10 March, 2005 - 12:32

I have just seen something very strange:

On my desk there is a glass of water. Five red ants have managed to crawl inside the glass and are presently unsuccessfully trying to fight their way, in the same spot, through the water's miniscus.

It would be like me taking a sledgehammer to a 100,000 volt electrical transformer: imminent death.

And yet they don't seem bothered.

They are just fighting, sitting on top of each other, to get through that deathtrap edge.