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[TomK]

Thanks for the clarification, Ironyak, zoology was never one of my strongest subjects. I had assumed they were fire ants. The paragraph prior to the one you posted is important as well:

"As part of its duties, the Office of Mauna Kea Management monitors for invasive species around the Hawaii island summit, including on deliveries of equipment for existing telescopes and astronomy, said Fritz Klasner, natural resource program manager."

I had brought up my concern about this in another TMT thread if anyone remembers. The staff who work at the observatories and MKSS work under strict guidelines regarding invasive species and are subject to inspections. We have to keep equipment clean and can face being banned from the mountain if we fail to adhere to the rules. These rules do not apply to others visiting the mountain.

I don't think there's much point in replying to the rest of gypsy's comments, they're frankly just too far out there, other than:

"I guess I am not sure of all the purposes this Godzilla telescope will be useful for, could other countries tie into and use this telescope from afar?"

The TMT is going to be used to do astronomy, and indeed will be quite useful in that role.