It is estimated that the population of this species will decline by 80 percent in the next 30 years due to predation of the young by the introduced yellow crazy ant ( Anoplolepis gracilipes ), which has devastated the wildlife of the island, and has also killed 10 – 20 million Christmas Island red crabs.

: There is also a different genus of ant called " crazy ants ", Paratrechina.

The yellow crazy ant ( Anoplolepis gracilipes ) is a species of ant, introduced accidentally to northern Australia and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, that has wreaked ecological damage in both locations.

It is colloquially called " crazy " because of its erratic movements when disturbed, with its long legs and antennae making it one of the largest invasive ant species in the world.

Along with the red imported fire ant ( Solenopsis invicta ), the big-headed ant ( Pheidole megacephala ), the little fire ant ( Wasmannia auropunctata ), and the Argentine ant ( Linepithema humile ), the yellow crazy ant is one of the five species of tramp ants, known for invasive behavior and devastating ecological effects.

The yellow crazy ant ’ s natural habitat is not known, but it has been speculated that the species originated in West Africa.

Studies indicate that crazy ants rely so much on the scale insects that scarcity of them can actually limit ant population growth.

There are three main ways in which the yellow crazy ant has affected the Christmas Island ecosystem.

In New South Wales the yellow crazy ant invasion is listed as a key threat according to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

* Tom Rasberry, American exterminator who identified the crazy rasberry ant

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Although restricted to a relatively small area, it has been estimated that 43. 7 million adult red crabs lived on Christmas Island alone, but the accidental introduction of the yellow crazy ant is believed to have killed about 10 – 15 million of these in recent years.

An exploding population of the yellow crazy ant, an invasive species accidentally introduced to Christmas Island and Australia from Africa, is believed to have killed 10 – 15 million red crabs ( one-quarter to one-third of the total population ) in recent years.

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We are worried about what people may do with them -- that some crazy fool may `` push the button ''.

Then, too, European drivers have reputations for being somewhat crazy on the road and some Americans are not particularly keen on getting mixed up with them.

They are a 2-man group, having had success with hits such as " Stuk " ( Broken ), and " Dat is Die Shit " ( That's the shit ), with other popular songs in the background such as " Non Stop " ft. Brainpower, " We Gaan Los " ( we're going crazy

The crazy ants are particularly destructive to the native wildlife, and needed to be eradicated.

In rational choice theory, all decisions, crazy or sane, are postulated as mimicking such a " rational " process.

Before the 2008 presidential election he said, " On social issues, I lean Libertarian, minus the crazy stuff ," but said in December 2011 that if he were president he would do whatever Bill Clinton advised him to do because that " would lead to policies that are a sensible middle ground.

In his work on Alfred the Great, historian David Sturdy argues that the witan did not embody modern notions of a ' national institution ' or a ' democratic ' body: Victorian notions of a national ' witan ' are crazy dreams without foundation, myths of a ' democratic parliament ' that never was.

The patchwork pieces are stitched together forming " crazy " or non-repeat, asymmetric compositions.

A few months after the events of the Hell Ditch Pilgrim case, Hyperdog is Traynor's replacement as Captain of Precinct 10, Robyn Slinger is no longer Toybox, and the fascist Mayor Famaille and Major Cindercott are out of power, casualties of the reality warping by Andy Soames, who now peacefully overlooks Top 10 as they once again celebrate survival and hopeful perseverance in a crazy and confusing beautiful world.

Women are crazy about him, and he has no peace of mind.

[...] In between all the crazy stuff we do, there are always some very memorable melodies that stick in people's heads, and that has helped us cross over into the mainstream a little bit.

Beware of surrealists, they are crazy people.

According to Donald Richie, the length of time of the shots of the wife and of the bandit are the same when the bandit is barbarically crazy and the wife is hysterically crazy.

Nimoy recalled that not only was he in the scene, but his eyes are closed, making it difficult to judge the quality of the shot or the actor's performance: " It drove DeForest Kelley crazy.

When Nasser discovered that her songs were forbidden from being aired on the radio, he reportedly said something to the effect of " What are they, crazy?

Yellow crazy ants have also been recorded in human communities, where they are seen as agricultural pests, causing outbreaks of sap-sucking insects.

While yellow crazy ants are still present in low numbers, and require surveillance, it is hoped that ground baiting will be sufficient.

It should not be too easily assumed that people are incapable of making conscious choices about their own behaviour, unless they are deranged ( crazy ), in great pain, extraordinarily confused, heavily intoxicated, or in some way trapped or locked down ( see also political abuse of psychiatry ).

In addition to these batting power-ups, pitching power-ups, or " crazy pitches ," also progressively appear, though they are much more frequent and in number, occurring whenever the player strikes an opponent out.

The lyrics of which are based around 3 characters, a crazy mother, Beatrice ; her daughter, Violeta ; and her father, Kenneth.

Zelda and Scott's grave in Rockville, MarylandTheir daughter Scottie wrote after their deaths: " I think ( short of documentary evidence to the contrary ) that if people are not crazy, they get themselves out of crazy situations, so I have never been able to buy the notion that it was my father's drinking which led her to the sanitarium.

For instance words such as,, tsunbo ( 聾 " deaf "), oshi ( 唖 " deaf-mute "), kichigai ( 気違い or 気狂い " crazy "), tosatsujō ( 屠殺場 " slaughter house "), and hakuchi ( 白痴 " moron / retard ") are currently not used by the majority of Japanese publishing houses ; the publishers often refuse to publish writing which includes these words.

The book explains that the West Coast is a no-man's land, and the country's population is gradually being driven crazy by nerve gas as a result of World War III.

I say, where the insanity is absolute, and is duly proved: For if reason and humanity enforce the plea in these circumstances, it is no less necessary to observe a caution and reserve in applying the law, as shall hinder it from being understood, that there is any privilege in a case of mere weakness of intellect, or a strange and moody humor, or a crazy and capricious or irritable temper.

Naoshige says similarly, that it is shameful for any man to die without having risked his life in battle, regardless of rank, and that " Bushidō is in being crazy to die.

According to one story, Tatiana, accustomed to being addressed only by her name and patronymic, was so disconcerted when she was addressed as " Your Imperial Highness " by lady-in-waiting Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden when she was heading a committee meeting that she kicked the woman under the table and hissed " Are you crazy to speak to me like that?

Coraline is often irritated by rain, crazy grown-ups ( as they all seem to be ), and not being taken seriously because of her young age and quiet demeanor, though perhaps her biggest annoyance is that everyone mistakes her name for Caroline ( everyone in the real world at least, except the mice and her parents ).

Things would quickly devolve into his character shouting and making crazy accusations about Dave before being forcibly removed from the set by two goons.

Glen Rock was formed on September 14, 1894, from portions of Ridgewood Township and Saddle River Township, " that being the year the county went crazy on boroughs.

Eliza Dushku claims Faith's bond with the Mayor stems from his being one of the few people in her life who does not put her down, which is something she has battled with her whole life ; Dushku goes on to say Faith's misplaced trust in the Mayor " leads her into being more crazy ".

She kills the baby ( whom she presumes to be actual Adolf Hitler, though the viewer might note it seems like a very normal baby, perhaps not very dark hair ), but the nanny ( discovering the death ) replaces the baby with a street gypsy's baby ( the mother being a very crazy looking woman who has black hair resembling the Hitler we know ), and she presents this baby to the father as his own.

Let's Make a Deal is also known for the various unusual and crazy costumes worn by audience members, who dressed up that way in order to increase their chances of being selected as a trader.

For the time being, the animal just went crazy ...".

" A friend, who praised Harris as being " universally esteemed as an honest man ," also declared that Harris's mind " was overbalanced by ' marvellousness '" and that his belief in earthly visitations of angels and ghosts gave him the local reputation of being crazy.

Although he first believes that she is crazy, it is interesting to note that, despite being a self-proclaimed atheist, when things that the muses tell her start coming true Aaron begins indulging his sister's claims, even to the extent of helping her try to rid herself of all the animals that have talked to her.

He is girl crazy and his typical line to girls ( and in one episode a guy when he was pretending to be gay to avoid being pulverized ) is, " Yes I am, you likey ?.

Wilby reveals the secret to his dumbfounded father, who goes to the authorities, only to be accused of being either crazy or a spy himself.

The song's " crazy " character has dictated " crazy " video plot where one of the vocalists – Tatiana Kotova – has a very unexpected look, and plays a man who's being lusted after by the rest of the members in the group.

The term " monstrous moonshine " was coined by Conway, who, when told by John McKay in the late 1970s that the coefficient of ( namely 196884 ) was precisely the dimension of the Griess algebra ( and thus exactly one more than the degree of the smallest faithful complex representation of the Monster group ), replied that this was " moonshine " ( in the sense of being a crazy or foolish idea ).

George confronts her for being a " crazy person ," and Betty walks out.

There were also serious problems with the Austrian Ronald Richter in charge of the project, who many accused of being simply crazy.