Philosophy
Army Ant Frenzy
Whatever ants may lack in size, they more than make up for in terms of numbers and determination, and when you add to the mix hunger or the instinct to feed their young, you might want to get as far away from these voracious little machines as possible.
Look at it this way: if you are afraid of wasps, and wasps are afraid of these ants, the logical rule of transitivity says you should also fear them; trust the logic, or not... and then let me know how it went :)
I don't know how much, if any, was CGI, but that last shot was fucking awesome!
Now, there are ways of fighting them, but you're going to need a hell of a lot of little pie canons:
Hungry for more ant awesomeness?
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Are We A Nation Of Cowards?
Just as we get on a roll of questions about race, Eric Holder, our new Attorney General has made a wonderfully provocative claim -- we are a nation of cowards, "Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial...
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Homophobia And Anti-semitism
During the "ask any question, auto mechanics to quantum mechanics" section of class yesterday, a male student asked why other men were made uncomfortable by his conversing with them from a stall in the men's room. The discussion opened up to explain...
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Four Letter Ethics
As I ready myself to step into the world of the seven second delay, I've been thinking about the ethics of swearing. On the one hand, curse words are just sounds that have been culturally designated as vulgar. To swear in polite conversation is socially...
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Deceased--milton Levine
Milton Levine November 3rd, 1913 to January 16th, 2011 "Milton Levine dies at 97; co-creator of popular ant farm toys" Uncle Milton's Ant Farm was an instant hit in the fad-crazy 1950s. More than 20 million were sold during Levine's lifetime....
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Science And Art--aluminum Ant Colony Castings
There are many examples of the blend of the arts and science: Particle trails from cloud chambers, photography of science scenes and equipment, and recently aluminum castings of ant colonies...such is the work of Walter Tschinkel. "Interview-Walter...
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