October 26, 2006

User Topic #3: A-n-t-s

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Killer ants, insect poisons, asphyxiation from bugs.... bah humbug... i want to talk about nature as art. this guy pours molten metal down abandoned harvester ant nests to frankenstein bastard step-children of Alexander Calder and Jelly Fish. i am amazed that nests of ants, without any blue prints or six-legged formans, can build these beautiful, complex, utilitarian structures.... and all my natural instincts can do is drive me (flawlessly) to the nearest bakery selling chocolate croissants. Posted by steveh at October 26, 2006 12:58 PM | TrackBack
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Those wacky myrmecologists!

Posted by: dsplit at October 26, 2006 07:17 PM

Argh!!! that's GREAT. But who IS "this guy"? please inform us at once.

Posted by: Sherman at October 27, 2006 10:58 AM

Walter R. Tschinkel... published in The Journal of Insect Science

Posted by: gb at October 27, 2006 11:10 AM

"Assignment: Use myrmecologist in a poem"

Here we praise Walter R. Tschinkel,
An artistic myrmecologist and gnome.
He has modeled with a twinkle
The Pogonomyrmex barbatus home.
Harvester ants are nasty pests
Who abide in complex nests
Walter smiles, and casts a glance
"Better there than in my pants."

Posted by: N. Thomas (Tom ) Mology at October 27, 2006 03:51 PM

oh, how truly delightful, N. Thomas (Tom) Mology!

Posted by: dsplit at October 27, 2006 09:11 PM

the anonymous poet's noms de plumes are the only thing i know that could possibly rival a disstraktor headline.

Posted by: gb at October 28, 2006 12:11 AM
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