I was trying to figure out how was it that I just faced a mass attack by fire ants . I do not have food in the closet ( that only happened when I was a kid , no need to hide food anymore ) ; I looked around the closet in the event Mojo , my puppy , had laid one out in there and I never noticed - but there was no poop . That 's when I realized what had happened : I cook every single night for my family .
Question: Why did the speaker think that a possible explanation for the fire ants was food ?
The answer to the above question:


Based on what they already know , foods are a point of attraction for fire ants