Casting an Aphaenogaster Ant Colony with Molten Aluminum (Cast
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- This is the first cast that I have made of a colony built by this species of ant, which I have identified as belonging to the species Aphaenogaster treatae. I usually prefer to identify ants by their common name for the videos but as far as I can tell there is no common name for this species. At first glance they look similar to other ant types. I had to use a microscope to view the smaller features on the ants and a taxonomic key in order to identify the ant species. Above ground, these ants generally make a single colony entrance which is easy to find early on by the small pile of discarded dirt surrounding the colony. Eventually, rain washes the dirt away and all that remains is the small hole of the colony entrance.
The basic structure of this colony is a single entrance tunnel, leading to several wide chambers stacked closely on top of each other, then a long tunnel leading to a wider pad-like chamber at the deepest point. The cast is fairly small compared to the others that I have done, but is a great illustration of the uniqueness in colony structure that each type of ant creates. Finding new ant species and discovering their colony structure is what really interests me in doing this, and hopefully that comes across to you in the videos that I post.
The finished cast is displayed upside down from its natural orientation and is 6.5" deep and 8" at its widest.
More pictures of this cast at www.anthillart....
Why doesn’t this channel have the most subs on RUclips
@Cola Octoling why you gotta do him like that
Cola Octoling oh my God RELAX
@@Versuffe hey idiot, killing a colony of ants won't do anything, there are billions of ants out there
@Cola Octoling Someone's a bit toxic mate
MTsTic_vision he kills ants for entertainment
Ant1: IM ON FIRE!!!
Ant2: Stop, Drop, and Roll!
*rolls into aluminum*
This ants is on fire...
Got a midnight chuckle from me 😆
beautiful
What
*how*
That looks strangely like a Bonsai tree.
ITS A MUSHROOM
But you still not old enough to buy booze mclovin
What are the replies talking about?
LionCat79Gaming Gameplay Nigga that’s McLovin
Fancy meeting you here fellow quiet Australian 🇦🇺💪
After years of dealing with big ant piles in my yard there's something therapeutic about these videos to me.
Mac I agree with you too bc alot of ants are in my back yard
lol, I just imagine the colony from A Bug's Life screaming in agony everytime he makes one of these videos.
it would help the scene if there was maniacal laughter in the background
Holy crap someone please edit scenes from the movie in 😂
Ga bh if you read his comment he says he "imagines"
Love kingdom hearts!
Key_Of_Destiny47 ahhhhhhh help my eggs and baby's ahhhhhh
And the comment section has now become a PETA convention
I dont see no such comments
Bring out the molten aluminium lads!
Mary Grace Keck I look at it this way. First I get to enjoy the video, then I get to enjoy the crybabies in the comments. 😁
so are these, like... full of ant corpses? cuz that's pretty fucking metal.
Haha, get it? cause it's aluminum, and that's a metal...Ok, lame pun is lame.
i find that actually quite scary, i have a mix of myrmecophobia and general hate toward ants, and seeing this stuff scares me as i have a peculiar ability into fitting in someone else's shoes, and honestly, i'd never be able to do what this man does for us.
They aren't full of ant corpses, if there were ants there, they would instantly boil and leave behind only chemicals they are made from.
A Horse that's even more metal holy shit
Colleen Millett There's nothing left of the ants after the casting, they just get incinerated and vaporised by the molten aluminium and exit as steam.
I love the sound the microphone picks up when your shoveling and scraping around the anthill
Me too
You do know how you can get the same sound, but in real life, don't you? Just go dig around in the dirt with a shovel and you can hear that sound anytime you want.
Title:" Ant *colony* "
Britain: yippitie yoppitie, this video's now's my propety
Lol
I think that you will find that it's you yanks that are big on colonialism these days.
Btw, wtf does yippitie yoppitie mean?
@@steveread864 it was a meme back then lmao
i don't even remember writing this comment calm down
People....people. Calm down. You might be defending ants lives, but ants are never going extinct. Never. So just watch....the video
ShadowGalaxyCat
Humans aren't going extinct anytime soon so killing thousands of them for no reason is okay?
This contradicts my beliefs because I kinda do believe killing thousands is okay in case of overpopulation as long as I'm not dying because I'm selfish as fuck. 👌
Antie Cuteness i know this is three months old, but human are expected to be extinct in a couple thousand years.
Antie Cuteness there are more ants than there will ever be humans in this world.You can go get rid of 100 ants piles full of ants and ants would still exist
@@AntiCuteness
You're literally me, I swear.
@@dontfall2476 ew wtf did I come back to
I've watched a ton of these casting videos, not because I find it interesting or care about learning about ants, but because it's satisfying to know that they're all dead. I can hear their little screams. It's beautiful music.
U got it one day i was doing gymnastics in gras and like 12 or 11 big fire antes bit me in the back and i was like crying and i had to go to the nurse and so i kill ants i like killing ants
lol but form th eother not dark side of my heart ants dont deserve o die
Hells yea...i agree :-)
Crazy ass bitch
:(
I just imagine the ants away from home coming back and being like wtf, were is my house
The end result kinda reminded me of a Bonzai tree
Me tooo
Don't blame ya, kind of does
it's as if a million voices cried out and now we're silenced.
Were*
Something terrible has happened.
Where have I heard that before??
No Scoper probably star wars
Molten aluminium is da new death star
kids in aluminum could have eaten that africa
lmao,xD
OK Did You Intentionally Said That? xD
it would be awesome if he did this with a clear liquid, so you could still see the ants in the sculpture.
Amber maybe?
Gigan Auto amber moves too slow.
Bob Berendsen It's like a mini ant nuclear explosion! They get vaporized before they even feel it!
also amber is tree sap that is prehistoric so ya amber is a no go
Bob Berendsen maybe with hot clear silicone?
I almost feel bad for the ants
Almost
well ants in domestic areas are no help. and can cause LOTS of property damage, and they CAN kill you. they will destroy your lawn. and they can get indoors too
they like your food.
leftover,pizza? leave it five minutes while still hot. and when your hungry, suprise! you lost your kitchen and good pizza to ants.
ya but would you like someone pouring a huge thing of molten iron into your home, us humans are worse than ants we cause global warming pollution and literally cause entire species to go extinct
+RDproductions
well some ants ruin lives. break down homes, cost thousands of dolars.
remember the king of the hill episode where bobby was nearly killed by ants?
that happens.
+RDproductions you can't compare Ants to humans like that and plus if I was an insect doing shit like that I would want someone to do an experiment with my life
Dilon McNeil but with there simple brain all they know is to survive but us with our complex brains cant even spare the life of an insect just trying to survive for our own fun! and dont get me wrong im not a vegan shit cause love my beef but at least we kill cows for a reason other than fun
This will never not be cool
gsonic55 You will never not be a buzzkill.
Edit - gsonic55 removed the comment i was responding too.
Calm down fellas, it's a double negative not a buzzkill. It will "never not be cool" .., i read it as an insult at first too. Thanks man!
AnthillArt Ah. Didn't see the not for some reason. Why not just say, "This will always be cool"? Less confusing.
gsonic55 I did the same thing! I think a few others did too.
AnthillArt I didn't read it wrong, I was responding to another youtuber who had commented.
Your videos are awesome. Keep them up. =D
am i the only one who loves the sound while he's digging up the ants colony?
*Any Ant colony Exist *
Molten Aluminium: Ahhh shit, here we go again
These should be availible to buy, the rarer the ant the higher the price
you can buy them on their website
I highly disagree, as he should be going mainly after fire ants, because they are wrecking the area. Maybe Termites too, that would be interesting.
A good ant is a dead ant! I'm highly allergic to them.
Luke Han I wonder what would happen if someone planted explosives under the ground in several ant colonies in a specified area (mole holes aswell) and blow em up and see the work theyve done. The miles would probably;y look like some ww1 battle.
Dangerfox 123 You have any idea how much damage that would make and how much money it would take?
Ant man: **triggered**
Something about killing thousands of ants with flaming hot molten metal is extremely satisfying to watch.
Gwen Edgett I think they were fire ants. Dangerous for the environment
They are dangerous that's why
Sad but true.
BidiBit how would you know?
maxog1 yeah they're pests
These are so beautiful. This one in particular looks like a bonsai. Have you gone over the world for different types of ants? This could help learn about their various living systems.
it looks like a bonsai tree
I know right?
That's why I like this one in piticular.
This is so cool. Can it be done with yellow jackets? Hate those little bastards.
I haven't found a yellow jacket nest since I started this but I've been wanting to try it. Yellow jackets don't dig their nests themselves, they just occupy holes from other organisms. So it probably won't be that interesting.
AnthillArt Huh. That does explain why they would invade the frame of my family's trampoline every summer.
+tigereye504 smokem out
a
Michele Reynolds now that would be one hell of a video
I laugh at the people defending these insects. These are the same mother fuckers that walk up in your home unannounced because you have something they want. FOOD. You all are asking me to give 2 fucks about something that will never go endangered and has never benefited society in anyway.
I would buy these just to contribute to these soothing videos.
To be fair ants do clean up dead animals, but at the same time its not like doing this will result in the ants dying out, they'll live on as a species.
Ants are an enormous and integral part of the majority of ecosystems on the planet; they aerate the soil, break-down decomposing matter, and some ants even pollinate; just because you fail to notice or care does not deem it insignificant on a global scale.
However, you are correct that ants are not in danger of becoming extinct, because there are over 10 quadrillion ants on the planet at any given time; they've been around since the dinosaurs, have survived ice-ages, mass-extinctions, and many other catastrophes over the course of one-hundred-million years which we can't even fathom. Ants will outlive humans, regardless of how many colonies have molten metal poured into them.
Whether or not it is cruel to do so is another discussion.
The Timesmyth It's hard to argue cruelty when ants cannot think, feel, or even experience pain. They are barely more complex than bacteria (they form "colonies" too). These simple-minded people just empathize with ants because of all the animated movies that have recently featured them in a positive, plaintive light (Ant Bully, Antz, A Bug's Life, to name a few).
7Spronge Who shat your cereal?
Hundreds of people got beheaded in the name of ISIS under Islam? Eh? Fuck that? Not important, who cares. A Colony of tiny Fire-ants drowning in Molten Aluminum? WHAT THE FUCK? WE HAVE TO SAVE THOSE ANTS. PRONTO!
I imagine a ant coming to his house and seeing a big hole
"Oh come on! I just payed my rent!"
Faded song on😂
And now Ant Man wants to know your location.
The sense of relief when he pulls the entire thing out at once.
where were the ants ?
There in a better place
They're frozen .
+Curry gaming 917 you mean hell
The Colony got Abndoned
Heaven
After reading some of these comments I have found ALOT of people who are bitching about him killing ants like the ants are their children, to all of you people that are like that I tell you one thing: Shut the fuck up. Usually, I'd say everyones entitled to their own oppionions but THIS is ridiculous, I dunno if you guys REALLY think a few ant lives are WAY more important than some of the crazy shit that goes down in the human world or you guys are just trying to be funny but you need to stop. Get off of your high horses and stop trying to be the Mighty Protector of Ants, You're acting like he's Hitler 2.0! Ants are pests anyway! Who's going to miss em? And if you do miss those dead ants, NEWS FLASH!!! There are probably Zillions more around! And to the AnthillArt guy, ignore these idiots and keep on keeping on! Stay classy!
his mothed is even painless compared to what others do to destroy these things that seem to have come out from the engineer department of hell.
Maybe we should focus on world hunger before the ants
Washan Clayton i think ants have a reason and purpose to be there,, nature do not function randomly
Washan Clayton
***** exactly. If mosquitoes were to go totally extinct right now, everything would continute to function normally, except the few insects/animals that eat only mosquitoes that very few people acknowlage. The animals that eat mosquitoes also eat other things. Nature does make random things that are hust there to be serious annoyances (what do mosquitoes do? Spread dieseases like Malaria and west nile virus, and also suck blood from our body)
And the people that suddenly care for ants are just attention seeking. Its really annoying
I dare you to get a cast of a Siafu colony. Go big dude.
Altrunchen
Messor
i bet you those ants were screaming "OH MY GOD I'M BURNING ALIVE!!!" as they were all trying to escape lol
ants cant even speak english
This is disgusting. I understand why he casts Solenopsis invicta, and Camponotus, but Aphaenogaster is one of the most ecologically friendly ant, and does not invade your own house.
The only reason this is good is that you can get a nice example of their nest structure.
Awww waahhh somebody call this guy a wambulance and get him some cheese to put on his wamburger and ketchep for his frenchcries.
I never said anything was wrong with it, I just said this species was not a thread as the red imported fire ant and carpenter ant colonies he has casted.
I actually agree
It's probably abandon
I no longer agree with what I said 5 years ago so I am editing this comment
Godspeed Productions alligators? Come to Florida, there are plenty.
Nick Ierulli haha, yea I bet there are 50 million alligators roaming miami, I'm just saying that people have f*cked up the Earth, ok alligators congrats, what about rhinos? It's not how many it's how fast they are losing population
I know right.
Leana-Paulette Luna mhm
So true
Does anybody else think it looks likes bonsai tree?
I do
no. it looks like a mercury termites nest
+jeremy western what is a Mercury termites nest
+ Carter Few its a nest, for termites... made from mercury... pay more attention in future
+jeremy western 😂😂😂 fuck off ya troll 😂😂
0:24 listen closely you can hear an ant begging for help
I don't see why people complain about the possibility of Ants dying.
@adamo salvas Exactly. Imagine if you were one of the ants.
When there are literally trillions if ants in the world, killing like 50-100 wouldn't affect shit. Plus he said he's killing an invasive species of ants anyways.
Went here to see ants run and die. But nothing happened. -_-
lol oh jesus
They dissolve into the atmosphere. Maybe get some of those soul seekers that the predator uses. Maybe you might see a glimse
that's what I wanted to see I thought it was going to be really hot water *^*
Luis Rascon Edgy.
The real question is how are the ants building these
Digging
its funny because were like aww man thats so cool, and a bunch of ants are like wtf man
I hear all the ants screaming for mercy
No longer...
Keep doing what your doing dude! It's awesome and I love watching how they turn out. Don't let anyone try and keep you from doing this! (Which you probably don't) But it's so awesome. It's art and science in one and that's pretty cool in my opinion. Keep on keepin on :)
Read the damn description, ant activists
Flick from Bug's life would NOT be happy about this
Baby ant:mommy when will I Die mom... Mom ant:ifufxigxgocoy
F
*queen ant. C:
It is fascinating how different each species of ants builds their nests!
They should pour liquid gold instead! Would be amazing
Totally worth the bankruptcy.
Yeah but it would bend when you tried to get it out of the ground... sadly.
Clarksons would be very heavy
Aaah yes everyone’s favorite cheap metal !!!! gOLd!! So cHeAp mUcH goOd
Clarksons
Do you know how rediculously expensive that would be?
I find these really satisfying to watch...
R.I.P all ants that was there
That were there. Your grammar sucks
no ants were in there
in the description it said the anthill was empty
It didn't say it was empty.
Ottosvideo haha me too
yo ant squad hangin out at the ant bar when this happens
Next up.....Gopher hole art.
Probably not.
And good job at liking your own comment.
Stop the CPSC
Thank you, but I didn't hit like on my own comment. See I just hit it and made it a 2. Good job on getting your facts wrong. :)
Leo Iezzi damn XD
Anyone answer me? i would like to know if those aluminium things can be sold, and if they can be sold...how expensive they are? because it looks really interesting!
I feel sorry for those ants,though...
All around u is aluminium just us a magnet search for a light unmagnetig easy formable metal it should be aluminium or go to a wast place ( dont know this wor in english) their should help u and sell this stuff but u need some stuff too melt it
Drukranos How much does it cost?
Uhhhh around 50 bucks maybe?
Can be bought on their website, I think.
Ok thanks!
Ooo pretty it looks like a mushroom or two
This is actually pretty cool...but, I feel so bad for the ants....
you shouldn't,they're mindlessly selfish and evil.
look look when was the last time u ate a mcdonalds
Harris Yasir probably never. i mean, wh o eats an entire fast food with the whole chairs, kitchen and stuff? godzilla?
Ants don't have pain receptors, they feel nothing except themselves getting a tad warmer that usual
Ants are pricks, nuff said.
HOW THE RHUBARB DID HE GET ALL OF THEM TERMITES OUT OF THAT MOUND BEFORE HE POURED THE MERCURY IN????
Wtf are you on about m8
Such troll much stupid question
it,s ants stupid and it's aluminium
One, ants, and two, he didn't.
+Livin' The Pet Life he didnt what?
where are all people justifyng his acts with the fact he kills invasive ants?
Justin Time those are local ants.. just saying
pierrebe4492 their lifes don't matter ❤
Cat Quimy Pony same for yours
avocado indeed, i got easily triggered when it's about ants :)
who cares about ants
Plot twist - the queen ant heard that someone was going to pour liquid metal in the anthill and she issued an evacuation order!
It's cook-ups like this that gets Bear Grills appetite work up. Mmmm
Rip insect
any one feel bad for the ants?
Yeah I do man ... No joke
Me
They dont feel pain anyways, also theyre destroying enviroment
+Nur son Troll some types of ants can put other insects in danger...making the world less insect:less animals:less survival:less people
Only extreme liberals care about ants. If anything should be eradicated it should be libtards. They will be the death of us all.
It look like the trees in africa
Abbie Wallace More like the trees in ANTarctica ;)
Ha-ha
Attention PETA! No ants were injured in the filming of this video.
- They were all vaporized instantly!
The 2.6k dislikes on this video are from relatives of the ants who died in this vid.
African children could have eaten those ants
1:26
I laughed at that for some reason 😂😂I think everything is funny.
No ants were harmed in the making of this video.
Ant 1: hey y is it so hot
Ant 2: idk prob just the fireplace
Ant 3: nah it’s a bit hotter than that right guys, wait gu-
Hi pika bro
Hello
The sound of the shovel scrapping is so satisfying
No ants were harmed in this video.
It's almost like indiana jones temple of doom when water begins flood the entire place before they head on to the bridge, lol.
I find the digging parts satisfying for some reason
The Great Chicago Fire- ANT EDITION
I'm like "Poor ants!" but when i see one.. "AHHHH A ANT KILL IT KILL IT!
At the start is sounded like someone was going super Saiyan
*No Ants Were Harmed During the Process*
Im imagining ants pooring molten alluminum down ppls chimneys lol
an ant bit me as i watched this video.
I love the smell of roasting ants in the morning 😌
I'll never complain about
a cricket again.
U: omg shes cool
Ants: fireeeeeeeeeeee fireeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
You get an , "F". for quality, but an , "A" for effort.
Turning the ants into cyborgs lol
Ant: Hey who turned up the heat. Other Ant: Yea I know hopefully it’ll get cooler. next few minutes. Ant: Oh god who dose this cough to us ant’s. Ant dead.☠️
1:35 Ants chatting in the lowest level " Think of how safe we are in here "
"There is 5 stores connected with the tunnels, our fine guard ants, nothing can threat us" " actually this branch we are is even lower, like cellar of the lowest level"
" Well there is one thing "
"yea human machines or one of them going cracy but think of what are the odds to that?"
I'm subscribed to a channel almost entirely based off antkeeping and insects, yet I also watch these videos. Is this betrayal?
* DIRT DIGGING ASMR *
Some ants roaming on my screen during video playing
Now this is what I call a bugs life.
That cast looks like a bonsai tree
Aluminium Bonsai.
This man is single handedly helping us make ants extinct one cast at a time. Thank you
Idk if he can do it alone D:
Bro it may be a treat to watch but its wrong to give even an insect a death like this
Thats what ants get for eating my noodles!!
None of the ants were harm in the making of this video
Aren't you afraid that you will wake up with ants pouring molten aluminum into your home? ;]
I bet the design is beautiful
No, because I'm not an idiot.
The ants would probably burn in the aluminum before its even poured
I see people are still crying over ants. There are so many ants, so how about if one day you wake up to ants all around you and also in your home. You know maybe fire ants? Just saying, "Don't cry over spilled aluminum on ant hills"
Because this guy was serious and wasnt joking
The next thing you will realized is that they are building empire inside your house.
I just stumbled this and it is way more satisfying than it should be
A suggestion:
Re: the sleeve that's positioned over the hole, surrounded by sand..
How would it work with a length of cast iron pipe....maybe 4" diameter by 6" high?
Heat the pipe with a blowtorch...drop it over the hole...pour in molten aluminum...
The weight of the metal in the cast iron column would drive the melt farther down into the nest...
The heated cast iron would keep the melt from cooling...
If that works, trying a larger pipe...
He must drink a lot of soda and beer.