To be a predator of a social species such as ants or humans you must not raise alarm. A hoverfly, tricks ants into keeping their larvae. It grows to a monstrous size, discretely feeding on ant larvae. The ants are unable to see it as a threat. Larvae simply disappear.

With our excellent vision the deception is obvious. But, what is also obvious is that the creatures that take advantage of humans would be just as invisible.

Sometimes... people just go missing? Right?

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@futurebird It’s corporations, right? Corporations prey opportunistically on humans?
@natknight @futurebird No no no, corporations are *people*, so they must be OK. Right?
@futurebird Sometime, glaciers just retreat and forests just catch on fire...
@futurebird I'm imagining an art that realizes the hoverfly is a danger trying to tell the others...and immediately thinking of trying to explain to people who don't care that we should all try not to spread diseases.
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