An anthill stolen in England An anthill with a colony of rare thin-headed ants was stolen from the English nature reserve of Chadley Knighton Heath. It had about five thousand details. Before the 20th century, there were quite a few thin-headed ants in England, but due to agriculture and active construction, they became one of the rarest species. Animal rights activists have two versions of the motives for the theft. According to the first, it is the work of activists who want to "return nature" by releasing ants from nature reserves to their former habitats. The second version is that an insect collector is behind the theft, and it's hard for us to choose which one sounds more surprising.