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Brewsday Tuesday: Beer Ants Gel Habitat

Last Tuesday, we shared an interview with Brooklyn craft beer brewer Dailey Crafton, and many Tuesdays ago, we highlighted a Singapore bar that serves a special drink with ants. Thus, we have decided to launch an occasional series on the intersection of alcohol and ants, Brewsday Tuesday. Today, we have a special product advertised on Amazon: A gel ant farm habitat in the shape of a glass full of beer.

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If beer and ants are your things, this is a must-have item!

Note: Fraternal Correspondant Joshua Blanchard and Film Correspondant Derek Langston contributed to this story.

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9 responses to “Brewsday Tuesday: Beer Ants Gel Habitat”

  1. BubbieTheYounger Avatar
    BubbieTheYounger

    At the intersection of alcohol and ants stands a crossing guard whose name is Death.

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  2. Derek Langston Avatar
    Derek Langston

    Any evidence that ants consume alcohol? Such as with fermented foods? Has anyone ever studied the effect of alcohol on ant behavior?

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    1. Derek Langston Avatar
      Derek Langston

      Effects possibly being an increased likelihood to participate in Lacrosse, fill out March madness brackets, and participate in generally bro-ish behavior.

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      1. Boshua J'lanchard Avatar
        Boshua J’lanchard

        Derek Langston writes,

        “Has anyone ever studied the effect of alcohol on ant behavior?”

        If the answer is “no,” then I have a follow-up: how do myrmecologists still get funded?

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      2. Derek Langston Avatar
        Derek Langston

        Monsieur J’lanchard brings up an interesting point.

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  3. BubbieTheYounger Avatar
    BubbieTheYounger

    From “the literature”: Ant collectors have a number of choices available for killing,
    preserving, and storing specimens. Immersion in some type
    of alcohol has long been the most commonly used method… J.R. King and S. D. Porter

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    1. Derek Langston Avatar
      Derek Langston

      MeOH versus EtOH? Benjamin?!

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