts" can you spot?
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14624502.Brace_yourselves_____Flying_Ant_Day_is_coming/
How many mistakes or just plain incorrect "facts" can you spot?
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/14624502.Brace_yourselves_____Flying_Ant_Day_is_coming/
Last edited by jwatson16202 on Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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There doesn't seem to be an all of the above option...strange.
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I especially like the comment that ants will "miraculously sprout wings"
although the "male workers" reference is a close second.
Something tells me they either did not actually speak to the Royal Society of Biology, or they spoke to a dumbarse!
Edit: or didn't understand what they were told
although the "male workers" reference is a close second.
Something tells me they either did not actually speak to the Royal Society of Biology, or they spoke to a dumbarse!
Edit: or didn't understand what they were told
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Sounds about right. Nobody takes time to research now.jwatson16202 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:40 pmI especially like the comment that ants will "miraculously sprout wings"
although the "male workers" reference is a close second.
Something tells me they either did not actually speak to the Royal Society of Biology, or they spoke to a dumbarse!
Edit: or didn't understand what they were told
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Wow, this is actually a UK news page. It reads like an american one...
Well, not entirely. An american page would have probably titled something like "YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE THESE KILLERS IN YOUR BACKYARD!" or "PREPARE FOR DOOMSDAY - FLYING FIRE ANTS GONNA KILL US ALL!".
Well, not entirely. An american page would have probably titled something like "YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE THESE KILLERS IN YOUR BACKYARD!" or "PREPARE FOR DOOMSDAY - FLYING FIRE ANTS GONNA KILL US ALL!".
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That's a stereotyped opinion. Only the non reputable ones are like that. Don't try to say there aren't news sources like that in Germany.Serafine wrote: ↑Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:42 pmWow, this is actually a UK news page. It reads like an american one...
Well, not entirely. An american page would have probably titled something like "YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE THESE KILLERS IN YOUR BACKYARD!" or "PREPARE FOR DOOMSDAY - FLYING FIRE ANTS GONNA KILL US ALL!".
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Not exactly that way. But we have a few ones with a strong tendency.
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I was just amused at the amount of incorrect information in it
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Yes yes, Im back from the dead.
But I like how they made it sound like it all happens on one day. Like every ant in the world one random day just poke their heads out and say "now seems as good a time as any other" and mate just like that. If it were like that IMAGINE the clouds of ants XD
But I like how they made it sound like it all happens on one day. Like every ant in the world one random day just poke their heads out and say "now seems as good a time as any other" and mate just like that. If it were like that IMAGINE the clouds of ants XD
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