Ants at Eden.

[slimjim]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/60 38138.stm
The guy complained because there were too many ants. That is what the rainforests are like. What did he expect? If he didn't want to experience rainforests close-up, he shouldn't have gone.

[divegirl]

Hi, ya gotta laugh....What a total idiot !!!

[cameo]

What - ants in a rainforest! - never!!!

[WaldoMcFroog]

On the face of it, the guy might seem like a bit of a twit, but Eden haven't apologised on the basis that he was upset but on the basis that they do actually have a problem with the number of ants in there.

The biomes are not perfect replicas of the natural habitats and this seems to me to be a situation where the fact that they are unable to replicate all the natural checks and balances has led to one particular factor achieving a dominance it wouldn't reach in the wild.

I was at Eden in July and there certainly weren't ants all over the biomes then. In fact, I don't recall particularly noticing them at all.

[admarlow]

The artical said there was an over population and im guessing that too many ants could damage the plant life, bring on the ant eaters!

[brachiopod]

I went to the London Aquarium the other week, and it was overrun with bloody fish! Where do I sue?

[bimbim]

What about the bloody plants at Kew Gardens , could hardly see the ants at all!

[Team Kernow]

Straightening out spun perceptions :

http://www.nowpublic.com/queen_opens_wrong_bui lding_in_cornwall_june_1st_2006