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4 courageous ants went on a walk in a straight line. On 1st April, 2014; the ants met a lion on the way and later an elephant who was going towards the lion...

After the ants saw the Elephant, the one at the third place said that there are two ants ahead of her which seemed right but later, she also said that there were two ants behind her. Why did she say so???

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she was leing

Nishant Sharma - 7 years, 2 months ago

She is afraid of the lion and elephant , thus she turned , and the two ants that was infront is now behind her.

Wen Ooi - 7 years, 2 months ago

The question says that the ants are courageous...so they are neither scared of the lion nor the elephant...

A Former Brilliant Member - 7 years, 2 months ago

they are moving in a circle

Bhanu Prakash A - 7 years, 2 months ago

I said in a straight line...anyways good attempt... :)

A Former Brilliant Member - 7 years, 2 months ago

she thought the last ant's shadow was another ant?

Venture HI - 7 years, 2 months ago

No, Venture...There is nowhere mentioned in the question that the ants are moving towards the Sun...

A Former Brilliant Member - 7 years, 2 months ago

Because later, they stop and turn back :p

Mu'amar Musa Nurwigantara - 7 years, 2 months ago

when the elephant stepped on the lion, it was compressed to size of an ant.

Shubham Dahiya - 7 years ago

april fool u

Hema Kumar - 6 years, 12 months ago

WHAT A WEEEW !!!!

Cathy villaceran - 6 years, 6 months ago

She was lying

Suresh Tharayil - 6 years, 1 month ago

april fool

neel jha - 7 years, 1 month ago

Yup!! That's Right, the ants are moving on 1st april...i.e. april fools...lol

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 12 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$