Why are people buying pet ants?

Mongabay
May 23, 2026, 1:39 am107 ptsTrending
Move over cats and dogs. There’s a new hot favorite pet in town: ants. More and more people are raising pet ants around the world. They are small, low-maintenance and display complex behaviors that fascinate humans. But this fascination is leading to a bigger issue: an underground global trade of ants. Wild…

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