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Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
Category: Art & Media
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We’ve once again fallen rather silent for over two weeks, yet throughout the past month or so, our devoted readership has sent us a steady supply of premier ant content. Below, we present you a list of seven interesting items we almost allowed you to miss!
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Are you interested in the phrase “dangling ant asses”? Of course you are. Thus, you will now use a mere 5 minutes to listen to this fantasstic 2013 podcast about honeypot ants, by Dr. Elizabeth Wason: [Podcast Source: hugabug]
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Paula Poundstone, the host of NPR’s Live from the Poundstone Institute and a regular Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! panelist, included ants in a bit about her asexuality in a 2006 standup special.
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We hear that today is something called “World Emoji Day“. It kind of seems like a soft promotional day for Vertebrate Silicon Valley. But if you must celebrate the holiday, do so with myrmecological style: Read our two contributed pieces on ant emojis, one by philosopher Gretchen Ellefson and another by entomologist Joanie King.
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Our Film Critic Derek Langston shared with us a jarring though realistic anime clip posted to Facebook two years ago, on the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It opens with ants and then… progresses from there. The excerpt is not for the faint of heart, although we believe that it is critical for humans…
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If you must choose car advertising as a career path, please follow the tire tracks of General Motors. The unexpectedly formicid-forward car manufacturer recently produced an excellent advertisement for their 2018 GMC Terrain Denali SUV with voiceover by Will Arnett: “The Strength of an Ant“. Enjoy!
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Last November, then-high school senior Akshay Kulkarni reached out to The Daily Ant to share his love of ants with us. During our email exchange, Akshay referenced his ant adoption website, Antsylvania, and let us know about an invited TEDx talk he did with his brother, Akhil, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Well, now you’re probably wondering, “Where can…
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The Daily Ant maintains “Formicid Form”, a Sunday ant poetry series. When possible, our Verse Correspondant, Natalia Piland, provides a short commentary at the end of each poem. Enjoy! Poem in Haiku Poetry (1968) By J.W. Hackett The ants on this cloth are even carrying off their own casualties.
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A peaceful picture for those of you still awake approaching midnight on this calm Saturday night.
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The time is upon us. Ant-Man and The Wasp debuts early in theaters all around the United States today. This day. Thursday, July 5th, 2018. Prime yourself by watching both trailers for the film, and then do your civic duty. Get out to the box office and put your money where your mandibles are! Let us…
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The Netflix show Queer Eye, a reboot of the popular Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, has been met with generally favorable reviews by critics and viewers alike. Thanks to Tube Correspondant Katerina Theodossiou, we now know the reason why, and it’s found in Season 1, Episode 5 (“Camp Rules“). In this episode, the Fab Five give Bobby…
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Well hello there! We’ve been on a bit of a hiatus, haven’t we? We do apologize for any pain our absence may have caused to our most dedicated readers, and are happy to report that premier ant content once again flows from the pages of The Daily Ant.
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