I never really found out how the ants get in the water cooler in my house.
I refill it almost every other day, so i know.
There's always one or two drowned or drowning ants inside.
Initially, they irritate me alot, considering that they shit/urine/drink the water that i drunk for that day.
But gradually i got very interested in how they managed to still get in there every single day, even if i took extra care to cover the cooler, sealing it up and all.
I don't have the patience to just sit there and observe, i have better things to do mind you.
But still, to make sure they had no possible way to get, i tried all sorts of methods and i was extremely sure there were no holes and such for them to get through.

AND yet, they can get in.

It's amazing stuff.
First of all, they knew there was water in there, basic animalistic survival instincts i guess.
Then they always get in, even after all the stuff that i did to make sure they couldn't, so that makes them smart insects.
THEN, they get in, drown to death, and never really got out, and THAT makes them stupid insects.
AND THEN, even if they were for sure to drown to death, they never gave up, always kept struggling and struggling to somehow swim or crawl up the inner metal cooler.

Are they just simply goddamn stupid, or is this the "die hard" attitude, perserverance that we all need?