Friday, April 18, 2008

Poisonous ants avoid annihilation at monastery

Insect infestations are tricky enough at the best of times. But what if you're a Buddhist monk committed to the sanctity of all living creatures?

Such is the situation facing the devotees at the Hong Hock See Temple in the city of Penang, on Malaysia's north-west coast.

The temple complex, and especially a tree in its grounds, have become infested with poisonous ants, believed to be fire ants, which keep on stinging monks, according to today's edition of Malaysian newspaper The Star.

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