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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d862c1a9-898c-453b-a6bc-db639f09033a/FE203C95-7665-4FA5-9A99-22983EE19071/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/" href="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cracked.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><P>Everyone knows nature is a symposium of terrifying freaks. Mostly we just take it in stride, because most of the really horrifying ones are rare and usually in Australia.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><P>Sometimes, however, nature gets its shit organized, and what was once a comfortingly rare freakshow then becomes an army at your doorstep. Here are but a few of the natural forces waging war on humanity en masse.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><DIV id="Title_box"><DIV>#5.</DIV><DIV>Argentine Ants Are Everywhere--and We Mean <EM>Everywhere</EM></DIV></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cracked.com/img/5D67EAC9-0629-4ED5-8F22-298EE21707A7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><P>Having just a layman's knowledge of ants, what would you guess is the biggest ant colony in the world? Maybe there's some mega-colony somewhere that's, say, as big as a football field, right? Or a city block?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><P>How about an ant colony that spans four fucking continents? Well say hello to <A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm" target="c">Argentina's biggest export</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cracked.com/img/3BE115DB-3FFD-456F-A5F2-602A974B5815" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cracked.com/img/8DEBE1E8-58AD-4AD9-A45D-D2D9A2006F10" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><DIV>The Jellyfish are Occupying Japan</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><P>You know what's worse than a jellyfish? <A href="http://www.cracked.com/article_17579_7-terrifying-giant-versions-disgusting-critters.html" target="c">A gigantic jellyfish</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cracked.com/img/B73D0441-1022-461E-935D-7E1A3AE9A8F7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><A 
href="http://scienceray.com/biology/zoology/huge-jellyfish-attacks-nomura-jellyfish-the-giant-jelly-of-japan/" 
target=c>Huge swarms of gigantic jellyfish attacking people off the coast of 
Japan</A>. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cracked.com/img/7D336A8E-6465-4D12-AFF1-60F6F36E40CE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cracked.com/img/50BE03B9-E860-42AE-B226-7A240E3A2710" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><DIV>The Mountain Pine Beetles are Eating All the Trees</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cracked.com/img/3B5E0996-C808-4712-8A4B-3D798386AB82" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cracked.com/img/ECE9166A-717E-4BEF-B690-796C7417CE73" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cracked.com/img/6D889E2B-1CC9-4A19-931C-4AAAA43E1453" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/"><LI value="0">Page <SPAN>1</SPAN> of <SPAN>2</SPAN> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article/82_5-species-that-seem-to-be-trying-to-take-over-earth/">
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