But that's me dwelling in self-pity, here we go with news of the 24.
There have been massive weekend excavations, mostly vertically, around the walls and underneath. There are one or two connecting tunnels, but these are straight up and down, no nonsense, let's-see-where-this-one-comes-out ladies.
Today I saw Carlotta poo, though failed to catch it on film. It involved quite a lot of stillness and contemplation on her part, then a subtle brown staining of a little agar block. Very civilised.
The winning name for the final ant with no name (I'd have called her Sin Nombre after my favourite virus - there's poetry in that name) is MonsterDong. There had to be one with a rude name, thanks Rich. Not sure about the spacing and capitalisation, it makes her sound a little like a brand, but nevertheless there she is.
Finally, I managed to catch them at the beginning, middle and end of a tunnel this afternoon.
Dig my pretties!
You may notice that I've done something bad and purloined music from my collection. I will of course remove, distroy and disable on request (and beg on my knees for forgiveness) - but the tracks concerned are from Johnny Flynn's fantastic album A Larum (Fabulist have a post with him singing with Laura Marling - it's lovely), Yann Tiersen's wonderful Amelie soundtrack, and Kyle Gabler's soundtrack to The World of Goo (one of the best game soundtracks I've ever heard), which he is giving away free here. I should also acknowledge the shadows of Liel and Nicole, which is why this sometimes turns green. They like ants.
2 comments:
Loved the vid clip, quite happily watched from beginning to end, which probably means I should think about investing in my own, although I think that the safety element of knowing that they are in CA and not about to breakout and eat me alive might have something to do with my comfort factor watching!!
fascinating!
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