Link: http://www.wired.com/2007/04/ant_farms/
Ant Farms!
The great ant expert E.O. Wilson still keeps ant farms in his labs. Here is a picture of my friend Ted Schultz’s ant farm at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. It’s engineered for fungus growing ants but you can get a sense of what a real ant terrarium is like.
Ted Schultz’s ant farm,Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
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Ted Schultz’s ant farm,Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
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