25 October 2012

When Ants Get Angry

Our first day in Ethiopia, Susan and I hit up the tourist sites, including visiting Holy Trinity Cathedral where we found this memorial:


I'm sure its to something important but Susan immediately noticed that it appeared to be a monument to the gradual aging of Harrison Ford (look closely - they all appear to be highly reminiscent of Han Solo in carbonite).

The guard wouldn't let us take a picture so I snuck behind a nearby tree and Susan tried to be distractionary by stopping and appearing to contemplate the momentousness of the monument.  

What she didn't realize is the spot she paused to contemplate on was actually a massive ant battleground - they quickly swarmed her feet, leading to much hopping around and swatting of ants off her flipflops and laughter from the guards.  

killer ants

even after losing his body, this ant held on fiercely, trying to kill the flip flop

I, of course, helped her.  But not before taking the picture of the Harrison Ford monument and this short video:

1 comment:

susan said...

I can hear the guard laughing in the background, damn him. I would wish a swarm of ants upon his be-flipflopped feet, but I'm sure he's too smart for that.