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Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
Category: Culture
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Many thanks to Worker Correspondant Jason Bates, who sent us this video by the BBC, which could also be called “Until the cows come home”:
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It should come as a surprise to no one – vertebrate or invertebrate – that a song (mostly) about an ant won a 1959 Oscar for Best Original Song. That song, “High Hopes“, is a charming ditty, as you can see and hear in the embedded video, below. The most antspirational lyrics are as follows:…
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Who’s missed us? Let us know in the comments, before or after you’ve watched “Uncle Donald’s Ants”, from 1952.
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If you are reading this sentence, it is more likely than not that you’re aware of our Sunday poetry series, Formicid Form. Yet this series may be a little too mainstream for your tastes, and you may desire something more creative. Is that so? Then check out this step-by-step guide on how to get leaf-cutter…
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It goes without saying that anybody who is anybody enjoys ants with all the human senses. Taste is no exception. Thankfully, the PBS culinary show “I’ll Have What Phil’s Having” appears to wholeheartedly agree! Ants are featured at the 38-minute mark in the very first episode of the show (many thanks to Film Critic Derek…
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Imagine that you are a mango farmer in Thailand. You’re happy with your mango crop, and happily head off to the market to sell your delicious fruit. There, you expect to sell out, but instead find that few passerby are interested in your produce. To add antsult to injury, you look at a nearby stall…
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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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We wish all of our readers a simply thrilling 1st World Ant Day! Myrmecologist Dr. Mike Kaspari, in a flash of inspiration, realized that World Ant Day did not yet exist. Thus, on April 21st, he announced a date for a new holiday: https://twitter.com/MikeKaspari/status/987845284418981888 On July 23rd, Dr. Kaspari proposed a special way to celebrate…
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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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