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Can an ant have crawled into my eye?

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Not likely: Ants would not usually crawl onto your body out of fear that they might be damaged. The eye is especially sensitive and while an ant could crawl onto your opened eye (not closed) you would immediately react unless you were intoxicated.

Answered 5/23/2017

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