My favorite part of living in Houston, was dumping boiling water on a fire ant mound. I did see, while waiting at a restaraunt, a group of fire ants eating a baby bird in it's nest. Very nasty little f*ckers. I think the only thing worse than fire ants is chiggers.....

Have the mussles really been responsible for improved water quality of the Great Lakes, or are the regulations that started controlling industrial dumping and non-point sources into the rivers that feed the Lakes (or directly into the Lakes themselves) to credit? I'd also argue that the decreased industrial activity in the Greats Lakes basin is also to credit for the improved water quality.

(Person who grew up on the shores of Lake Superior)