A short video describing how parasitic beetles use chemical cues to fool ants into bringing them into their nests, regurgitating food into their mouths, and giving the appeasement glands on their abdomens a good licking. Cheeky buggers. We should all be so lucky. Watch the short … [Read more...]
Your Choice: Either Watch a Girl with HUNDREDS of Ants Living in Her Ear, Or a Guy Who Snaps a Mousetrap on His Tongue In Slow Motion
This is your Sophie's Choice of the Day. You have to pick one or the other. No two ways about it. I've kidnapped your grandmother and I'm going to torture and possibly … [Read more...]
Super-Terrifying Art Installations by Rafael Gómezbarros
Sculptor Rafael Gómezbarros covers buildings in his native Colombia with giant ants, representing "the displacement of peasants due to war and strife. … [Read more...]
Ant Death Circles Explained
YouTube commenter Sbl29: "Must have used Apple maps." … [Read more...]
Giant Ant City Excavated
Um...I have a hard time sweeping my front porch. (t/y Paul S) … [Read more...]
Ants Suck at Art
It seems 200,000 ants are to art as 100 monkeys are to literature. Only more expensive. This creation created from harvested harvester ants will set you back $35,000. (via [Read more...]