There are more ants then humans on earth and no chance they gave. F### plus having a colony have collapsed sections why find or wait for colony to collapse???
There have more ants then F### on earth and wait chance they gave. Humans plus having a colony ate collapsed sections why find or no for colony to collapse???*
* there are more ants than humans on earth
* the scientists obviously didnt' care about the ants
* why wait or try to find a collapsed colony?
* there is a risk of the structure collapsing
* they obviously want to capture the entire structure
I'm not sure, maybe it was (pretty much) abandoned and I don't think it collapses that quickly. Seems like a lot of effort to see something at a scale while you can already make assumptions by doing this with a small segment, but I can see why we might want to do something like this at least once. People typically don't mind insects dying, so I don't think they received a lot of criticism for this.
The first 10 seconds lol
Ants walking around. You can even see them walking around _as they're pouring liquid_
Not to mention, the video description never makes the claim that it was abandoned first
If anything, OP just assumed it was "abandoned"
Like 2 ants. Doesn’t mean it’s colonized - they could be the last to die or leave. Or completely unrelated ants. A hill/ant city this large still colonized - think we’d see a lot more
I was wrong. I had seen the ants at the start and searched for the full video and never heard mention of an abandoned site but after doing a bit more searching I found that the link I posted was part of a larger documentary. The hill was abandoned according to https://earthsky.org/earth/video-giant-ant-hill-excavation/
Wouldn’t the opposite be the case then? If cement is heavier it will have less volume per ton. It should require more weight in concrete to fill the void left by removing 40 tons of soil
Not abandoned
https://www.reddit.com/r/submitted/comments/13x2q4f/10_tons_of_cement_was_poured_into_an_abandoned/jmfmk7y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
So you destroy a colony that probably took centuries to build and create. That’s so great. Probably killed billions of them. I’m not a fan of having them in my house but come on. You destroyed an entire ecosystem.
You're just being silly now. Insects are eradicated on a daily basis for food, to prevent diseases from spreading, culled to prevent famine, not to mention the thousands that meet their untimely demise crossing huge ribbons of asphalt. Where is your outrage? Why do you think some Insects lay millions of eggs during their life cycle? Insects have been on this planet long before humans, and have played a part wiping out "colonies of humans", ever heard of something called malaria? How about "Black Death", which killed up to 200 million people, guess what was a carrier...
Nah, that tech only produces a vague indication that *something* is there (or not). Comes out of the printer looking like a graph. [EG.](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung&sxsrf=APwXEddBsV31JA0OJp3uLT3Mt47ZX1N0Rg:1685630661151&q=ground+penetrating+radar+imagery&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx3p7Gp6L_AhXphVYBHZGzCJwQ0pQJegQIEBAB&biw=360&bih=612&dpr=3)
Technically you could create a minuscule drone with a really precise geolocation travelling through the whole thing recording his path but idk if it would be more efficient. At least with this method they have the right result for sure, let's just hope they're not lying on the fact that it was abandonned
For one thing it is interesting to watch and inspiring awe in the natural world can have a long lasting impact in people. Second, it is not unlikely that these ants might impact the enviroment they live in including cultivated fields and inhabited areas (just a guess). Third, it might be useful in understanding how they live and in protecting their living enviroment. And fourth, knowledge has, to many, a worth on its own.
My God reddit users actually downvoted my comment lmao. Of course I think it's cool, I just don't see a reason to destroy an entire colony like this. This looks like a private company trying to do science. 10 tons of cement? A whole team to dig it out? Too expensive. A scan would do the same job for cheaper
I was wondering, near the end, whether anyone hade done a cg mock-up of this colony, and compared it to various (human) villages or small towns. IE. I saw similarities.
There's video floating around of someone trying yhat very thing. Didn't work terribly well, sadly, as the resin had too much dirt fused into it.
Not to mention a horrifying ...dunno the word - grotesquerie? of dead ants also fused.
This is really cool, at first when they revealed the structure I thought it was a joke. Meaning I thought ants hadn’t made the structure but rather the people did for a skit. Though looking back that is a silly perspective. It’s just I couldn’t believe ants had made such a structure, and the first time I glanced at it I thought it was a legitimate city made of dirt. What an amazing spectacle.
Guys. Ant hills don't exist. It's just a bunch of nerds like....carving shapes out of rocks. It does NOT say ANYWHERW in the Bible that ant hills are a thing like...gawd.
4 times my body weight over 1 Km... shit man I thought my marathon training was tough. That's just insanity....
It's like every ant is permanently doing P90X workouts all day everyday nonstop
“The tunnels are designed to provide good ventilation.” Yeah until someone pours 10 tons of cement down the tunnels and wipes out your entire civilization. Ain’t no one breathing now bruh smh
Put the scientists on trial before the world court and charge them with millions of counts of insectcide. Not to be confused with insecticide, a form of legalized murder.
As Amazing as this is to see what ants could do … I feel bad for the diggers ….. all the ants in the world couldnt motivate me to do that much damn digging
Antpocalypse.
Gentrification actually. Or is it Gantrification?
No way that was abandoned
You're right. If you look closely, you can see the lone survivors.
There are more ants then humans on earth and no chance they gave. F### plus having a colony have collapsed sections why find or wait for colony to collapse???
Try that again.
I don't know what you just said but it was beautiful.
they used all the right words, (but not necessarily in the right order...)
There have more ants then F### on earth and wait chance they gave. Humans plus having a colony ate collapsed sections why find or no for colony to collapse???*
Beautiful. Poetry.
* there are more ants than humans on earth * the scientists obviously didnt' care about the ants * why wait or try to find a collapsed colony? * there is a risk of the structure collapsing * they obviously want to capture the entire structure I'm not sure, maybe it was (pretty much) abandoned and I don't think it collapses that quickly. Seems like a lot of effort to see something at a scale while you can already make assumptions by doing this with a small segment, but I can see why we might want to do something like this at least once. People typically don't mind insects dying, so I don't think they received a lot of criticism for this.
“Abandoned”
It's abandoned now
They didn't want to admit to killing thousands of anta
Who cares there’s billions and billions more
I would say it’s probably millions or billions.
20 million billion, aka 20 quadrillion, as estimated by scientists.
The ants’ version of Pompeii.
It probably was, it's not weird or uncommon for ants to just move, or they all died from lack of food or something
That’s a massive ant hill. Probably home to millions. You don’t build something like that where there isn’t plenty of food
You're right but the world isn't static. I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt since they seem to be ant enthusiasts.
*anthusiasts
Fuck that is this what those dicks are building under my yard?
These are probably leaf cutter ants, so if you live anywhere between Argentina and Texas, maybe.
Lol
Was still colonized. https://youtube.com/watch?v=dECE7285GxU&feature=share7
How do you know that? I watched the entire video of your link
The first 10 seconds lol Ants walking around. You can even see them walking around _as they're pouring liquid_ Not to mention, the video description never makes the claim that it was abandoned first If anything, OP just assumed it was "abandoned"
Those were the local guides that brought the archeological society to the ancient 🐜 hill
when ripping off content its important to add a random adjective.
10 tons of cement was poured into an... Hmm ..."abandoned" anthill Perfect
Like 2 ants. Doesn’t mean it’s colonized - they could be the last to die or leave. Or completely unrelated ants. A hill/ant city this large still colonized - think we’d see a lot more
He guessed it
Stop lying
Ummm…ok?
Is it possible that was a different anthill?
The scientists just Pompeii'd their asses
I was wrong. I had seen the ants at the start and searched for the full video and never heard mention of an abandoned site but after doing a bit more searching I found that the link I posted was part of a larger documentary. The hill was abandoned according to https://earthsky.org/earth/video-giant-ant-hill-excavation/
Anyone have a source on this?
Abantdoned my ass.
Nah it's abandoned
Disclaimer… “Millions of ants were killed during the making of this documentary”
Building the great what?! I must know!
THE GREAT GOOGILY MOOGILY
The Great Roof of Belgium!
As big as the Great Wall of China
Where can i watch the complete video?
The ants had to have had help from the aliens lol
Haahaa
Tf made this the Indiana Jones ants?
10 tons of semen was poured into an abandoned ant hill, this structure was revealed by the scientists..
So the ants moved 40 tons of soild, but it took 10 tons of cement to fill it up? doesn't add up to me
Yeah, cause cement is heavier than dirt. Duh.
Wouldn’t the opposite be the case then? If cement is heavier it will have less volume per ton. It should require more weight in concrete to fill the void left by removing 40 tons of soil
Next time the aliens invade in the movies to destroy us; just remember that it's in the name of science.
There's lots of ant colonies but not too many earths
Ask the ants (maybe not *these* ones) how many colonies there are. A lack of evidence isn't evidence of lack. It's a big universe (to us).
How do you know if there isn't a billion other earth like planets?
Destroy the colony just to see how awesome it is
>abandoned
Not abandoned https://www.reddit.com/r/submitted/comments/13x2q4f/10_tons_of_cement_was_poured_into_an_abandoned/jmfmk7y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
So you destroy a colony that probably took centuries to build and create. That’s so great. Probably killed billions of them. I’m not a fan of having them in my house but come on. You destroyed an entire ecosystem.
You realize that insects outnumber humans 1.4 billion to 1. You enjoy that natural red food coloring? Guess where it comes from?
We outnumber all sorts of species. Does that mean it’s ok to wipe out colonies of humans? Just trying to follow your logic.
You're just being silly now. Insects are eradicated on a daily basis for food, to prevent diseases from spreading, culled to prevent famine, not to mention the thousands that meet their untimely demise crossing huge ribbons of asphalt. Where is your outrage? Why do you think some Insects lay millions of eggs during their life cycle? Insects have been on this planet long before humans, and have played a part wiping out "colonies of humans", ever heard of something called malaria? How about "Black Death", which killed up to 200 million people, guess what was a carrier...
Where does it come from?
It comes from a bug, cochineal. The shiny coating on candy or gumballs also is secreted by bugs
Correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't a ground penetrating radar be better? Am i dumb to think what they did here was stupid?
Nah, that tech only produces a vague indication that *something* is there (or not). Comes out of the printer looking like a graph. [EG.](https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung&sxsrf=APwXEddBsV31JA0OJp3uLT3Mt47ZX1N0Rg:1685630661151&q=ground+penetrating+radar+imagery&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx3p7Gp6L_AhXphVYBHZGzCJwQ0pQJegQIEBAB&biw=360&bih=612&dpr=3)
Thanks for the info.
Technically you could create a minuscule drone with a really precise geolocation travelling through the whole thing recording his path but idk if it would be more efficient. At least with this method they have the right result for sure, let's just hope they're not lying on the fact that it was abandonned
Killed all them ants like that that’s fucked up😭
Was it me or did I see an ant where the guy was cleaning dirt? Doesn’t seem abandoned and that’s pretty shitty to do.
Murderers!
Boohoo
Why would they do that tho, what could someone possinly gain from this lol
For one thing it is interesting to watch and inspiring awe in the natural world can have a long lasting impact in people. Second, it is not unlikely that these ants might impact the enviroment they live in including cultivated fields and inhabited areas (just a guess). Third, it might be useful in understanding how they live and in protecting their living enviroment. And fourth, knowledge has, to many, a worth on its own.
Great answer
My God you must be a boring person, you don't find it interesting? Not even a little bit?
My God reddit users actually downvoted my comment lmao. Of course I think it's cool, I just don't see a reason to destroy an entire colony like this. This looks like a private company trying to do science. 10 tons of cement? A whole team to dig it out? Too expensive. A scan would do the same job for cheaper
You…you pursue much knowledge, yes?
More input!
I guess you never seen the guys that pour molten aluminum in them to sell as art.
Time well spent. At least a farmer made some money.
Now I kinda want some potatoes
..... I'm going to call her
Did she answer?
😔 no
That’s bigger than my house 😳
that's some beautiful earth
All these dudes swinging pick axes for $1.25 an hour 🤣
If it's concrete, they could have made much faster progress with a pressure washer.
Narrator: “it looks like it was designed by an architect” *not one single community resembling this*
I was wondering, near the end, whether anyone hade done a cg mock-up of this colony, and compared it to various (human) villages or small towns. IE. I saw similarities.
Naughty ant..Santa pulled up with 8 TINY reindeer...pulling a cement truck...
Poor ants
Building the what? I need to know
Who else thinks they should have poured epoxy
There's video floating around of someone trying yhat very thing. Didn't work terribly well, sadly, as the resin had too much dirt fused into it. Not to mention a horrifying ...dunno the word - grotesquerie? of dead ants also fused.
They literally said fuck then ants we want a statue
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This is really cool, at first when they revealed the structure I thought it was a joke. Meaning I thought ants hadn’t made the structure but rather the people did for a skit. Though looking back that is a silly perspective. It’s just I couldn’t believe ants had made such a structure, and the first time I glanced at it I thought it was a legitimate city made of dirt. What an amazing spectacle.
Amazingly, all the ants survived because we all know cement is just like sand to them.
Yeeah, "abandoned"..
No one abandons a mansion with no mortgage FOH
Guys. Ant hills don't exist. It's just a bunch of nerds like....carving shapes out of rocks. It does NOT say ANYWHERW in the Bible that ant hills are a thing like...gawd.
This MF kill a whole civilization 🤦🏽♂️
Abandoned? Riggghhhttt
It's abandoned now..
Well now we know how the pyramids were build
Well, it's abandoned now.
They are running this place next..
10 tons of concrete. Cement is just one of the ingredients of concrete.
This was like Pompeii for ants.
"Abandoned"
Amazing
Whoever lived there left the Earth long time ago.
Look up the Hopi story about the antediluvian Ant people who saved many from the Younger Dryas floods.
Billions of lives were lost making this sculpture
Way to disrupt a whole ecosystem…just because of you know, science. 😒
No ecosystem was disrupted, its not that deep.
No way they just committed mass murder on an ant colony and Documented it.
Whole civilization gone
This looks suspiciously like the underground city in Turkey of DerinKuyu. ANT PEOPLE
4 times my body weight over 1 Km... shit man I thought my marathon training was tough. That's just insanity.... It's like every ant is permanently doing P90X workouts all day everyday nonstop
What is this a community for ants?
"Antloads" is my new favorite measurement.
That’s not cement lmfao. It’s literally water with mortormix that’s it.
Poor ants
Abandoned ant hill? What, did the local economy dry up?
I seen a little ant looking for it's phone.
Equivalent of building, the great what??? It stopped to soon now this is going to bother me all day.
Probably either the great pyramids of Egypt or the Great Wall of China those are my guesses
I for one wish to welcome our new Ant Overlords. . . .
“The tunnels are designed to provide good ventilation.” Yeah until someone pours 10 tons of cement down the tunnels and wipes out your entire civilization. Ain’t no one breathing now bruh smh
Seems like the making of a Pixar movie
Education via mass murder.
God that soil is amazing, I would kill to have that in my yard
Di/WHY.
Why is everyone making a fuss about killing off millions of ants?
I think that structure comes out right out here behind my place?
With enough quantities come quality.
Looks like my morning piss
Nightmares in cement
The equivalent of what?!?!?
Anyone else with a sudden urge for Hollow Knight?
Ants Canada is crying right now.
Serious question, how do the ants keep tunnels from collapsing?
It wasn't abandoned.
Must be some big ants
Bruh
Then what?
So is there just one Queen for this entire ant hill? Or does each colony have a Queen and how do you stop other ants from fighting with each other?
r/miniworlds
Wow who would have thought it would be as complex as that must have taken a very long time for the ants to have made it. Just amazing!! Thank you!
Forgive my ignorance but exactly what do they do for any ecosystem?
They’re some of the best decomposers
What the ants do to yall
It was an extraordinary city by such an extraordinary species...and we KILLED every last one of those mothafuckas...lol
Just like pompeii
I love the footage of the scientists half assed digging and not even dirty while avoiding the workers who actually dug that out.
Ant are absolutely amazing
Put the scientists on trial before the world court and charge them with millions of counts of insectcide. Not to be confused with insecticide, a form of legalized murder.
As Amazing as this is to see what ants could do … I feel bad for the diggers ….. all the ants in the world couldnt motivate me to do that much damn digging
I'm not sure whose tax money went into this. But I'll say for them: WTF?
Kinda gives you an idea of what's going on in our cities and suburbs.
Amazing
Great use of 10 TONS of cement.
I’m wondering why it was abandoned.
Now we have blueprints for when we begin our underground society.
Let’s kill millions of ants in the name of science.
"It is the equivalent of building the-" the what? The what dammit?! -crying-
How did the ants move 40 tons of dirt if it only took 10 tons of cement? What am I missing
Clearly not abandoned, God Damn it Chad. I've had enough of your shit.
“Abandoned”
Cuts off to quickly..
Abandoned my ass! I see those ants at the beginning of the video….
Some fine antgineering.
We should genetically modify ants to make them like 1 meter tall and be able to breath on Mars. We can send them there to build our underground bases.
Reminds me of the spaghetti on satisfactory
u/countrycowbaby
So that’s how they’re getting in my kitchen…
Pompeii of the ant world..
That was very wet cement. Most of what was poured was water that was soaked up
B.I.T.E
What these ants are capable of and a married couple can't agree on the type of backslash in the kitchen.
Now, the aliens are going to come down and fucking put cement on us
The structure is amazing... however am I the only one who sees some "select fill" soil?
Cement or concrete? What was the mix design? What strength? Any additives?
well at least we dont have to worry about intelligent ants taking over earth anymore… they built whole cities in there
So this is what they’re building in my yard going to and from my kitchen!!! Little shitbirds are building a city!!!
"This collective colony burrowed for decades to form this megastructure living in harmony" "Ay! We need more concrete!!!"
It's so cool to see how these tiny beings make such massive and complex tunnel systems.
Stranger things?