Ants eat many different things as would be expected from a creature that to date has been categorized into over 12,000 species and colonised nearly every landmass on the planet. Yeah, that'll make you hungry, so ants have to eat!
And when ants do eat, it is not necessarily the picnic baskets you might have seen them carrying away in cartoons.
Some things found on the ant menu include small insects like flies and spiders.
Other ant edibles can include dead vertebrate animals, or even their own fellow dead ants or the eggs produced by the egg laying members of the ant colony.
One of the more interesting things that ants eat is what is refered to as 'honeydew'
it is not however the honeydew melon that may be familiar to us humans, but a substance produced by the aphid insect. Part of what makes this so interesting, is that the way in which this is done much like the way in which humans keep cows, goats, chickens for milk or eggs. The ant places the aphids somewhere in which they have something to feed on, the ants then stroke the aphids back, similar to a human milking a cow, when the aphid is stroked it produces the sweet substance known as honeydew which the ant we can only assume takes great pleasure in ingesting. Wow, ants were herding aphids when humans were still chasing wooly mammoths!
Ants eat so many things and because there are so many types of ants, it would be quite a task to make a definitive list of everything that ants eat. If you are curious as to whether or not a certain substance or food is eaten by ants or what a certain species of ant in particular eats, then leave a comment and I will do what I can to help you find out more about the eating habits of ants.
Monday
Ant Facts
There are many interesting facts about ants, it could even be called a fact that this neat little creature, the ant, has held many peoples interest since childhood.
Ants evolved from a creature like the wasp of today some 110 to 130 million years ago. If you look at an ants body structure, you can see how it resembles that of the wasp.
To date there has been more than 12,000 species of ants classified.
Yes, that is quite a wide variety of ants!
Ants are social insects, meaning they live and work with other ants. They are a member of the Family Formicidae along with bees and wasps(as to be expected due to there evolution from early wasps as stated earlier.)
Some of what defines ants as social insects are that they live together with many other ants in what is refered to as an ant colony. In this living together they have developed a division of labor where different ants are tasked with doing different things, like in our own human societies. Some of the roles different ants perform are the gathering of food for the colony, some ants are solely responsible for the reproduction of the ant species, ants live in a wide variety of homes or nest and some types of ants are simply nomadic, moving from place to place. For ants living in nests or mounds, there are worker ants whose job it is to construct and perform the upkeep for the colonies home.
Similar to the food collector ants, there are even ant gardeners!
The leafcutter ant only eats a specific type of fungus that is grown in their nests and there are various members of the leafcutter ant species whose job it is to cut and collect leaves, which are then given to another group of leafcutter ants which chew the leaves, the chewed leaves are then given to another group of leaf cutter ants whose job it is to tend to the fungi gardens and make sure the fungi is receiving the right type of leaves and nutrients it needs to grow. That is what I would call an interesting ant fact!
Ants eat a wide variety of things, not just fungi, as to be expected due to the wide variety in types of ants that exist. More info on Just what do ants eat? can be found here.
Ants may eat a wide variety of foods, but the aardvarks, or anteater is not the only creature that eats ants, there are in fact many different humans that eat many different types of ants.
Ants and their larvae, or eggs, can be found as an ingredient in dishes every from India, Burma, and Thailand, to Mexico and Columbia.
Fire Ants
Flying Ants
Black Ants
Leafcutter Ants
Interesting Ant Fact Numero Uno
Ants evolved from a creature like the wasp of today some 110 to 130 million years ago. If you look at an ants body structure, you can see how it resembles that of the wasp.
Ant Fact Number 2
To date there has been more than 12,000 species of ants classified.
Yes, that is quite a wide variety of ants!
Another Ant Fact
Ants are social insects, meaning they live and work with other ants. They are a member of the Family Formicidae along with bees and wasps(as to be expected due to there evolution from early wasps as stated earlier.)
Ant Fact Four Ant Division of Labor
Some of what defines ants as social insects are that they live together with many other ants in what is refered to as an ant colony. In this living together they have developed a division of labor where different ants are tasked with doing different things, like in our own human societies. Some of the roles different ants perform are the gathering of food for the colony, some ants are solely responsible for the reproduction of the ant species, ants live in a wide variety of homes or nest and some types of ants are simply nomadic, moving from place to place. For ants living in nests or mounds, there are worker ants whose job it is to construct and perform the upkeep for the colonies home.
Similar to the food collector ants, there are even ant gardeners!
The leafcutter ant only eats a specific type of fungus that is grown in their nests and there are various members of the leafcutter ant species whose job it is to cut and collect leaves, which are then given to another group of leafcutter ants which chew the leaves, the chewed leaves are then given to another group of leaf cutter ants whose job it is to tend to the fungi gardens and make sure the fungi is receiving the right type of leaves and nutrients it needs to grow. That is what I would call an interesting ant fact!
Fifth Ant Fact
Ants eat a wide variety of things, not just fungi, as to be expected due to the wide variety in types of ants that exist. More info on Just what do ants eat? can be found here.
Sixth Ant Fact
Ants may eat a wide variety of foods, but the aardvarks, or anteater is not the only creature that eats ants, there are in fact many different humans that eat many different types of ants.
Ants and their larvae, or eggs, can be found as an ingredient in dishes every from India, Burma, and Thailand, to Mexico and Columbia.
Interesting types of Ants
Fire Ants
Flying Ants
Black Ants
Leafcutter Ants
Thursday
A video showing how to dissolve a Quarter
This video shows a process for dissolving a quarter.But if you ask Filemon Trevino, he'd probably rather create a quarter mile long piece of art.
Electrocardiograma Artistico 411 - more pictures! - truly Artistica
Filemon Trevino's feat of artistic ingenuity has already been profiled here, and now I have returned to bring you more photos of this interesting artwork sweeping the zeitgeist, The Artistico 411 ! ! !
In this picture you can see the artist, Trevino, standing next to his lengthy work. If you look behind Trevino at the base of the stairs you can see more plastic
barriers that line this piece of artwork.
This small visible section, however, only hints at the astounding length of the "Electrocardiograma Artistica 411" which spans in total a quarter of mile.
The Electrocardiograma's depiction, as implied by the title Trevino has placed upon the piece, is of the heart and circulatory system. You can see a part of how this has been depicted in the displayed paper at the base of the above photo.
These photos were taken in Monterrey, Mexico.
Maybe in a year and a half or so we will see a piece of even of even greater length, someone whom Mr. Trevino has just now inspired, and who will work
at the reapid pace of Trevino, which actually impacted upon his physical health. Maybe, but something tells me Filemon Trevino will be holding onto
this Guinness World Record for the longest drawing for some time to come.
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Electrocardiograma Artistica 411 Photos
In this picture you can see the artist, Trevino, standing next to his lengthy work. If you look behind Trevino at the base of the stairs you can see more plastic
barriers that line this piece of artwork.
This small visible section, however, only hints at the astounding length of the "Electrocardiograma Artistica 411" which spans in total a quarter of mile.
The Electrocardiograma's depiction, as implied by the title Trevino has placed upon the piece, is of the heart and circulatory system. You can see a part of how this has been depicted in the displayed paper at the base of the above photo.
These photos were taken in Monterrey, Mexico.
Maybe in a year and a half or so we will see a piece of even of even greater length, someone whom Mr. Trevino has just now inspired, and who will work
at the reapid pace of Trevino, which actually impacted upon his physical health. Maybe, but something tells me Filemon Trevino will be holding onto
this Guinness World Record for the longest drawing for some time to come.
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Filemon Trevino, Mexican Artist Displays A Strong Will
Have you ever just gotten the urge to draw something?
So maybe you got a sheet of paper and then began drawing, and then maybe you determined your vision would be better suited to two pieces of paper.
Maybe then you got another sheet to continue the drawing and what the heck maybe another, so now with four sheets of paper
you might think "You know self? I've got a pretty big drawing going here."
But what if you were to continue drawing on more and more sheets of paper? Say these were the standard size 11.5 by 8 inch sheets of paper, and say for some reason you want to make this the longest drawing in the world, as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Well, to do so would require in excess of 1,350 sheets of paper if that was the chosen medium.
Why such a number?
The Mexican Artist Filemon Trevino in 2005 completed what has recently been recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as being the longest drawing in the world.
The work entitled 'Electrocardiograma Artistico 411' required more than 800 pencils to complete.
Trevino's lengthy artistic expression portrays the human heart and circulatory system.
This feat of artistic feet no doubt took considerable heart on the part of Mr. Filemon Trevino who began the drawing in July of 2004
in pursuit of his lifelong quest of setting a world record.
So, in August 2005 after more than a year of intense focus on his chosen task and numerous health problems due to the artist, Trevino's own admission of "Forgetting to drink water"(That's focus) Monterrey, Mexico artist Filemon Trevino completed the work that would satisfy his lifelong quest of getting into the record books.
In this photo - foto, the artist Filemon Trevino can be seen standing with a section of his record breaking piece 'Electrocardiograma Artistico 411' in the background below.
A 50 meter long section of the work can be seen in the Engineering Department of Regiomontana University in Monterrey, Mexico http://www.ur.mx/ where the 411 meter or 1350 feet work was first unveiled in March 2008.
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So maybe you got a sheet of paper and then began drawing, and then maybe you determined your vision would be better suited to two pieces of paper.
Maybe then you got another sheet to continue the drawing and what the heck maybe another, so now with four sheets of paper
you might think "You know self? I've got a pretty big drawing going here."
But what if you were to continue drawing on more and more sheets of paper? Say these were the standard size 11.5 by 8 inch sheets of paper, and say for some reason you want to make this the longest drawing in the world, as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Well, to do so would require in excess of 1,350 sheets of paper if that was the chosen medium.
Why such a number?
The Mexican Artist Filemon Trevino in 2005 completed what has recently been recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as being the longest drawing in the world.
The work entitled 'Electrocardiograma Artistico 411' required more than 800 pencils to complete.
Trevino's lengthy artistic expression portrays the human heart and circulatory system.
This feat of artistic feet no doubt took considerable heart on the part of Mr. Filemon Trevino who began the drawing in July of 2004
in pursuit of his lifelong quest of setting a world record.
So, in August 2005 after more than a year of intense focus on his chosen task and numerous health problems due to the artist, Trevino's own admission of "Forgetting to drink water"(That's focus) Monterrey, Mexico artist Filemon Trevino completed the work that would satisfy his lifelong quest of getting into the record books.
Picture of 'Electrocardiograma Artistico 411'
In this photo - foto, the artist Filemon Trevino can be seen standing with a section of his record breaking piece 'Electrocardiograma Artistico 411' in the background below.
A 50 meter long section of the work can be seen in the Engineering Department of Regiomontana University in Monterrey, Mexico http://www.ur.mx/ where the 411 meter or 1350 feet work was first unveiled in March 2008.
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Friday
Bonnaroo 2008 Lineup! - Bonnaroo 08!
The lineup for Bonnaroo 2008 has been announced and it appears to be another good one.
In the lineup for June 12 - 15 2008 are some great acts including
Iron & Wine
B.B. King
Sigur Ros
Talib Kweli
Rilo Kiley
Robert Randolph's Revival
My Morning Jacket
This year Bonnaroo will again feature comedic acts, among them -
Zach Galifianakis
&
David Cross
Full artist lineup to follow...
Suped up Smart Car
When an extraordinarily light-weight high performance and handling vehicle gets in the hands of the right gear-heads the phrase "souped up," takes on new meaning.
300 horse-power Suzuki gsx-r motorcycle engine? yeah that seems about right!
300 horse-power Suzuki gsx-r motorcycle engine? yeah that seems about right!
Smart Car vs a Ferarri
So the hottest European econo car and a Ferrari pull up to the starting line, what happens?
You said econo car, right?
Sure I guess the Smart Car started its life in the "economy" category,
but I hear they can be fast...
You said econo car, right?
Sure I guess the Smart Car started its life in the "economy" category,
but I hear they can be fast...
Smart Car Performance
With an engine swap, the Smart Car can undergo one of the most drastic performance upgrades of any car on the road.
The trend in Smart Car performance involves replacing the Smart's stock engine with a high
performance motorcycle engine.
This turns the once unique looking Euro city car into a screaming maniac machine.
Something akin to glue a bottle rocket to matchbox car!
It also reminds somewhat the Campagna T-Rex trike because of the shared moto engine trait.
The Smart's four wheels however, give it some pretty wild maneuverability.
The trend in Smart Car performance involves replacing the Smart's stock engine with a high
performance motorcycle engine.
This turns the once unique looking Euro city car into a screaming maniac machine.
Something akin to glue a bottle rocket to matchbox car!
It also reminds somewhat the Campagna T-Rex trike because of the shared moto engine trait.
The Smart's four wheels however, give it some pretty wild maneuverability.
Weedy Sea Dragon of Australia
The Weedy Sea Dragon a.k.a Common Sea Dragon is quite an interesting and lovely looking fish of the ocean.
The "weedy" protrusions serve as camouflage when the Sea Dragon is perusing around underwater in its natural habitat of,
that's right, seaweed!
If the little weedy fella gets the munchies he or she is likely to dine on some nice plankton or tiny crustaceans.
These exquisitely engaging, patterned little creatures use that crustacean and plankton energy to grow a body up to 45 centimeters / almost 18 inches long.
If you'd like to lay your eyes on a Weedy / Common Sea Dragon in the flesh you'll likely have good luck off the beaches and shores of the southern coast
of Australia and the waters around Tasmania.
Or, If you're not the ocean-diving type you can stay dry and view these Australian Sea Dragon wonders at the Melbourne Aquarium in Melbourne, Australia
Outside of Australia the Sea Dragon is on display at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.
The patterns on the body of a Weedy Sea Dragon are quite mesmerizing.
Weedy Sea Dragon
The Bahamas is another place to see some interesting sea life!
The "weedy" protrusions serve as camouflage when the Sea Dragon is perusing around underwater in its natural habitat of,
that's right, seaweed!
If the little weedy fella gets the munchies he or she is likely to dine on some nice plankton or tiny crustaceans.
These exquisitely engaging, patterned little creatures use that crustacean and plankton energy to grow a body up to 45 centimeters / almost 18 inches long.
If you'd like to lay your eyes on a Weedy / Common Sea Dragon in the flesh you'll likely have good luck off the beaches and shores of the southern coast
of Australia and the waters around Tasmania.
Or, If you're not the ocean-diving type you can stay dry and view these Australian Sea Dragon wonders at the Melbourne Aquarium in Melbourne, Australia
Outside of Australia the Sea Dragon is on display at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California.
The patterns on the body of a Weedy Sea Dragon are quite mesmerizing.
Weedy Sea Dragon
Weedy Sea Dragon Video
The Bahamas is another place to see some interesting sea life!
Best Rated Website
The best websites will be analyzed in order to determine the best rated website.
Upon rating websites based on various criteria a group of websites will remain while others fall away like sand through a sieve.
Before determining the single best rated website we will take count of the
best rated websites.
We're not kidding when we say rating a single best website is a tall order,
that being so, rating best website in individual categories may prove to be
a more useful strategy.
Best is by all accounts subjective, so the best websites are
too.
Quantum physics websites as it were, only there when you are looking...
wait, does that make sense?
This internet thing is crazy.
Which brings us to the Hall of Internetty Things! enjoy | enjoi
The best rated website, its out there somewhere, the rating criteria need not matter
as the contending best rated websites fall away,
we
Will
be left
with
the
BEST.
RATED.
WEBSITE...>>>
Upon rating websites based on various criteria a group of websites will remain while others fall away like sand through a sieve.
Before determining the single best rated website we will take count of the
best rated websites.
We're not kidding when we say rating a single best website is a tall order,
that being so, rating best website in individual categories may prove to be
a more useful strategy.
Best is by all accounts subjective, so the best websites are
too.
Quantum physics websites as it were, only there when you are looking...
wait, does that make sense?
This internet thing is crazy.
Which brings us to the Hall of Internetty Things! enjoy | enjoi
The best rated website, its out there somewhere, the rating criteria need not matter
as the contending best rated websites fall away,
we
Will
be left
with
the
BEST.
RATED.
WEBSITE...>>>
Saturday
Smart Car 2008!
Smart Car the snazzy little vehicle seen on the streets of Europe will finally be venturing across the Atlantic. There have been instances of suped up smart cars for sure.I however, predict things are only getting started on that front and once some American car modders get their hands on the Smarts we could be seeing some very interesting little vehicles.
Thursday
Calories in Vodka - Calories in glass of Vodka on the Rocks
The calories in Vodka are due to the fermentation of sugar / grain used in its production. The finished vodka or other alcohol then contains calories and that is essentially all. The higher proof(alcohol content) spirit the more calories it will contain per volume.
In the United States a standard shot glass is 1.5 fl oz.
An average shot glass of vodka will contain 100 calories.
Don't forget that unless drinking your vodka straight or on the rocks, your mixer is likely to contain calories as well.
Cheers!
In the United States a standard shot glass is 1.5 fl oz.
An average shot glass of vodka will contain 100 calories.
Don't forget that unless drinking your vodka straight or on the rocks, your mixer is likely to contain calories as well.
Cheers!
Vodka Glasses
Vodka Glasses some might say can carry a distinction from their drinking brother, the shot glass. This is the case as a simple vodka glass can sometimes be quite the piece to admire.
Well, where did this vodka glass craft originate? For that I suppose one would do well to look at the Russians as the Russian Vodka Glass(see the caps? Respect!) was surely forebear to all the glasses to follow.
Follow they did:
Faberge Vodka Glasses
are an interesting affair!
Of course the classicVodka Martini Glass
and who doesn't love the appearance of a nice crystal vodka glass?
Even vodka makers such as Ciroc took a cue from the Russians in designing their own quite stylish Ciroc vodka glasses for their customers to imbibe their Russian water.
Premium vodka wunderkind Grey Goose no doubt are sure to join in with their own Grey Goose vodka glass sets.
With all those vodka glasses and the accompanied drinking, some people may think - calorie, and wonder just how many calories in a glass of vodka?
Well, where did this vodka glass craft originate? For that I suppose one would do well to look at the Russians as the Russian Vodka Glass(see the caps? Respect!) was surely forebear to all the glasses to follow.
Follow they did:
Faberge Vodka Glasses
are an interesting affair!
Of course the classicVodka Martini Glass
and who doesn't love the appearance of a nice crystal vodka glass?
Even vodka makers such as Ciroc took a cue from the Russians in designing their own quite stylish Ciroc vodka glasses for their customers to imbibe their Russian water.
Premium vodka wunderkind Grey Goose no doubt are sure to join in with their own Grey Goose vodka glass sets.
With all those vodka glasses and the accompanied drinking, some people may think - calorie, and wonder just how many calories in a glass of vodka?
Sunday
Time Travel Books
Books on Time Travel have been popular ever since H.G. Wells penned The Time Machine in 1895. Wells in fact, coined the term, "time machine."
Since then the subject of time travel has been widely explored in many books, primarily science fiction books, as well as movies.
You can also find books on the subject of time travel written in the non-fiction genre.
One such book is Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne.
In it Thorne extrapolates Einstein's work to bring forth the possibilty of time travel and asks "Can an advanced civilization construct wormholes through hyperspace for rapid interstellar travel and machines for traveling backward in time?"
Since then the subject of time travel has been widely explored in many books, primarily science fiction books, as well as movies.
You can also find books on the subject of time travel written in the non-fiction genre.
One such book is Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne.
In it Thorne extrapolates Einstein's work to bring forth the possibilty of time travel and asks "Can an advanced civilization construct wormholes through hyperspace for rapid interstellar travel and machines for traveling backward in time?"
Marijuana: History and uh
Marijuana is originally a slang Mexican term for the plant,
popularized in the 1920's.
Throughout history it has popularly been called 'canabis' or variant there of, you'll find that across many different languges the plant is referred to with the syllables canna- kanna- or something similar used.
Evidence suggests that Cannabis / Marijuana / Pot / Weed / Ganja / Grass has played important role in human life for millenia.Carl Sagan, the popular astronomer known for among other things, his PBS series "Cosmos" was fond of partaking in the Marijuana Smoke.
popularized in the 1920's.
Throughout history it has popularly been called 'canabis' or variant there of, you'll find that across many different languges the plant is referred to with the syllables canna- kanna- or something similar used.
Evidence suggests that Cannabis / Marijuana / Pot / Weed / Ganja / Grass has played important role in human life for millenia.Carl Sagan, the popular astronomer known for among other things, his PBS series "Cosmos" was fond of partaking in the Marijuana Smoke.
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