In a message dated 10/02/1999 8:08:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<<T here is a precious amino acids present in the shells of insects and
 crustaceans ( don't remember the name now).  >>
For those of you that take a word or two and run with it be informed that the
ants contain formic acid which which is involved in the making of
formaldehyde; furthermore, the sensation of crawling ants on the skin is
called formication.