Ant SCIENCE!

ApathyApathy
edited July 18 in For SCIENCE
This is a pretty interesting piece on how ants navigate.

http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060629_ant_pedometers.html

Turns out they count their steps, which is all well and good. What's awesome is that to test this, they made stilts for the ants. ANTS ON STILTS.

Direct link to the image of an ant on stilts.
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  • Drooling IguanaDrooling Iguana
    edited July 2006
    One thing's for certain, there is no stopping them. The ants will soon be here.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited July 2006
    Ants on stilts are just all sorts of awesome.
  • godgod
    edited July 2006
    One day they have stilts, the next they have plasma cannons.
  • HamelinHamelin
    edited July 2006
    And the day after that?
  • Amoeba BoyAmoeba Boy
    edited July 2006
    Plasma stilts.
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited July 2006
    ...thus marking the end of humanity.
  • deku12345deku12345
    edited July 2006
    Woah, ants know how to count? That's pretty sweet.
  • Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
    edited July 2006
    ANTS ON A TRAIN! ANTS ON A MOTHERFUCKING TRAAAIN!!
  • Amoeba BoyAmoeba Boy
    edited July 2006
    What's worse than ants on stilts? Ants on velocity stilts.

    If a swarm of those things came after me, I'd probably willingly get devoured by them just so I could be a part of their awesomeness.
  • ApathyApathy
    edited July 2006
    deku12345 wrote:
    Woah, ants know how to count? That's pretty sweet.

    I was pretty impressed by that too. It's pretty bizarre.

    But then I got completely distracted by the fact that somebody actually sat down and made stilts for ants. And that ants have no trouble walking on stilts.
  • Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
    edited July 2006
    Amoeba Boy wrote:
    What's worse than ants on stilts? Ants on velocity stilts.

    If a swarm of those things came after me, I'd probably willingly get devoured by them just so I could be a part of their awesomeness.

    do you have to be handicapped to use those?
  • Amoeba BoyAmoeba Boy
    edited July 2006
    Nope, but they're rather expensive. They're pretty much pogo shoes.
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited July 2006
    Those just make me think of Moon Shoes.
  • Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
    edited July 2006
    Gentlemen I give you...
    placants8ro.jpg

    [sorry, we didn't have the budget for plasma stilts.]
  • SerephelSerephel
    edited July 2006
    Melted Jhonnycake, you are my hero.
  • godgod
    edited July 2006
    Wow, nothing can compare to waking up and seeing an ant armed with a plasma cannon.
  • Drooling IguanaDrooling Iguana
    edited July 2006
    What about an ant with a jetpack armed with a plasma cannon?

    Jetpacks make everything better.

    Except ninjas. Jetpack ninjas suck even more than regular ninjas.
  • mariomario
    edited July 2006
    That sure was some unwarranted ninja-bashing. Maybe if you were talking about ninja ants it would have made sense within the context of things.
  • godgod
    edited July 2006
    All ninja bashing is warranted, especially ninj-ants.
  • ApathyApathy
    edited July 2006
    Drooling Iguana wrote:
    What about an ant with a jetpack armed with a plasma cannon?

    Jetpacks make everything better.

    Except ninjas. Jetpack ninjas suck even more than regular ninjas.

    They could give the jetpacks to the ants that had their legs trimmed.

    You're right though, ninjas with jetpacks would suck. That is just not what you'd call a tool of stealth. What with the roaring flames and such.
  • Drooling IguanaDrooling Iguana
    edited July 2006
    I know. The Jaquio was an idiot.
  • Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
    edited July 2006
    Ninj-Ants would probably be the perfect killing weapon.

    Maybe we could replace the ant's big rear end with a big rocket booster, I mean they don't really need a sting now that they have a plasma cannon,
  • ApathyApathy
    edited July 2006
    Ants don't have a sting. They bite. And spit acid.
  • Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
    edited July 2006
    antdiagram.jpg

    The red ant I used does. with the addition of a plasma cannon the poison sac and stinger becom mostly useless.
  • General SaltGeneral Salt
    edited July 2006
    Unless you make it a plasma stinger! Red Ants will be deadly!
  • ApathyApathy
    edited July 2006
    Melted Jhonnycake wrote:
    The red ant I used does. with the addition of a plasma cannon the poison sac and stinger becom mostly useless.

    That'll teach me to try and correct people. Stupid ants with their 'multiple breeds'. I'll get them one day. With stamping.
  • Melted JhonnycakeMelted Jhonnycake
    edited July 2006
    They'd go out fighing and burn a whole straight through your foot with their plasma technology.
  • X'o'LoreX'o'Lore
    edited July 2006
    No problem. I'll jest get out my solar-powered death ray (a.k.a. Magnifying Glass) and that will be the end of it. Their nano-plasma tech doesn't stand a chance.
  • General SaltGeneral Salt
    edited July 2006
    Unless you do that at night.
  • beebee
    edited July 2006
    Plasthma Aunts!

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