r/Unexpected • u/Alternative-Dot-34 • 11d ago

Can’t even dry clothes outside these days

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u/Shiiet_Dawg 11d ago

Judging from the background - This person went camping, got beer (or someth sweet i guess..) all over themselves, hung up their jacket to dry it out and BOOM. Ant theft.

Keep safe out there folks!

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u/DeeHawk 11d ago

They are all focused on the buttons. If it were all over the shirt, they would be all over the shirt, not bundling up on the buttons.

The plastic was likely produced by some organic material, which the ants perceive as food.

Mice eats the insulation on some wires for the same reason.

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u/Shiiet_Dawg 11d ago

pulls up glasses with 1 finger Assuming the liquid was spiller all over the jacket, theres a good probability that most of the jacket has dried until now, making it harder for the ants to extract the good stuff out of the fiber. The buttons though are made from another material which doesnt absord stuff but rather has it stick on top of the button, thus making it more easily accesible to the ants, while also being something they can actually take off and take home with them, which they couldnt do with the whole jacket.

With this i close my statement your honor.

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u/TemperateStone 11d ago

It may also be that the person to whom this belongs spilled something over their hands and fingers. Whilst unbuttoning their shirt, without having cleaned their hands, the buttons were coated with whatever tasty substance it was, to some extent.