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Re:What happens when you pour molten aluminium into an anthill? by oceanofsolaris on Sunday February 21, 2016 @08:57AM (#11144503)
This looks rather nice and neatly displays an aspect of ant colonies that is hard to see otherwise. When done for research, I think that this is awesome. Have a look at the concrete pouring of a leafcutter ant colony (which is huge and has a very interesting layout) if you find this interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFg21x2sj-M

But then, having this memorial to an ant colony extinguished by hot molten metal sitting in my room strikes me as a bit macabre. At least intuitively, I don't even feel that sorry for the ant colony (which I think is the relevant organism eradicated here, not the individual ants), but turning its death into a work of art still feels tasteless. But then, I have ants as pets (I can only recommend to do that, it is not too much work but very interesting), so maybe I am overly sentimental here.

Re:What happens when you pour molten aluminium into an anthill? by chei0aiV on Sunday February 21, 2016 @11:28AM (#11145092)
Why is everyone assuming ants were killed in the process? There are plenty of abandoned ant colonies in the world.
Re:What happens when you pour molten aluminium into an anthill? by DrScump on Sunday February 21, 2016 @08:40PM (#11147782)
That particular one (#72) would make a great tabletop Christmas tree emulation.