See what happens when you pour molten metal into an ant hill, I may try this one day.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1IugvemOyZY
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1IugvemOyZY
Making a cast of an ant colony
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That is beautiful!
My speakers are playing up so I did not hear why the Ants had to die ... or was it just they were in the way of a human wanting to get a cast of the nest?
My speakers are playing up so I did not hear why the Ants had to die ... or was it just they were in the way of a human wanting to get a cast of the nest?
I saw one similar to this a good while back but they used concrete - the resulting excavation was massive!
might not have been ants....
might not have been ants....
Aha! Just searched 'ant concrete' on youtube and...
[video=youtube;g7VhvoMFn34]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7VhvoMFn34[/video]
The latter John, though fire ants aren't appreciated because of the mounds they make on lawns and the nasty nip you can get off of them when you disturb the colony
Hmmm - I am not realy in favour of any creature dying just for the entertainment of the human race... but that is a stunning object!
Fully agree. Its interesting philosophically how peoples minds work on things like this. I suspect they would not have considered pouring molten metal down a rabbit warren - but why are larger furry creatures entitled to a different standard?
Because rabbits are regularly subject to anthropomorphism....
If ants wore waistcoats and raided the farmers veg plot it may not happen to them either
If ants wore waistcoats and raided the farmers veg plot it may not happen to them either
I agree 100%. It drives me crazy when people will eat beef but not rabbit, just because cows aren't "cute" it's fine to kill and eat them but not rabbits! I love both and all meat really
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As to why a different standard you don't hear the ants screaming as they burn up
No... but they have poured concrete into a rabbit warren...
15:45 into the program
[video=youtube;3Fi-MqH7qko]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fi-MqH7qko[/video]
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Yup, it was abandoned but I wonder why it was. They made no mention of that in the program
I think one is defendable as an object or project, but to make more to sell seems offensive.
Sol Lewitt (an artist) said that the test for the conceptual artist with a great idea is "Is this something I should make" and subsequent repeats fail that test for me.
Sol Lewitt (an artist) said that the test for the conceptual artist with a great idea is "Is this something I should make" and subsequent repeats fail that test for me.
From an ecological point of view, the fire ant is an invasive species. There were none her prior to the 1930s, when they were introduced accidentally into the port of Moblie and spread across the continent from there. They're destructive of native species, particularly ground nesting birds and small mammals and reptiles, and have been fatal to humans as well, particularly small children playing outside (though very rarely) As a teenager, I personally recieved several hundred bites from a single incident falling across an active mound. During a flood, I saw a ball of them (about the size of a basketball) floating on the flood waters until they landed and attacked a calf.
The ball was similar to this one. http://claycoleman.tripod.com/4c3bcd30.jpg
It's not uncommon for them to drive herds of mammals back into flood waters to drown in such instances. It's also common for farmers totake advantage of this situation to control the fire ant population. They spray liquid detergent on the ball and surrounding water to reduse surface tension to the point that the ball sinks and drowns the colony.
The goal is eradication from the North American continent, but it seems unattainable since DDT has been banned.
The ball was similar to this one. http://claycoleman.tripod.com/4c3bcd30.jpg
It's not uncommon for them to drive herds of mammals back into flood waters to drown in such instances. It's also common for farmers totake advantage of this situation to control the fire ant population. They spray liquid detergent on the ball and surrounding water to reduse surface tension to the point that the ball sinks and drowns the colony.
The goal is eradication from the North American continent, but it seems unattainable since DDT has been banned.
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