Today, Pickles discovered Ants. Oh what fun! There is ant colony living in our backyard with a small opening to one of their tunnels near the pathway. If you sit and watch the opening, ants exit at a fairy constant rate maybe one every couple seconds. There are also lots of ants milling around this area. Pickles likes to sit next to the hole and play with the ants as they come out one by one. He also peruses the area looking for them if they don't come out fast enough. I don't think he likes the feel of them in his mouth because he doesn't always eat them. Usually he squishes them with his paw, sniffs/squishes them with his nose, or licks them. Surprisingly, ants that have been licked have a very high survival rate. I watched for a while and most of them managed to get up and walk away after their play date with Pickles. I would say he collectively spent well over an hour playing with the ants today. They are the red fire ants so maybe he'll drive them out of the yard.
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