Antzilla - Tracking Ants | Wild Showcase

Dr. Nigel Franks monitors individual ants by gluing tracking chips to them.

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[Greenphoend]

I would LOVE to be the one to glue chips on all those ants. Almost as satisfying as putting the thumbtack right back into the same hole after flipping the calendar page.

[Koaandl]

I'd hate to be the guy that had to use a tiny syringe and a tiny pair of tweezers to glue those chips on the ants..

[stratiphere]

ants are awesome, anyway you look at it. thanks natgeowild

[abandonedcranium]

what would happen if two identical nest sites were set up, equidistant from the first. How does that effect time taken to reach consensus?

[danstrator]

Dear God! Don't give these creatures tiny iPads! You FOOLS!

[Viennery]

You could be right, we were once nothing more then mice in the time of the dinosaurs.

[RaymondTracer]

fuck my shit, i just woke up this morning with a light piece of metal on my back and I cant seem to get it off, what's even worse is some dick destroyed our home, we did a good alternative (luckly), I hope they dont do this shit again :/ now how do I get this crap off my back?