So, what’s the incentive to do this? I read the article lol.
Money.
The contraband included giant African harvester ants, which are valued by some UK dealers at up to £170 ($220) each.
But why are they so valuable in the first place? Lol
One queen is enough to seed an ant farm. Those are just particularly interesting ants, and hard to get. It is best to just have local ants for farms because then you can release them if necessary, but keeping interesting and exotic ants is more interesting than local types you probably see all the time, especially in areas without a great variety of local ants. 250 dollars for an exotic pet is pretty cheap really.
I just saw a really cheap ant on Craigslist! They want 20 bucks for it. But the best part is that they are willing to negotiate at a local Starbucks. Just need money on hand and ant in a bottle to get this transaction going! Well, it more of a straightaction. Well I don’t known if they are trans or gay really or bi. Well I don’t known what their pronouns are. Anyway for $20, I’m not gonna ask what they’re packing.
