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Published: 2012-05-22 10:06:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 13695; Favourites: 1258; Downloads: 198
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Lasius niger digging*EDIT*
Ooohh a DD! Thank you so much!
Thank you all for the suggestion, the feature, the comments, the favourites!
I have read the comments and a lot of them are asking what this photo is all about.
It is a photograph of common UK garden ants, Lasius niger, digging in an ant farm. Rather than sand, the ant farm is filled with a blue gel, which they tunnel in. They can also eat the gel, so it meets all their requirements.
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Huh... at first I thought those ants were frozen in an icicle, just the way I looked at it
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i dont like bugs but this is really neat... kinda makes me wanna get one of these ant farms lol! [link]
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They are fascinating to watch!
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It is! I have added a description in the photo description bit.
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Thought so, I remember when ant farms were popular in elementary school class rooms.
But I've seen class rooms that raise butterflies more than they do with ants.
Both are entertaining to watch.
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Ant farms are making a comeback!
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Yeah, it looks like it.
I've seen a lot of kits and such for raising frogs and chicks too.
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how did you get that shot??? this IS a photo right?? O__o
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Yes I think it's in that special ants house that shops sell.
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Crazy and Amazing!!!
Congrats on the DD Feature!!!
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can someone explain what is going on?
i understand that its ants but are they in water or digging in the ground?
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They are digging into an art farm that is filled with this sort of edible gel. You can order it anywhere I think.
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This is really cool, and it looks interesting too! C:
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That's really cool. I used to have one of those little ant farms. This image is simple, yet perplexing... nice shot.
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the blue creates an amazing feeling. When I saw this, I said "WOW" because it is not only interesting but incredible. Thank you for sharing this!
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Maybe you want to come off to my ouse and put mine with you? Sounds cruel, but they are every where in my kitchen and just don't want to die v.v
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Lol I thought maybe they had become frozen in an ice crystal or something! Nice capture!
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Are these ants in a vivarium? If so it looks like it could be wonderful to have one.
Its a really intresting shot!
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This is so cool o_o I'm definitely showing this to my dad! He loves ants.
My dad has kept an ant farm for as long as I can remember. In the winter time, he'd find logs with ant colonies in them and take them out one at a time and put them in a jar. Once he found the queen, he'd put them back outside to let hibernation continue as normal. When their hibernation season was over, he'd attach them to a custom-made ant farm (usually an "outdoor" terrarium in a fish tank with a tube connecting it to a slab of wood with glass on both sides). They'd come out of their jar and head into the tank, and eventually tunnel into the wood, which was cool because you can see the insides.
They'd be fed assorted bugs from around the house as well as some home-made ant-food-gel. He'd watch them and enjoy them for a few months and then take them back to the woods where he found them and let them go.
Just thought I'd share that 
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I had an ant farm just like dat when I was little
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Awesome photo, although these little buggers are invading my house!! DX
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Ants are truly some under-appreciated animals. They do some much work, despite how small they are. They are such fantastic little things.
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first i tought this was an waterdrop
but then saw the whole photo and this is gel xD
I LOVE THIS
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