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'Stay alive' ants are shipped to a new home
43:51 - 47:54 (04:03)
The ants are shipped at a certain temperature, so they stay alive.
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The ethics of buying ant farms as gifts for children was called into question after reports surfaced of ants not adapting well to their new homes and dying.
43:51 - 45:23 (01:32)
Ants
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The ethics of buying ant farms as gifts for children was called into question after reports surfaced of ants not adapting well to their new homes and dying. It raises questions about the morality of keeping ants and insects as pets.
Chapter'Stay alive' ants are shipped to a new home
EpisodeAnts! Part 2!
PodcastStuff You Should Know
Ants follow a systematic pattern in their tunnel building process, and researchers have discovered that they drop recently excavated grain as a pheromone marker to indicate where to tunnel next.
45:23 - 47:54 (02:30)
Ant Tunneling
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Ants follow a systematic pattern in their tunnel building process, and researchers have discovered that they drop recently excavated grain as a pheromone marker to indicate where to tunnel next. Computer models were used to simulate this behavior to better understand the process.