6"?? - It's gotta be bigger than that to get fun!
Maybe 24-36" wide would be a great size to start with... (minimum)

>> ^Sagemind:

6"?? - It's gotta be bigger than that to get fun!
Maybe 24-36" wide would be a great size to start with... (minimum)


I came to make pretty much an identical comment. This needs to be much bigger!

ANT-TASTIC! But shouldn't sifter ant have posted dis?

Those tunnels weren't exactly "amazing" and "intricate". Needs to be bigger to have them create cooler patterns

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FYI, ants don't last these nest setup.

Umm, *commercial?

Adding video to channels (Commercial) - requested by Norsuelefantti.

>> ^ant:

FYI, ants don't last these nest setup.


Yeah, the gel contains enough water and nutrients for the ants' short term survival, but not the protein needed for queens and larvae.

Also, ants' tunnels are normally underground so shining a bright blue led on their nest isn't really going to encourage natural behaviour.

"Don't mix species of ants as they may spend more time fighting than actually creating tunnels..."

and you don't want us to that because...

> 6"?? - It's gotta be bigger than that to get fun!

That's what she said.

> Maybe 24-36" wide would be a great size to start with... (minimum)

That is NOT what she said.

Seems to me it forms a part of an arc, wouldn't be so hard to cut the ends off and attach some together in a circular or wavy configuration.

Do the gels come in different colours? Get several together, control the lights by microprocessor, you got yourself an ant disco!

So, it's basically an ant coffin that they get to personalize.

I could be wrong, but I think this is pretty solid 20th century technology.

There is a fun thread about ant gel at a certain ant forum:
http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/8136

Ant farm + lights + jelly = technological revolution?

Upvote for the ironic ant extermination advert Google displayed at the bottom of the video a few seconds in. Now I'll go back and continue watching

Great. I never thought anything would make me feel sorry for ants.

Now i'm worried about 20 terrified and confused drone males, sent in the mail for days without air food or water, then trapped in a fiercely illuminated blue light.

They scream and panic at first, then they try to dig to find their queen to save them, only to find they are surrounded by impenetrable transparent walls. They're forced to eat a weird glowing synthetic gel, slowly getting dizzy as the oxygen levels drop.

Finally going mad and dying of lonely despair in their alien prison.

...Makes a magnifying glass seem merciful.

>> ^rychan:

So, it's basically an ant coffin that they get to personalize.


More of a mass-grave, really.

"Avoid storing the AntWorks in direct sunlight. Ants prefer shade..."

"Once plugged in, the adapter powers the bright blue LEDs attached to the base of the container."

>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^rychan:
So, it's basically an ant coffin that they get to personalize.

More of a mass-grave, really.


This isn't a mine... it's a tomb.

Windmills do not work that way and Twenty Firth is not a number! He is the ugly cousin of Colin

It's all fun and games until your kid grows up to be AntAgonizer.

One day we will be slaves to ants, in human farms, digging out little tunnels for their amusement. I don't think we'll appreciate the bright blue LED light blinding us though.