290 kg (640 lb) Aluminium Casting of a Meat Ant Nest - Iridomyrmex purpureus - Armidale 2016/10/18

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  • @learnanewful
    @learnanewful 7 років тому +692

    Sinceforth that day was known in the ant community as "The great pouring"

    • @FPS_Bang
      @FPS_Bang 3 роки тому +8

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @8foot11in7
      @8foot11in7 3 роки тому +13

      😂😂😂😂 they are mini humans, their world got flooded with hot lava metal 😂 rip!

    • @turboplayz5577
      @turboplayz5577 3 роки тому +13

      Shame their Noah couldn't build a boat, for this time the flood was one of heat, death and fire.

    • @GreenlenX
      @GreenlenX 3 роки тому +4

      They're all living things 🙄😒

    • @funkychinaman7118
      @funkychinaman7118 3 роки тому +5

      "Henceforth"

  • @brownpaperbag1584
    @brownpaperbag1584 7 років тому +675

    There must be people willing to pay very large amounts of money for these castings given the planning, equipment,materials and labour involved in the process. Very interesting to watch!

    • @Pyxe_ZA
      @Pyxe_ZA 6 років тому +29

      Exactly my train of thought

    • @napalmblast6550
      @napalmblast6550 5 років тому +6

      Yeah why don't People think about that instead

    • @davidferreras195
      @davidferreras195 5 років тому +22

      yeah my immediate thought was why? someone must be paying $$ for this kind of stuff

    • @jacobdavies654
      @jacobdavies654 5 років тому +34

      That or possibly for research purposes

    • @updownstate
      @updownstate 5 років тому +15

      @@davidferreras195 Some cast ants because they're there.

  • @noname-xo5mp
    @noname-xo5mp 4 роки тому +358

    When flipped upside down the nest looks like a futuristic city

  • @Grey_Duck
    @Grey_Duck 6 років тому +512

    "Meat ant."
    That sounds like something I would want nothing to do with.

    • @F2a0bi0an5o
      @F2a0bi0an5o 4 роки тому +3

      Oh god

    • @lolom8772
      @lolom8772 4 роки тому +21

      It’s Probably the ants from Indiana Jones

    • @madcatlover7554
      @madcatlover7554 3 роки тому +18

      They are really unpleasant and swam you if you step on their nest

    • @Grey_Duck
      @Grey_Duck 3 роки тому +8

      @@madcatlover7554 Huh. Remind me to not do that then.

    • @zrebbesh
      @zrebbesh 3 роки тому +52

      @@Grey_Duck The most effective way of dealing with Meat Ants, as with so much other hostile and dangerous wildlife, is living somewhere far from Australia.

  • @edenromanov
    @edenromanov 5 років тому +412

    I see why you guys stopped posting videos....theres literally nothing that can top this, this was your magnum opus 👏👏👏

    • @NickCent11
      @NickCent11 5 років тому +17

      A true masterpiece.

    • @Gonken88
      @Gonken88 3 роки тому +13

      No the ants killed them mate.

  • @exmeasententia5528
    @exmeasententia5528 3 роки тому +13

    THAT SOUND TRACK IS THE MOST OBNOXIOUS NOISE I"VE EVER WITNESSED.

    • @locouk
      @locouk 3 роки тому +1

      I think the word you’re looking for is cacophony.

    • @alanbiancardi2531
      @alanbiancardi2531 5 місяців тому

      Your comment is pretty obnoxious.

  • @yourneighbour5738
    @yourneighbour5738 7 років тому +408

    People eat factory produced meat and ironically worry about ants dying in the comments section.

    • @nyusa78
      @nyusa78 5 років тому +16

      Killing animal for food totally different and killing for fun / art/pleasure is irrational.

    • @minakshimaurya
      @minakshimaurya 5 років тому +1

      I'm vegetarian

    • @minakshimaurya
      @minakshimaurya 5 років тому

      I'm vegetarian...

    • @minakshimaurya
      @minakshimaurya 5 років тому +4

      @Iam Silvie I have it in my garden... But they are part of nature we don't have to do this to them

    • @minakshimaurya
      @minakshimaurya 5 років тому

      @ i'm vegetarian... Thank you for your reply

  • @SukoYote
    @SukoYote 7 років тому +519

    That's just incredible. 1. An ant colony being that large. 2. The amount of aluminum needed to cast that. 3. How deep you had to dig in order to get it all. 4. How long it took to do the whole thing. Just all incredible.

    • @madenabennett
      @madenabennett 7 років тому +10

      If you think that is large check out leaf cutter ants from argentina... several trucks of concrete

    • @hankosanko
      @hankosanko 7 років тому +13

      yeah it took them 3 minutes 29

    • @Blakdulzable
      @Blakdulzable 7 років тому +6

      how many life they kill?

    • @gonefishing9225
      @gonefishing9225 7 років тому +3

      SukoYote yes that was incredible! Make a beautiful art piece and at the same time kill those biting ants.

    • @robert9595
      @robert9595 7 років тому +16

      Irfan Rusdianto that's a very insignificant loss, because the millions of dead ants in this colony were immediately made up for in other colonies about 12 seconds after all them died.

  • @robv6448
    @robv6448 3 роки тому +48

    I suspect this group has done this before, clearly a project like this requires a great deal of obvious planning and probably just as much not so obvious planing. As someone who appreciates planning and a job well done I commend you all...turned out awesome.

  • @superbrownbrown
    @superbrownbrown 5 років тому +80

    Near the end of the description:
    "Meat Ants are Australia's most successful ant."
    Not these Meat Ants.

  • @mikelarrivee5115
    @mikelarrivee5115 5 років тому +200

    Ant lover: clicks video called aluminum casting ant nest
    Also ant lover: gets triggered from watching ants get killed by aluminum

    • @jhaz89
      @jhaz89 5 років тому +26

      More like they just came in to complain

    • @raflidiot
      @raflidiot 3 роки тому +9

      But they're not good ant

    • @mikelarrivee5115
      @mikelarrivee5115 3 роки тому +4

      @@raflidiot very true

    • @turboplayz5577
      @turboplayz5577 3 роки тому +9

      I'm fine with ants but if I see any in my house I'd probably introduce them to liquid aluminium too

    • @michaelvangundy226
      @michaelvangundy226 3 роки тому +17

      After being triggered they go out protesting, burning their own neighborhood. After that they voted Democrat.

  • @robm6510
    @robm6510 6 років тому +453

    If you guys want a real cringe fest ... I can post a video of me washing my hands with antibacterial soap.
    So many lives ...

  • @rebatotem
    @rebatotem 6 років тому +387

    "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."

    • @GySGTGerman
      @GySGTGerman 6 років тому +6

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @PenguinPlayz349
      @PenguinPlayz349 6 років тому +2

      Lol

    • @charlottewalnut3118
      @charlottewalnut3118 5 років тому +2

      rebatotem quote by Ants Canada

    • @faerieSAALE
      @faerieSAALE 5 років тому

      I was thinking the same thing! LOL.

    • @geniumme2502
      @geniumme2502 5 років тому +8

      didnt i see this comment under a number of videos already?

  • @kejarbola5168
    @kejarbola5168 5 років тому +57

    I wonder what the ants think when they saw early preparation ongoing .
    “Oh humans help us through thick and thin.” *pour aluminum*

    • @craigcorson3036
      @craigcorson3036 4 роки тому +3

      Ants? Think? How the heck do you figure those two words belong together?

    • @jesus2621
      @jesus2621 4 роки тому +6

      @@craigcorson3036 just use your imagination dude is not so hard

    • @craigcorson3036
      @craigcorson3036 4 роки тому +3

      @@jesus2621 It's VERY hard to imagine ANTS thinking. They aren't even bright enough to be aware of their own existence. They are biological robots, nothing more. Stimulus-response machines.

    • @konradrojo3572
      @konradrojo3572 4 роки тому +2

      @@craigcorson3036
      They are knee jerk reactions made flesh.

    • @craigcorson3036
      @craigcorson3036 4 роки тому +2

      @@konradrojo3572 A good way to put it.

  • @nohonorifics4362
    @nohonorifics4362 6 років тому +47

    I love these videos so far. Especially turning the ant hills into aluminum.

  • @Nootnoot433
    @Nootnoot433 7 років тому +698

    I really wish you wouldn't put music in these, you can't hear the natural sounds, and the crackle of the molten metal

    • @ruben9912
      @ruben9912 7 років тому +78

      tiny little ant screams maybe

    • @travisss15
      @travisss15 7 років тому +12

      So you want chipmunk sound, yeah real natural.. or did you want a 24+ hour video XD

    • @ruben9912
      @ruben9912 7 років тому +8

      why not both? thats what the pros do: a timelapse interrupted by some realtime closeups with narration.

    • @nathanapplegate5374
      @nathanapplegate5374 7 років тому +1

      It was a terrible rendition of the "Fringe" theme

    • @Elcapitano00001
      @Elcapitano00001 7 років тому +1

      You know humans are fuck up when they treated this as art.

  • @mikeobarr8589
    @mikeobarr8589 7 років тому +673

    Backyard scientist probably went out collecting aluminum scrap minutes after this was posted.

    • @geoffdundee
      @geoffdundee 7 років тому +9

      i heard one went out and ordered 400 cases of coke (cola)and plants to do a molten metal pour with all the empty tins if he is able to get out his seat after drinking it all.

    • @shalormckee2784
      @shalormckee2784 7 років тому +7

      But melting down soda cans is really popular because they're available but they're actually one of the worst kinds of scrap aluminum because they are thin and make a lot of aluminum oxide and slag

    • @adminfaai601
      @adminfaai601 7 років тому

      Creations Evolve from Intelligent Designs

    • @xaviercarrascocooper9645
      @xaviercarrascocooper9645 7 років тому

      Creations Evolve from Intelligent Designs I

    • @nukenvy2
      @nukenvy2 7 років тому +4

      This is a slightly bigger operation than pouring aluminum on one fire ant mound....

  • @myevilplans
    @myevilplans 7 років тому +25

    In the ground it would be good inspiration for a D&D dungeon crawl, flipped over looks like star wars alien city.

  • @angelvalencia6782
    @angelvalencia6782 7 років тому +20

    Love it how well cordinated everyone was and how they had a planed everything and that they were wearing some safety equipment

  • @duckweathermcoc8731
    @duckweathermcoc8731 2 роки тому +2

    No ants were harmed in the making of this film

  • @Yodavid1
    @Yodavid1 7 років тому +384

    for those bothered with the amount of ants killed: think of all the ants they didn't kill

    • @sachin1825
      @sachin1825 6 років тому +9

      Yodavid1 can you be more dumb,,, pleaseeeeeeeeee

    • @smashandburn1
      @smashandburn1 6 років тому +11

      Yodavid1 that's really what disturbs me.

    • @abhis5457
      @abhis5457 6 років тому +1

      Really You need a medical help

    • @danidans475
      @danidans475 6 років тому +1

      This was confusing

    • @crake9510
      @crake9510 6 років тому +2

      r/whoooooooooosh

  • @calebsuhy175
    @calebsuhy175 7 років тому +102

    This is pretty much the equivalent of getting admin raided on Rust

    • @Pyxe_ZA
      @Pyxe_ZA 6 років тому +1

      😂 I know the feeling. Build up your base, then boom, it gets raided

  • @sd906238
    @sd906238 7 років тому +157

    Screw the ants! It is a full time job trying to get rid of the ants in my yard. If you don't keep after them they get into the house.

    • @123TauruZ321
      @123TauruZ321 6 років тому +10

      It seems a very clean and quick way to deal with ants, this method. Aluminium isn't too hard to get. That casting mould and heating source may be harder, but not difficult. A bit of planning and it should be a sure way to get rid of an any colony once and for all.

    • @n.v5969
      @n.v5969 5 років тому

      @classicalisgod what? how is that in any way equatable.

    • @debbieskinner4402
      @debbieskinner4402 3 роки тому +5

      Pour boiling water down their holes. It will go all the way down.

    • @kyntyr5474
      @kyntyr5474 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/users/AntsCanada ants r great change my mind lol

    • @dk6173
      @dk6173 3 роки тому

      Maybe you could make some coin from them using this method.

  • @leonelaventuras1526
    @leonelaventuras1526 6 років тому +1

    Every single ant was successfully harmed in the making of this video.

  • @calthepal312
    @calthepal312 6 років тому +20

    If I use this for the design of a fictional alien city, do I credit you or the ants?

  • @MrTigerlore
    @MrTigerlore 7 років тому +409

    Do you have to put in the music? I want to hear the ants screaming.

    • @ApitAlongapit
      @ApitAlongapit 7 років тому +4

      Tiger H. Lore 👍

    • @meme-sama1901
      @meme-sama1901 7 років тому +4

      ants silence screaming course u suckers ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

    • @JDaTopo
      @JDaTopo 7 років тому +4

      Honey, this nest was dead long before you were

    • @mreno1222
      @mreno1222 7 років тому

      Tiger H. Lore bahahahahaaaaa!!!!

    • @bootyboot934
      @bootyboot934 7 років тому

      “LMFAO” 😂🤪

  • @JutifiedGamma
    @JutifiedGamma 6 років тому +10

    If I were an ant and I heard this music, I'd know the molten metal was coming.

  • @RealRuler2112
    @RealRuler2112 7 років тому +180

    That's one hell of an ant colony! Awesome job getting it to come out intact.

  • @davym1690
    @davym1690 3 роки тому

    came across these by chance and havent stoppedwatching them since mesmerising to watch anyone agree??? best one iv seen yet by far 10/10 lads

  • @58Rev
    @58Rev 3 роки тому +1

    Sorry if I'm late to the party but if these ants are so good for the environment, why did you kill them? Not trolling, I'm honestly curious and there is zero information in the vid.

  • @mrm9858
    @mrm9858 7 років тому +58

    In the end all the hard work is worth it. looks amazing, like a weird forest

  • @enchanted4468
    @enchanted4468 6 років тому +7

    Imagine the Ants trying to run away from the aluminum with this song
    But dang the place where they used to be is like the mushroom forest on subnautica

  • @BrownRicePaddy
    @BrownRicePaddy 7 років тому +347

    I feel like this video will get really popular soon. I just wanna say I was here when this vid had 243 views.

  • @WilliamAndrews0
    @WilliamAndrews0 6 років тому

    People here are acting like these ants had families in a different hive that are waiting for them... ants don't have a complex enough nervous system to feel pain, even if the nest wasn't abandoned, they didn't suffer while dieing. And this didn't even make a dent in the quadrillions of ants living on the planet.

  • @josephlarkin131
    @josephlarkin131 3 роки тому +1

    I'm curious of the money they recouped from all the time and machine welding and skilled men on a job

  • @Lokazana
    @Lokazana 3 роки тому +5

    " I do not want the Emperor’s prize damaged. We will test it... on these ants. "

  • @AltanStray
    @AltanStray 5 років тому +14

    I never knew that casting ant nests was an actual job. This is glorious, I would never do this because I have a phobia of bugs but watching them all suffer is delicious!

  • @bensykes9130
    @bensykes9130 7 років тому +441

    imagine all the ants dying with this music

    • @naumanalvi7266
      @naumanalvi7266 7 років тому +14

      Ben Sykes these guys have no right to burn these ants alive !!!!! 😡

    • @streamofconsciousness2982
      @streamofconsciousness2982 7 років тому +120

      Nauman Alvi They asked the ants to leave politely... the ants denied.

    • @codename9824
      @codename9824 7 років тому +45

      Nauman Alvi if you turn the sound down you can almost hear all their little bodies exploding as the soft tissues vaporize inside the exoskeleton. Sizzle sizzle pop pop!

    • @Enkarashaddam
      @Enkarashaddam 7 років тому +39

      Stream of Consciousness yeah they received their eviction notice 24 hours before. You can't pay the rent just with meat!

    • @lancaster5500
      @lancaster5500 7 років тому +3

      Thats what i thought too! They killed all those "thousands army ants" like seriously?

  • @karthikswaminathan9902
    @karthikswaminathan9902 3 роки тому +2

    No ants were harmed while making this video

  • @justbrowsing4834
    @justbrowsing4834 6 років тому +1

    No ants were harmed in the making of this video

  • @pewkhor1953
    @pewkhor1953 5 років тому +3

    Wow! This thing is massive. No wonder that so much preparation work has gone into in making it. Well done!

  • @almostfm
    @almostfm 3 роки тому +3

    You know it's a serious ant problem when removing the nest involves scaffolding and a backhoe.

  • @terriatca1
    @terriatca1 7 років тому +18

    It looks like a Dr. Seuss forest. Awesome!

  • @Radean1
    @Radean1 6 років тому

    The process is a lot more fascinating than the final product.

  • @lindaclark1406
    @lindaclark1406 2 роки тому

    A lot of work payed off, beautifully. Amazing what this would sell for.

  • @captainkev10
    @captainkev10 5 років тому +6

    "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."

  • @jettheret7800
    @jettheret7800 6 років тому +8

    I have never seen anything like this before... just wandered if those ants were still in there? It was amazing to watch and I love the art form of it all.

    • @TheGoogilly
      @TheGoogilly 2 роки тому +6

      Occupied by a full colony. There's another of this channels videos where they used resin instead of metal. Pretty interesting what was discovered in the cross sections of the pour. You should check it out if you want to see the inside of a bull ant colony.

  • @jamesblunt006
    @jamesblunt006 6 років тому +4

    No aunts were harmed in the making of this video.

    • @jhaz89
      @jhaz89 5 років тому +1

      What about uncles?

  • @TomokosEnterprize
    @TomokosEnterprize 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely amazing ! I have never heard of them before today.

  • @jemir562
    @jemir562 2 роки тому +1

    the ants have spent years building this colony, now its gone

  • @Trainmedic
    @Trainmedic 4 роки тому +3

    Think of all the beer cans that gave their life to make this and how many drunk Australians there were running around!

  • @finlanddoesnotexist92
    @finlanddoesnotexist92 7 років тому +14

    HOW IT FEELS TO CHEW 5 GUM

    • @hadakuhadaku320
      @hadakuhadaku320 7 років тому

      Danny Garcia Haha I love it! Very underrated.

  • @WeirdHieroglyphicSymbol
    @WeirdHieroglyphicSymbol 7 років тому +34

    Why are people getting upset over them pouring molten metal in an ant hill that's most likely empty? Lol.

    • @viletures
      @viletures 7 років тому

      HoCoRydaaH hell yeah😂

    • @Irzani938
      @Irzani938 6 років тому +3

      empty my ass.
      look at the hole clearly u blind ass.

    • @bribri7978
      @bribri7978 6 років тому +1

      You can literally see the ants running around in this video.

    • @davidmarzolino7159
      @davidmarzolino7159 6 років тому +3

      HoCoRydaaH. WHO GIVES A FUCK IF IT'S NOT EMPTY ?

    • @noahgore1030
      @noahgore1030 6 років тому

      BriBri the nest is abandoned.. If it weren't, the ants would be EEEEEVERYWHERE. These are meat ants (Iridomyrmex purpureus) and believe me, they don't take kindly to people poking around their nest.

  • @gnp7187
    @gnp7187 2 роки тому

    This was tops for the ant casting vids genre by far....size wise anyways.....some very cool patterning for sure👍👍

  • @soubhikranjan
    @soubhikranjan 3 роки тому

    Once you start watching these, there's no turning back

  • @str3aks468
    @str3aks468 6 років тому +3

    "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."

  • @mallorys9424
    @mallorys9424 7 років тому +12

    This is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are all awesome, keep up the great work AAA!

  • @daveg1208
    @daveg1208 6 років тому +3

    I guess the sale of the resulting pieces were worth the time, trouble and expense of it all?
    Not knocking what was done, just trying to figure out why all the manpower and expense?

    • @garywhelton9304
      @garywhelton9304 3 роки тому

      Go on ebay and you will be surprised on the prices of small ones , so just emagen the price of one this size .

  • @BlackPantherFTW
    @BlackPantherFTW 3 роки тому +1

    The secret hard-core ending to A Bug's Life is actually pretty messed up dude

  • @jax4868
    @jax4868 6 років тому +2

    I had no idea this was how they researched and know everything they do about how ants live. So cool

  • @juanmiguelcantuba8133
    @juanmiguelcantuba8133 7 років тому +93

    mikey bustos will not like this

    • @NorokVokun
      @NorokVokun 7 років тому +5

      Yeah... also known as Ants Canada if i am correct. pretty awesome and fascinating videos...

    • @bertcox4484
      @bertcox4484 7 років тому +3

      If its for any kind of education about ant's and their industriousness, pretty sure he would be cool with it.

  • @ladylilith06
    @ladylilith06 6 років тому +5

    wow so beautifull, amazing.

  • @silverstone3228
    @silverstone3228 7 років тому +3

    for a second i imagined sonic the hedgehog came to rescue all these ants on this music

  • @Gherks84
    @Gherks84 5 років тому +1

    Ive always wanted to see what a meat ant colony looked like! Not as big as i expected but still pretty cool

  • @seanorjuelz1381
    @seanorjuelz1381 3 роки тому

    UA-cam just showed me this was a thing yesterday . This one is biggest I've seen so amazing

  • @shadowmountainexp
    @shadowmountainexp 4 роки тому +4

    music selection 0/10

    • @emp420
      @emp420 4 роки тому +1

      minus x

  • @ritikchoudhary2733
    @ritikchoudhary2733 7 років тому +9

    1k dislike is from the ant that survive from this 😁😁😁😁

  • @jamesblunt006
    @jamesblunt006 6 років тому +5

    3.7K surviving ants disliked this video

  • @almightyyak675
    @almightyyak675 6 років тому

    All that effort with such little reward. You just showed everyone on youtube that you need a real job.

  • @aspopulvera9130
    @aspopulvera9130 4 роки тому +1

    Different species of ants different colony structure they make

  • @kylemma33
    @kylemma33 7 років тому +7

    Most epic one I've ever seen.

  • @lovejcdc
    @lovejcdc 4 роки тому +3

    That was absolutely amazing to watch and the end result was just incredible. I've been to Australia and I seen thousands of termite mounds. But I never seen anything like that lol just mind blowing. Thank you for posting such an awesome video.

  • @Saki630
    @Saki630 7 років тому +12

    Here in Africa we pour molten lead into meerkat dens to make some amazing art and BBQ.

    • @jamesblunt006
      @jamesblunt006 6 років тому

      This comment is massively underrated :D

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies 7 років тому +1

    I guess the ants aren't doing any important environmental work after being vapourized by molten aluminium.

  • @humphreykirauni8532
    @humphreykirauni8532 4 роки тому

    Now they're colonizing ants. That aluminum sculpture looks like an alien structure.

  • @iLikEbiGc00kiES
    @iLikEbiGc00kiES 7 років тому +27

    man i wish i was an ant

    • @donynam
      @donynam 7 років тому

      Why don't you wish you were infidel, kafir or pagan ? Jihadi is looking for you. -→ I wish I were ant ?!! Vs I wish I were unbeliever.

    • @pinkribbon1007
      @pinkribbon1007 7 років тому

      CookiEs suicidal? pls don't if u are btw don't give up

    • @ziskador
      @ziskador 7 років тому

      i wish i was the aluminium

  • @athanakop7775
    @athanakop7775 7 років тому +4

    Pompei

  • @abimayu3912
    @abimayu3912 7 років тому +4

    Poor Ants. . RIP

  • @whitekasimir3752
    @whitekasimir3752 2 роки тому +1

    One day (independence day?) aliens will arrive over planet earth and they wonder "is that a subway system there in New York, how does is work?" For sure they will flood millions of tons of mealted aluminium over the people. Just because the aliens want to know how it looks down there in the Subway tunnels. We mealted humans will be so thankful to be a part of alien science. Hope they will come soon...

  • @123TauruZ321
    @123TauruZ321 6 років тому

    It seems a very clean and quick way to deal with ants, this method. Aluminium isn't too hard to get. That casting mould and heating source may be harder, but not difficult. A bit of planning and it should be a sure way to get rid of an any colony once and for all.

  • @mayloo2137
    @mayloo2137 3 роки тому

    That is one impressive sculpture. Kudos.

  • @mrsirman2177
    @mrsirman2177 3 роки тому +1

    New ant nest casting on youtube today, this is my favorite so far, nice job team

  • @ChristopherMarchiondo
    @ChristopherMarchiondo 7 років тому

    No ants were harmed in the making of this video.

  • @anb7408
    @anb7408 Рік тому +1

    Holy crap….640 pounds?! That’s got to be the largest casting ever! 😳

  • @hornetscales8274
    @hornetscales8274 3 роки тому

    Not sure if this is what I saw, but I do recall on a trip to Australia seeing a 2 inch wide, 1 inch deep "Ant Highway" running straight-line for about 8 meters between two trees. Mother Nature wrote the original "Time is on my side", and she will take it back eventually. Most interesting place.

  • @kitshion549
    @kitshion549 5 років тому

    *this is not the original poster*
    The original Person who posted this video was *Hornet King*

  • @AM-iv8ku
    @AM-iv8ku 5 років тому +1

    I sit on styrofoam, while wearing a fur coat, while eating endangered species , while playing on an ivory piano, watching this video on my ipad made by an Chinaman who committed suicide from bad working conditions.

  • @lgtvstick368
    @lgtvstick368 3 роки тому +1

    Disclaimer: "No ants were hurt in the making of this video"!.....( All ants were safely evacuated and FEMA relocated them to a new home in the northern regions of the Amazon in Venezuela )

  • @CassieSmart365
    @CassieSmart365 2 роки тому

    This is becoming an art piece at a major show somewhere!

  • @JettyBuilder
    @JettyBuilder 3 роки тому

    No ants were harmed in the making of this.

  • @insAneTunA
    @insAneTunA 5 років тому +1

    I wonder if it has any impact on the ecosystem in the local areas where you take out that large of a population from one species. I am lacking the expertise and knowledge about the local flora and fauna, so I am just wondering. I can imagine that when you take out one species in a local area, that other species that might even be less desirable might have a better chance to survive and might even become a local plague. And ants help to remove organic materials that are very flammable if left out in the open. And when a nest becomes abandoned it will form an easy passage for water to enter the soil. So they might be small, but they do very important work and they form a very important part from the all the species that form the farmers of the land. They are part of a larger system that is at work.
    Together with other species they help to remove and recycle possible flammable materials. And they also help to kill the larvae from species that we consider as less desirable for our crops, like for example grasshoppers. And they help to keep the soil porous and easy to penetrate for water. And they form a source of food, that might have been there for decades, that other species need to survive. Like birds or reptiles or other insects.
    I understand that there are a lot of ants on the planet, but I am talking about the impact on the ecosystems in those local areas. The ants did a job that is very useful for us humans, our cattle and our crops, and the entire local ecosystem. I just hope that all involved keep that in mind.
    Other then that I think just as anyone else that it looks amazingly beautiful.

  • @excigold7711
    @excigold7711 6 років тому

    Wow, ur all dedicated to ur work, if i hav money i will buy 1 with all ur precious art ❤️

  • @shanenewton8560
    @shanenewton8560 2 роки тому

    Finish product of the aluminum pour make for beautiful ornamental viewing, but terrifying as to what is not visible below your feet..I can't even hazard a guess when estimating the number of 🐜 cast in this production considering the size of the area..How many millions of millions still happily going about their
    land occupation..

  • @proteo-x4u
    @proteo-x4u 3 роки тому +2

    Congratulations, it's really a great job! How did you build this big furnace ? is it with ceramic fiber or refractory cement? what is its inner diameter?

  • @godornothingmuzic9038
    @godornothingmuzic9038 6 років тому +1

    Did they recieve a 3 month notice of eviction before taking action

  • @antoniof1463
    @antoniof1463 2 роки тому

    And in one day a million ant voices suddenly went quiet.

  • @surfstarcc1
    @surfstarcc1 6 років тому

    You guys took it to another level with this one!!!!

  • @shakezoan4163
    @shakezoan4163 6 років тому

    From my personal opinion. .
    You guys love creativity by working very hard on destroyed natural habitat. . Well great thumb up..
    Keep going. . All action is being observed. .

  • @mhilynjoy7343
    @mhilynjoy7343 3 роки тому

    Its beautiful, Im just worried if the Ants and hier Colonies are not hurt.

  • @KL-fs1tv
    @KL-fs1tv 3 роки тому

    that was cool. looks like hot work. nice job!