re: "Glad you didn't get hauled away by those things"
Yeah, me too!
Truth be told, it isn't really an ant. It is a female dobsonfly. The males have even longer mandibles and can grow to five inches. Males can't apply enough leverage to hurt humans with their mandibles, but the females, with their "short" choppers, can. They've got a nasty bite.
Here's a still living female:


Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months