Temple Monks Battle Red Death

Is there no end to the madness?

Hong Hock See temple in northern Penang, Malaysia, is being ravaged by a horde of red ants.

However, with the temple occupants being Buddhist monks, a peaceful solution to rid their problem is being sought without reverting to violence i.e. without stamping the bastards flat.

One of the temples disciples tried vacuuming the ants up to deposit them to a nearby wooded area, but failed miserably.

“We haven’t found a solution so far,” Lin said. “Nothing has worked.”

The temple’s chief monk, Boon Keng, was quoted by The Star newspaper as saying that the monks had to “respect other living things” in the temple.

“When an ant drops on you, you must not flick it away or blow on it,” he told the newspaper. “If you do, it will bite to hold on. You just have to shake it off.” (not if you mash it in to a pulp…)

Source: local 6