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One ant for $220: The new frontier of wildlife trafficking

55 pointsby gmayslast Thursday at 12:55 PM1 commentview on HN

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technothrashertoday at 12:15 PM

Not that I'd ever be in the market for illegal wildlife, I find the whole trade abhorrent, but $220 for a pregnant queen of an exotic ant species that would spawn an entire colony and live for years doesn't seem at all expensive.

black_13today at 10:44 AM

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