Ant cam

March 22, 2006 10:58 AM

Ants are so cool. Click previous sentence for more information.
posted by thirteenkiller (18 comments total)

Naked Mole Rats may or may not be cooler, but they do have a cooler name.
posted by MrMoonPie at 11:02 AM on March 22, 2006

yes, ants are cool.
posted by Stynxno at 11:14 AM on March 22, 2006

Those ants are really moving. Do you think they know they're being watched?

p.s. All naked mole rat fans probably have already seen the film Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control. (QT clip.)
posted by lelilo at 11:14 AM on March 22, 2006

Ants creep me out. Ever since I was a little kid I've had this recurring dream where I notice that a freckle or mole on my leg has started moving, and as the dream progresses the spot gets darker and larger until at last a hole opens in the flesh around it and the spot is revealed to be an ant, which then climbs out of the hole in my leg.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:21 AM on March 22, 2006

Oh great. Now I have my nightmare for the next week. Thanks, crash. (j/k)
posted by raedyn at 11:28 AM on March 22, 2006

MCD, Please man some decency, your creeping me out, (ewww).
posted by Elim at 11:30 AM on March 22, 2006

I clicked "previous sentence" but nothing happened.
posted by spock at 11:43 AM on March 22, 2006

Sure, ants are cool, but anteaters are even cooler. I would like it if the museum intermittently unleashed a giant anteater on the colony. That would keep things interesting.

mcd, you've been channeling Un Chien Andalou all this time!
posted by Marit at 11:46 AM on March 22, 2006

Crittercams are always cool. I still prefer the ottercam though.
posted by Gator at 12:04 PM on March 22, 2006

To quote Calvin: "I just can't identify with that kind of work ethic".
posted by tkolar at 12:14 PM on March 22, 2006

To quote Calvin: "I just can't identify with that kind of work ethic".
posted by tkolar at 12:14 PM on March 22, 2006

To quote tkolar . . .
posted by tr33hggr at 12:30 PM on March 22, 2006

YES!

Although... I was hoping for a larger, hill-wide view, this makes them all seem very.... sinister. and it's dark.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 12:41 PM on March 22, 2006

It's nighttime there but when it's daytime in England the cam is bright.
posted by thirteenkiller at 12:58 PM on March 22, 2006

"mcd, you've been channeling Un Chien Andalou all this time!"

All right, that's just weird.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:04 PM on March 22, 2006

What is freakish about the ants at London Zoo is that they're essentially out in the open. I don't know how much you can see on the link (it's not playing on my computer) but basically they have two separate sections, each surrounded by water - a little fungus nest thing and then a plant on the other side - these 'islands' are connected by a rope over which the ants clamber from plant to nest and back again. The rope is suspended over an abyss (or an ant sized abyss, it's really about human waist height), and there is nothing around it. Which means that when ants fall off (and they do) they fall onto the ground. Where there are people. It weirds me out when I go there, because I'm terrified they might climb up my trouser leg. [/ant rant]
posted by featherboa at 2:07 PM on March 22, 2006

yes, ants are cool

Yet under my magnifying glass they appear quite hot.
posted by CynicalKnight at 3:27 PM on March 22, 2006

Hmm, I can't see ants at night I guess...
posted by Roger Dodger at 8:04 PM on March 22, 2006