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Filling ant colonies with plaster. Not just for fun anymore

If you’ve ever wondered where the ants go when they scurry down their holes, check out these plaster casts of ant colonies. Incredible stuff, from the flat, round chambers to the vertical helical shafts connecting them.

(Found on Boing Boing)

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4 Responses to “Filling ant colonies with plaster. Not just for fun anymore”

  1. patrick austin Says:
    May 23rd, 2006 at 12:50 pm

    And, you have to wonder, how many bazillion ants died in a flaming mass to make these casts? :)

  2. J0hnnyB Says:
    May 23rd, 2006 at 1:21 pm

    Yeah, and how many ant carcasses are embedded in the plaster?

  3. Bill Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 1:34 am

    I’ve seen this before, he uses a low-temp melting metal to make the original cast, then makes a plaster copy from that.

    The ant-hills are really quite amazing when you consider that they’re just ants working in the dark.

    quite nifty indeed.

  4. J0hnnyB Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 2:11 pm

    Ah, that makes much more sense. Liquid plaster seemed too thick to be pouring down any ant holes.

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