{"id":9704,"date":"2013-05-31T23:17:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T03:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=9704"},"modified":"2013-06-02T03:24:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T07:24:23","slug":"space-ants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minitosu.com\/?p=9704","title":{"rendered":"Space Ants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lightbox[ants1]\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060272_ants_in_the_house.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9705\" alt=\"060272_ants_in_the_house\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060272_ants_in_the_house.jpg?resize=535%2C357\" width=\"535\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060272_ants_in_the_house.jpg?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060272_ants_in_the_house.jpg?resize=128%2C85&amp;ssl=1 128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060272_ants_in_the_house.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"lightbox[ants1]\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060280_first_tunnel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9706\" alt=\"060280_first_tunnel\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060280_first_tunnel.jpg?resize=128%2C85\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060280_first_tunnel.jpg?resize=128%2C85&amp;ssl=1 128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060280_first_tunnel.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060280_first_tunnel.jpg?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox[ants1]\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060302_corner_tunnel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"060302_corner_tunnel\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060302_corner_tunnel.jpg?resize=128%2C85\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox[ants1]\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060357_intricate_tunnels.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"060357_intricate_tunnels\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060357_intricate_tunnels.jpg?resize=85%2C128\" width=\"85\" height=\"128\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"lightbox[ants1]\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060376_heres_looking_at_ant.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"060376_heres_looking_at_ant\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minitosu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/060376_heres_looking_at_ant.jpg?resize=128%2C85\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by our friends next door, we got a space jelly ant farm to study for the next weeks. The blue gel is food, water, and building material all at once and ants can survive in this environment close to their natural life span of a couple of months. The harvester ants we mail ordered are a lively bunch, and set right to work. Within a couple of days, they have built an impressive maze of tunnels already. I have macro video footage of them working in their tunnel, but haven&#8217;t had time to edit yet. Here&#8217;s a preview of the action in still pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by our friends next door, we got a space jelly ant farm to study for the next weeks. The blue gel is food, water, and building material all at once and ants can survive in this environment close to their natural life span of a couple of months. 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