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Excavating a Huge Ant Nest

The structure covers 538 square feet and travels 26 feet into the earth. In it’s construction, the colony moved 40 tons of soil. Billions of ant loads of soil were brought to the surface. Each load weighed four times as much as the worker ant, and in human terms, was carried over 1/2 mile to the surface.

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  • Date 1/17/2008 8:13:47 AM
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Bird Ripper : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

Bird Ripper

48 votes NegativePositive

308 days 22 hours ago...

more please!

Whiteguy : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Whiteguy

147 votes NegativePositive

308 days 21 hours ago...

This is by far the greatest idea ever. I mean to pour Xamount of cement into a HUGE ant colony and to really see how it all looks... WOW.

On a side not.. Damn ANT killers. ;)

h0ser : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

h0ser

56 votes NegativePositive

308 days 19 hours ago...

This has really opened my eyes to the complexity of different lifeforms on earth. I always knew that they were amazing to a certain extent, but this has surpassed my wildest imaginations. The outline of that city has left my jaw hanging for minutes after the video had finished. I`ve been posting this to my friends to make sure they see this too. Nature is wonderful. 5/5

r3dRoVeR247 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

r3dRoVeR247

49 votes NegativePositive

308 days 17 hours ago...

holy shit im not gonna lie that was amazing i always thought they would only be mazes and shit but i never thought it would look that amazing!

TriMeFoo : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

TriMeFoo

42 votes NegativePositive

308 days 17 hours ago...

That is simply incredible.

vormpie : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

vormpie

37 votes NegativePositive

308 days 16 hours ago...

we can be organized like ants....
but our free will messes it all up :)

Look at that man!! and we think the eiffeltower is a world wonder hehe.. we have much more wonders.

Tath : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Tath

17 votes NegativePositive

308 days 16 hours ago...

Might we possible extrapolate upon this to say that taken as a whole, this colony of ants functions as a self aware, indeed yes, a conscious thinking being in and of itself; perhaps even more perfect than man in it`s understanding and ingenuity of engineering, self sacrifice and above all, beauty. That taken, these scientists have committed nothing less than genocide in their endeavor to understand something that they could never hope to create in their lifetime. Fucking cocksuckers.

Neferati : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Neferati

78 votes NegativePositive

308 days 14 hours ago...

^Lesser creatures are there for our amusement.

sstarscreamrab : LVL 18: VP 2.7: said:

sstarscreamrab

13 votes NegativePositive

308 days 14 hours ago...

truly a wonder of the world, and you cocksuckers killed all the ants that built it.

mrgoldylac : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

mrgoldylac

26 votes NegativePositive

308 days 12 hours ago...

I agree, if its such an amazing accomplishment, why did they have to destroy it? Thats the history of humans, "Hey look at that beautiful statue that took years to create! Awesome, lets shoot some cannons at it!! That would be GREAT!!!"

exploder : LVL 47: VP 5: said:

exploder

57 votes NegativePositive

308 days 12 hours ago...

When I see the care with which the scientists are excavating this amazing creation, I am at least slightly assured that these ants did not die in vain, nor for some trivial reason. We have a heavy footprint, us humans. I hope that by these learnings we can at least become aware, and thus choose more wisely, where and upon what we stomp. How else could we know what lurks under the surface, where we might otherwise tread with no clue and no respect?

I would really like to see a completed excavation, and 3D animation / breakdown model of what they found. Truly amazing work.

drhogan : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

drhogan

16 votes NegativePositive

308 days 12 hours ago...

Well you have too! To understand something you have to play with it, destroy it, take it apart, put it in water. Killing one hive of ants isnt going to do anything on the micro or macro level of life.

Besides they are going to be the ones left alive anyways.
We were doomed from the start and Im not talking religion here. I believe its that damn thing called consciousness/self aware.

tuyuk : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

tuyuk

Hidden (Show Comment) -38 votes

308 days 12 hours ago...

The structure covers 538 square feet and travels 26 feet into the earth. In it’s construction, the colony moved 40 tons of soil. Billions of ant loads of soil were brought to the surface. Each load weighed four times as much as the worker ant, and in human terms, was carried over 1/2 mile to the surface.

lemmyrules : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

lemmyrules

23 votes NegativePositive

308 days 12 hours ago...

Ribosomes and Mitochondria work together to form a cell. Cells work together to form a certain tissue. This tissue works together with other tissues to form an organism, these ants, ourselves and all the other creatures on this planet. These ants work together to form their city, we work togther to form our city, and together we all work together to form our entire ecosystem, our entire planet. We are really not so special when you look at it from afar, and I`m kind of wondering what greater thing were a part of that we`ll never even know.

EnderDragoon : LVL 13: VP 2.2: said:

EnderDragoon

30 votes NegativePositive

308 days 12 hours ago...

at first i thought he was going to avoid stepping on the ants at 0:40, once they started pouring concrete i realized "oh ok, theyre killing them all, nm". kill a few and its mean, kill them all and no ones gonna know.

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