Ant smugglers sentenced

Four men were sentenced today for attempting to smuggle more than 5,000 ants out of Kenya. Their punishment is a fine of $7,700 or a year in jail. Why would anyone risk smuggling that many ants? As The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler explains, there are a lot of ant lovers out there — who both find the insects incredibly cute and amazingly resourceful — and who will pay big bucks for exotic ants they can’t get at home.

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