<p>Considering how the series was back then to what it has become now, I don't believe there is or ever will be an answer, what with it being swamped with a bunch of other plotholes that to this day still hasn't been properly explained. It's like how the Toys in Toy Story are alive but their "aliveness" never actually has an explanation. That and the only toys ever seen in AntC are Arbiter, Chief, Cortana, Todd, and Travis, every other character in the show is either Jon Graham or some gamer online.
</p><p>It's just like they say in Mystery Science Theater 3000; "It's just a show, we should really just relax."
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