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HassanJamal · Dec 13, 2013

Witness the anguish of ants for art

I have mixed feelings bout this, the outcome looks dang cool but at the cost of tiny millions of ants.

AstroZombie · Dec 13, 2013

What a dick

Azuran · Dec 13, 2013

We're calling disgusting things like this art now?

Rich! · Dec 13, 2013

They're fire ants.

I approve, as harsh as that may sound. Saw something similar on a BBC programme a while back.

FluxWaveZ · Dec 13, 2013

That's not very nice, even if it looked good in the end.

sn00zer · Dec 13, 2013

Azuran said:
We're calling disgusting things like this art now?

Dude, fire ants are huge ass holes that will kill you

FourMyle · Dec 13, 2013

Holy fuck that is awesome. I wanna do that

Complistic · Dec 13, 2013

Looked pretty cool.

Lets not get out of hand guys, they're ants. Fire ants, even. Was just an interesting way to exterminate them.

Aylinato · Dec 13, 2013

I felt bad until I saw "fire ants" he can kill those mother fers all he wants.

jerry1594 · Dec 13, 2013

Azuran said:
We're calling disgusting things like this art now?

Lol

BadTaste · Dec 13, 2013

Pretty nuts how much he poured in there, jeeez.

Shadowlink · Dec 13, 2013

Azuran said:
We're calling disgusting things like this art now?

There's a defense force for fire ants now?

The Living Tribunal · Dec 13, 2013

I disabled comments because I'm sick of your bickering. Also, I couldn't get YouTube to stop sending me an email every time someone posted "What if I poured aluminum in your house." for the 100th time.

lol

LaserBuddha · Dec 13, 2013

Azuran said:
We're calling disgusting things like this art now?

God damn you sound oooolllllddddddd.

SlickShoesRUCrazy · Dec 13, 2013

You call that an ant colony? now this, is an ant colony:

Camp Lo · Dec 13, 2013

I can't even lie... that thing looks awesome. Sucks he had to destroy a city of ants to make that.

Schadenfreude · Dec 13, 2013

Fuck ants. Red sons of bitches.

-COOLIO- · Dec 13, 2013

Complistic said:
Looked pretty cool.

Lets not get out of hand guys, they're ants. Fire ants, even. Was just an interesting way to exterminate them.

ya, but at the end of day, pain is pain. i'm guessing they experience some sort of negative feeling, right?

basically, it's not something i would do for fun.

The Driver · Dec 13, 2013

THINK ABOUT THE ANTS!!

Amikami · Dec 13, 2013

The end result is pretty darn surprising and cool, but the act itself is not something I approve of. I know there will be those saying it doesn't matter because their ants but fuck, Its still wrong imo.

I don't tend to fuck with ants unless they are in my house to be clear.

Kwixotik · Dec 13, 2013

That is a really cool sculpture

flamingotripod · Dec 13, 2013

Azuran said:
We're calling disgusting things like this art now?

Do it for the vine

Ricerocket · Dec 13, 2013

Man that is a really compact colony. I thought they would stretch out further than that.

The Lamp · Dec 13, 2013

I wish he did this to something more evil like a wasp nest. Oh man. I would be grinning from ear to ear.

Toxi · Dec 13, 2013

EDIT; LOL, beaten with the giant ant colony.

I do think it's kinda sick killing thousands of animals for art, but at least it's an invasive species.

Gareth Bale · Dec 13, 2013

They're ants... get a grip

Zhengi · Dec 13, 2013

I approve. I hate ants so much. Plus, like others have said, these are fire ants. Even worse.

joe2187 · Dec 13, 2013

Fuck ants.

Aureon · Dec 13, 2013

Fuck fire ants.
Those casts are pretty good.

Reversed · Dec 13, 2013

Very interesting. It's like Pompeii.

-COOLIO- said:
it's not something i would do for fun.

But he did it for fun?

Zomba13 · Dec 13, 2013

Shadowlink said:
There's a defense force for fire ants now?

GAF has a defence force for literally everything.

And I mean literally in the literal sense. There is always at least one person on GAF that will defend something.

Rich! · Dec 13, 2013

The Lamp said:
I wish he did this to something more evil like a wasp nest. Oh man. I would be grinning from ear to ear.

The BBC doc I watched did it with a wasps nest.

At least, I'm sure it was the BBC. It was after they had exterminated the entire colony.

Devolution · Dec 13, 2013

I feel like it would make more sense of the display was the right way up.

FlutterPuffs · Dec 13, 2013

That looks amazing.

Also I have no love for fire ants. Seriously. Fire ants are bastards.

AEGISX · Dec 13, 2013

i disliked

Aylinato · Dec 13, 2013

The Lamp said:
I wish he did this to something more evil like a wasp nest. Oh man. I would be grinning from ear to ear.

Fire ants are as evil as wasps.

Gaz_RB · Dec 13, 2013

WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE ANTS

gastricacid · Dec 13, 2013

They're fire ants and can't even handle a little molten aluminum? Shame on them.

shysaursoft · Dec 13, 2013

Leads to pretty insightful research into the structure and nature of the colony, which in itself leads to other discoveries. The science side of it is pretty cool, it's not just about the "art". Researchers have been doing this for a while now.

Toxi · Dec 13, 2013

Think of it like open season on deer in certain places; yeah, hunting is awful, but we have to control deer populations somehow, and hunters are happy to do that. We're already introducing fire-ant parasitoids that eat them alive, so I think we're beyond the point of caring about morality.

Miktar said:
Leads to pretty insightful research into the structure and nature of the colony, which in itself leads to other discoveries. The science side of it is pretty cool, it's not just about the "art". Researchers have been doing this for a while now.

I'm pretty sure we already have good information on fire ant colonies. They're common as hell, they're well-researched, and we've been doing colony casts for a while.

Shadowlink said:
There's a defense force for fire ants now?

There's a defense force for a child rapist who mutilates slaves. I think fire ants are a step up.

The Living Tribunal · Dec 13, 2013

Ghaleon, you should try this the next time you get a wasp nest.

Black-Wind · Dec 13, 2013

... Was I the only one hoping to see some tiny swam of half metal covered ants try to run out and attack before the metal kills them fully?

Timedog · Dec 13, 2013

It's okay when an exterminator uses some poison or some shit to get rid of insects that probably kills them slowly, but not when someone does it in a way where they die instantly without having any idea of what happened, and they get something cool looking out of it?

antonz · Dec 13, 2013

Fire ants are a serious problem. Best to kill them anyway you can

In the US the FDA estimates that more than US$5 billion is spent annually on medical treatment, damage, and control in RIFA-infested areas. Furthermore, the ants cause approximately $750 million in damage annually to agricultural assets, including veterinarian bills and livestock loss, as well as crop loss.

jerry1594 · Dec 13, 2013

Goddamn people actually having hang ups over killing ants

ok I'll admit sometimes I feel bad over killing a solitary insect, but not a group

. Pretty cool he turned their whole civilization into a trophy. Little fuckers.

Camp Lo · Dec 13, 2013

antonz said:
Fire ants are a serious problem. Best to kill them anyway you can

In that case, I wanna make one of those.

ReturnOfTheRAT · Dec 13, 2013

Incredible. Science and art melding.

kai3345 · Dec 13, 2013

If he was going to exterminate them anyway, might as well make a dope piece of art out of it.

WhiskeyDiver · Dec 13, 2013

They're ants, so I'm glad they're dead. That was pretty cool. Yes I would do that to an ant colony for fun more than once. The bigger the ant colony I get to annihilate, the better.

Chuckie · Dec 13, 2013

Devolution said:
I feel like it would make more sense of the display was the right way up.

This was what I was thinking

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