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Well, that's a great way to get a really bad infection.
Flood waters contain everything from sewage to dead animals to parasites.
Rafts of fire ants are also a sure way to liven things up
Fire ants rafting is a sure sign there is no god. At least not a benevolent, personal one.
Edit: The downvotes are making me wonder how many people didn't get past the first sentence before skipping the rest.
God is God to all living things, fire ants included. And did He not say, 'Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.' (Genesis 9:3). And lo, the fire ants rejoiced, and partook of his great bounty (college students sitting in flood waters), and were fruitful.
I wonder what the fire ant commandments are, and how many burning bushes were involved
Kill, consume, multiply, conquer. As they follow the goddess of cancer.