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{{quote|''"Whoops, there goes another rubber tree plant!"''|
Ants are able to carry several times their own body weight. In fiction, especially in cartoons, this is exaggerated for fun, making them able to carry a whole pie/banana/chicken/watermelon/whatever. Often, they'll steal some picknickers' food. This sometimes applies to [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|giant ants]], in blatant defiance of the [[Square-Cube Law]]. That itself is responsible for the fact that normal-sized ants have such good lifting abilities.
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* There's a Hard Yakka ad that features ants chanting the name as they carry away large food items.
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** An animated insert had a woman laying out a picnic of "p" foods (pumpkin, pot roast, etc.). Unknown to her, ants carried the foods away as she took them out of the basket. At the end, a group of ants carry the woman away.
** In another ''Sesame Street'' sketch, the Count counted the ants that invaded his picnic and took his food away.
* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' has the Gnormans, which are basically the [[Crapsack World|Miseryville]]
* Ant of ''[[Word World]]'' is very strong.
* Discussed in ''[[The Venture Bros]]'' by Dr. Entmann.
{{quote|'''Dr. Entmann''': And let me tell you somethin' about ants! You know that whole "Ants can lift a hundred times their own weight" thing? It's a myth! Think about it. What's an ant weigh? Like, nothin'. What's nothin' times a hundred? ...It's nothin'!}}
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