Saturday, September 15, 2012

Hello Animal lovers,

Today's video is all about ants - while I may not have gone on a picnic any time this year, I certainly have had my fair share of ant problems. My apartment building has an infestation every few weeks it seems, and the colony seems to relocate all the time to different places around the main doors. They are fun to watch, and it would be great to know how they think...which is exactly how this scientist must have felt before he decided to attach microchips to a bunch of ants. The experiment focuses on how ants discover new things and then share that information. It's definitely interesting, though I'm not still sure how to use it to prevent them from swarming all over a fallen cookie.

Also HERE ARE SOME GERBIL PICTURES! As I mentioned before, their names are Inara and Echo (Inara is the one that bites) I'm a big fat nerd, so I named them after my favorite Joss Whedon shows, Firefly and Dollhouse respectively. I took the liberty of providing reference pictures so you know which is which, though It doesn't really matter - they don't seem to come when you call their names anyway. Link to Pictures

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Pleasant Watching,
-Khalil
k.ali@gophercentral.com

How Ants Communicate and Learn
TINY Microchips attached to ants reveal how ants communicate new information to their pals.

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Brave Kitten vs BIG Dog
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