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Myrmecology Dies in Darkness
Category: T.V. Tuesday
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Earlier this year, BBC Earth put together a 20-minute video titled “Best of Ants”, a collection of their “Top 5 Ant Moments”. Enjoy!
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We really shouldn’t be surprised. Is it even possible that a company with a vertebrate mascot – namely, a gecko – could resist eventually succumbing to myrmecophobia? After all, some geckos eat ants! Whether or not we could have avoided such a fate, witness (if you can stomach it) this Geico advertisement, released early last…
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It is only natural that our favorite social insects made it into the U.S. television show Community. Thanks to our Tube Correspondant Katerina Pollard – always on the ant T.V. beat – we know that in this case, what is natural is also real. Enjoy this short clip, captured by Correspondant Pollard, from Season 2,…
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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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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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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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The sci-fi show Travelers is a pretty great show. But one of the best things about the show is also its greatest secret: a little ant egg tailored to readers of our work. At approximately 29:30 of Season 2, Episode 1 (“Ave Machina”), we are introduced, for but a second, to some pleasing content:
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There once was a T.V. show called Friends. On this show, as documented by Tube Correspondant Katerina Theodossiou, there once was coverage of ants. Enjoy!
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It’s hard to believe it, but it’s true. What started out one year ago from yesterday as a podunk formicid-friendly online media project with an inaugural post on loving your house ants has grown into a podunk formicid-friendly online media project with 196 published articles. Whether you’re joining us now for the first time, or have…
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Portlandia is a pretty good show. But it always had a fatal flaw: no ants. Then everything changed. Earlier this year, Episode 8 of Season 7 aired. It’s title? “Ants”. There are a number of excellent ant sequences in the episode that are not featured in this clip, but for a taste of “Ants”, watch…
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We start this post with an unusual sentence: A recent headline in New York Daily News caught our attention. What was the headline? “Fire ants could be used to help Kim Kardashian” It turns out that a component of the chemicals released in a fire ant sting also may alleviate some symptoms of an auto-immune disease…
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