RE: [Texascavers] The ant cave

2009-11-16 Thread Louise Power
Just too bad we didn't get to see the whole thing. List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:45:25 -0600 From: gi...@att.net To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] The ant cave I'm not particularly concerned about the precariousness of the

Re: [Texascavers] the ant cave

2009-11-15 Thread Chris Vreeland
I've seen statistics provided by "them" that say pound for pound, humans vs. ants, they outweigh us. As always, what "they" say is subject to further verification, but it's certainly thought provoking if true. That's quite a few ants. On Nov 15, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Mixon Bill wrote: Those a

Re: [Texascavers] The ant cave

2009-11-15 Thread Mark Alman
If they're fire ants, pour away!! I'll help! Mark From: Denise P To: TexasCavers Sent: Sat, November 14, 2009 10:37:50 PM Subject: RE: [Texascavers] The ant cave Too bad they had to kill them all and destroy everything to check it out. Th

Re: [Texascavers] The ant cave

2009-11-15 Thread Gill Edigar
I'm not particularly concerned about the precariousness of the world ant population suffering on account of one interesting science experiment. That thing could be written off as a piece of natural art. There's no shortage of ants. --Ediger On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Denise P wrote: > To

Re: Re: [Texascavers] The ant cave

2009-11-15 Thread tbsamsel
Concrete is cheaper.Nov 15, 2009 12:34:36 AM, wavyca...@gmail.com wrote: I've seen the result of molten aluminum poured into ant colonies as well.  Very cool looking, BUT AT WHAT COST?!-WaV On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Gill Edigar wrote: Here is a giant ant bed that they poure

Re: [Texascavers] The ant cave

2009-11-15 Thread tbsamsel
There's a show on NatGeo TV on ants where they did this to other types of ants, but nothing that large.. geeze.   "Where are those Fahr Aint screens?" TNov 14, 2009 10:16:27 PM, gi...@att.net wrote: Here is a giant ant bed that they poured concrete into and then excavated it. It's truly worth lo

Re: [Texascavers] The ant cave

2009-11-14 Thread Don Cooper
I've seen the result of molten aluminum poured into ant colonies as well. Very cool looking, BUT AT WHAT COST?! -WaV On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Gill Edigar wrote: > Here is a giant ant bed that they poured concrete into and then excavated > it. It's truly worth looking at: > > http:

RE: [Texascavers] The ant cave

2009-11-14 Thread Denise P
Too bad they had to kill them all and destroy everything to check it out. The woes of science. -Denise List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:16:22 -0600 From: gi...@att.net To: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] The ant cave Here is a giant ant