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Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants to be sentenced by Kenyan court in two weeks (www.euronews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au

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Two Belgian teenagers who were found with thousands of ants valued at more than €8,000 and allegedly destined for European and Asian markets will be sentenced in two weeks, a Kenyan magistrate has said.

Njeri Thuku, sitting at the court in Kenya's main airport, said she would not rush the case but would take time to review environmental impact and psychological reports filed in court before passing sentence on 7 May.

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

€8,104/5,400 ants = €1.50 per ant. I don't know how many ants you need to make a full colony, but a few hundred ants or euros doesn't seem so expensive. Especially for a serious hobbyist, this might have been all for one buyer.

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

One queen is all it takes really. They would kickstart the whole thing starting with first few relatively weaker workers due to the queen lack of resources.