Chinese invest in ants.... Oddly Enough

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black ants are sold by the bagful to be steeped in tea or soaked in liquor as a natural remedy for ailments such as arthritis.
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China ant-breeding project has sting in the tail


BEIJING (Reuters) - A company in northeast China raised $379 million from gullible members of the public by promising big profits from a project to breed ants, Xinhua news agency said Friday.


The Donghua Ecological Breeding Company, in Liaoning province, offered returns of 35 to 60 percent on investment in the bogus project, Xinhua said. The state agency cited the Public Security Ministry which had detailed the case as an example of how fraudsters were becoming more imaginative.


The report did not explain why the public would want to invest in ants but, in the southern region of Guangxi, black ants are sold by the bagful to be steeped in tea or soaked in liquor as a natural remedy for ailments such as arthritis.


The number of economic crimes in China had risen by nearly 10 percent so far this year, the ministry said, warning that the trend could lead to social instability.


It said it had recovered 13 billion yuan ($1.65 billion) in losses from more than 60,000 cases of fraud, pyramid selling and illegal fund-raising.


Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved
 
Do you think there is at least one single creature which is not eaten in this country :?:embarrass Poor ants imsad
 
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OMG!!! so true sis Tania!!! peeps are so mean!! :cry: if they eat MY cats!!! they know whats going to happen to them!!!

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I am wondering if I could interest them in buying some of our Texas "Fire Ants". Those are ants that fight back.
 
My brother used to say, the Chinese will eat every flying things except aeroplane and every moving things except vehicles. they eat snakes, monkeys, frogs, worms
 
Selising said:
My brother used to say, the Chinese will eat every flying things except aeroplane and every moving things except vehicles. they eat snakes, monkeys, frogs, worms
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Sadly it is a reflection of insufficient arable land to produce most food products. So the Chinese people had to learn to eat whatever was available. Hunger is a motivator that will make anything appear to be edible.
 
Keltoi said:
Those stings burn too. Fire is an appropriate name for them.
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They can also be quite deadly. Most ranchers will loose several calves a year to them. Occasonaly a person steps in a mound and is killed by them. The sting really does burn and the second or third day is much more painful than the first day.
 
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^Wow i didnt know ants could be so deadly!:offended:

I was bitten by an ant when I was a little kid. I cant actually remember the bite much though I remember the place.

So, ants are not halal are they? Cant believe people eat them. :uuh:
 
Selising said:
My brother used to say, the Chinese will eat every flying things except aeroplane and every moving things except vehicles. they eat snakes, monkeys, frogs, worms
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ok now you're guilty of runining my apetite, just got bak home from work was planning on having dinner, stuff that now :vomit: :vomit: :vomit:
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cheese said:
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^Wow i didnt know ants could be so deadly!:offended:

I was bitten by an ant when I was a little kid. I cant actually remember the bite much though I remember the place.

So, ants are not halal are they? Cant believe people eat them. :uuh:
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Most ants are quite inoffensive and harmless. Fire Ants and South American Army ants are 2 big exceptions.

Since ants are insects I doubt very much that they are halal to eat.
 

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