Could a man overpower an ant the size of a rabbit?

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You've all seen ants hauling things far bigger than themselves. They are incredibly powerful creatures. I just had a conversation and it was concluded that an ant the size of a cow would take down a tyranosaurus rex.

The conversation went like this
Me: "Do you reckon an ant the size of a cow could take down a t-rex"
Paul: "Yes"

An ant the size of a rabbit would surely be able to take down a man. ****, can you imagine an ant that big.
 
Yea but men are smarter, we'd out wit it somehow..

I can't think of a way right now, but we could.
 
pfft. let's see it overpower a can of Raid.
 
I was thinking like one man one ant in the middle of a empty field.

Like the man might go for the eyes or rip off one of it's legs and shove it down it's throat.
 
No guns. Both the man and the ant have to be fully naked....in a forest (or field as mentioned above!)
 
Dog-- said:
Yea but men are smarter, we'd out wit it somehow..

I can't think of a way right now, but we could.
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its be a tough fight. imagine our hallow point bullets just bouncing off their bodies and weapons of steel just shattering. I'd rather fight ants than some beetles though. I've tried hitting one with a hammer really hard and the thing kept moving and it was relatively creepy thinking how big i am. i must look like a Colossi from Shadow of the Colossus. Also keep in mind ants make colonies that we have mimicked almost exactly. there are places to eat, places to shit, places to die. and they act like a little big society
 
Dog-- said:
I was thinking like one man one ant in the middle of a empty field.

Like the man might go for the eyes or rip off one of it's legs and shove it down it's throat.
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Rip off the antennas you fool, do you know nothing about insects??
 
Or they can't move if you rip off a leg.
 
Well you wouldn't be walking very well if someone took 1/3 out of one of your legs.
 
ZOMBETURTLE F*CK OFF STOP ARGUING WITH ME YOU SON OF A WHORE.


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Then stop being wrong, and we won't have to argue.
 
I swear I'll shove atleast 3 fingers UP YOUR ASS.
 
Just because ants can technically lift something like 5 times their own body weight doesn't mean that it'll scale like that. You up it to the size of a rabbit and suddenly it won't be able to do 5 times its own body weight. A rabbit sized ant would more than likely end up like a soccer ball.
 
Dumb Dude said:
Just because ants can technically lift something like 5 times their own body weight doesn't mean that it'll scale like that. You up it to the size of a rabbit and suddenly it won't be able to do 5 times its own body weight. A rabbit sized ant would more than likely end up like a soccer ball.
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This is indeed true.

That's why you don't see insects that large, they would not be able to hold their own body weight at the size of a rabbit, or a dog because of their exoskeleton.
 
I will draw a chalk line around it and laugh and laugh as it sits there while i make fun of it.
 
zombieturtle01 said:
Rip off the antennas you fool, do you know nothing about insects??
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Ripping of legs and atenna's might be easy on tiny ants (or not since they're so small) but on a larger variety? I think you'd need to pull hella hard, they're hardy creatures, appendages won't just fall off.
 
In soviet russia, science calls bullshit on you. :3


EDIT: It's 4:55 am. I need to get to bed. O.o
 
If ants were that big they would've be that strong relative to their body size.
 
Mr-Fusion said:
No guns. Both the man and the ant have to be fully naked....in a forest (or field as mentioned above!)
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You strip away the only advantage of being a human - our tools. Without them, we would get ripped to shreds by just about any predator. The tools are what got us to the top.

Warped said:
Also keep in mind ants make colonies that we have mimicked almost exactly. there are places to eat, places to shit, places to die. and they act like a little big society
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I was just thinking about this. Ants are so similar. And another thing, they even used to have racial wars. You don't really see much of this any more. The red ants mind their business and the black ones do the same.

Saturos said:
An army of giant ants would be a goddamn brutal slaughter against mankind. Things like morality and political correctness doesn't govern the decisions of a colony of ants. They would likely eat human babies and old people.
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Most types of ants won't harm healthy creatures unless they see it as a threat to their nest. They are scavengers, feeding off scraps and the dead and dying.
Mr-Fusion said:
I just had a conversation and it was concluded that an ant the size of a cow would take down a tyranosaurus rex.
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I don't think so because Tyrannosaurus Rex would just kick it, bite it or step on it. Just throwing its weight around (bumping into it) would knock the living shit out of a cow sized creature. It would just make a bigger meal for it. Here you can see some stats on this beast. Nearly 7 tons (14,000 pounds)

A typical Black Angus cow will weigh only somewhere between 1,200-1,600 pounds.

also note that a T.Rex only eats meat and their teeth and biting power are something of legends.

Ants have strong pincers for carrying things, but they aren't designed for ripping off chunks of flesh and bone.
 
If cranial size is related to intelligence then bigger ant is more clever.
 
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