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Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae /fɔːrˈmɪsᵻdiː/ and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and the distinctive node-like structure that forms their slender waists.
Ants form colonies that range in size from a few dozen predatory individuals living in small natural cavities to highly organised colonies that may occupy large territories and consist of millions of individuals. Larger colonies consist mostly of sterile, wingless females forming castes of "workers", "soldiers", or other specialised groups. Nearly all ant colonies also have some fertile males called "drones" and one or more fertile females called "queens". The colonies are described as superorganisms because the ants appear to operate as a unified entity, collectively working together to support the colony.
Paraponera clavata is a species of ant, commonly known as the bullet ant, named on account of its powerful and potent sting due to its venom. It inhabits humid lowland rainforests from Nicaragua and the extreme east of Honduras south to Paraguay.
Paraponera clavata was first described by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius, who named it Formica clavata in his 1775 publication Systema entomologiae, based on a worker he collected. Fabricius incorrectly listed its type locality as India, although these ants are only found in South America. French zoologist Pierre André Latreille would later transfer the species to the genus Ponera in 1804. In 1858, the genus Paraponera was established by British entomologist Frederick Smith, who designated Paraponera clavata as the type species by monotypy (the condition of a taxonomic group having only a single taxon described). In this publication, Smith would synonymise multiple taxons under Paraponera clavata, including Formica armata, Formica spininoda, Ponera tarsalis and Ponera clavata. Later publications would also synonymise more taxons, including Formica aculeata and Formica clavata. Until 1994, Paraponera clavata was the sole member of the genus Paraponera and the subfamily Paraponerinae, but the extinct Paraponera dieteri from the Miocene was described by Cesare Baroni Urbani.
Mystery meat navigation (also known as MMN) is a disparaging term coined in 1998 by Vincent Flanders, author and designer of the website Web Pages That Suck, to describe a web page where the destination of the link is not visible until the user points their cursor at it. Such interfaces lack a user-centered design, emphasizing aesthetic appearance, white space, and the concealment of relevant information over basic practicality and functionality.
The epithet "mystery meat" refers to the meat products often served in American public school cafeterias whose forms have been so thoroughly reprocessed that their exact types can no longer be identified by their appearances: like them, the methods of MMN are clear to the producer but baffling to the consumer.
Flanders originally and temporarily described the phenomenon as Saturnic navigation in reference to the Saturn Corporation, whose company website epitomized this phenomenon. Flanders writes, "The typical form of MMN is represented by menus composed of unrevealing icons that are replaced with explicative text only when the mouse cursor hovers over them".
The coyote (US /kaɪˈoʊtiː/ or /ˈkaɪ.oʊt/, UK /kɔɪˈjoʊteɪ/, or /kɔɪˈjoʊt/;Canis latrans) is a canid native to North America. It is a smaller, more basal animal than its close relative, the gray wolf, being roughly the North American equivalent to the Old World golden jackal, though it is larger and more predatory in nature. It is listed as "least concern" by the IUCN, on account of its wide distribution and abundance throughout North America, even southwards through Mexico and Central America. It is a highly versatile species, whose range has expanded amidst human environmental modification. This expansion is ongoing, and it may one day reach South America, as shown by the animal's presence beyond the Panama Canal in 2013.As of 2005, 19 subspecies are recognized.
The ancestors of the coyote diverged from those of the gray wolf, 1–2 million years ago, with the modern species arising in North America during the Middle Pleistocene. It is highly flexible in social organization, living either in nuclear families or in loosely knit packs of unrelated individuals. It has a varied diet consisting primarily of animal matter, including ungulates, lagomorphs, rodents, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates, though it may also eat fruit and vegetable matter on occasion. It is a very vocal animal, whose most iconic sound consists of a howl emitted by solitary individuals.Humans aside, cougars and gray wolves are the coyote's only serious enemies. Nevertheless, coyotes have on occasion mated with the latter species, producing hybrids colloquially called "coywolves".
Fire ant is the common name for several species of ants in the genus Solenopsis. They are, however, only a minority in the genus, which includes over 200 species of Solenopsis worldwide. Solenopsis are stinging ants and most of their common names reflect this, for example, ginger ants and tropical fire ants. Many species also are called red ants because of their light brown colour, though species of ants in many other genera are similarly named for similar reasons. Examples include Myrmica rubra and Pogonomyrmex barbatus.
None of these names applies in all countries nor to all species of Solenopsis, nor only to Solenopsis species; for example the colloquial names for several species of weaver ants in the genus Oecophylla in Southeast Asia include "fire ants" because of their red color and painful sting; the two genera, however, are not closely related. Also, Wasmannia auropunctata is commonly called the "little fire ant."
The bodies of mature fire ants, like the bodies of all typical mature insects, are divided into three sections: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen, with three pairs of legs and a pair of antennae. Fire ants of those species invasive in the United States can be distinguished from other ants locally present, by their copper brown head and body with a darker abdomen. The worker ants are blackish to reddish, and their size varies from 2 to 6 mm (0.079 to 0.236 in). In an established nest these different sizes of ants all are present at the same time.
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Plot: All the aspects of the day are covered: Dad dancing, promiscuous bridesmaids, overzealous photographers and that boring uncle that just won't shut up about 'The Villa'. A true feel-good show, Our Kylie's Getting Wed will make you laugh and bring a tear to your eye.
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Plot: After being run over by a truck, both the ant and the aardvark wind up in the hospital with broken legs. However that, along with sharing the room with an aggressive bulldog, doesn't stop the aardvark from continuing to pursue the ant as his dinner.
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Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: John Byner (actor), John Byner (actor), David H. DePatie (producer), Friz Freleng (producer), Harry Love (miscellaneous crew), Doug Goodwin (composer), Arthur Davis (director), Lee Gunther (editor), Dale Hale (writer),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: John Byner (actor), John Byner (actor), John Byner (actor), John Byner (actor), David H. DePatie (producer), Friz Freleng (producer), John W. Dunn (writer), Doug Goodwin (composer), Arthur Davis (director), Lee Gunther (editor), Harry Love (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Seymour Kneitel (director), Jackson Beck (actor), Winston Sharples (composer), Jackson Beck (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Sam Buchwald (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Larz Bourne (writer), Larry Riley (writer), Charles Irving (actor),
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Plot: A collection of brief vignettes. Within the Book of Fairy Tales, we find much-loved stories like these: Sleeping Beauty (chewed out by Prince Charming for sleeping in), Tom Thumb, the Grasshopper and the Ant (the grasshopper can afford to be lazy because he has war bonds), the Boy Who Cried Wolf, Jack and the Beanstalk, the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing ("the fifth columnist of his day"), Aladdin and His Lamp, the Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs (only they're aluminum for the war effort), Old Mother Hubbard (but her cupboard isn't bare; she's a "food hoarder"!), and This Little Piggy. The Boy Who Cried Wolf gets his comeuppance.
Keywords: 1001-nights, ant, arabian-nights, axe, beanstalk, disguise, egg, fairy-tale, grasshopper, hoardingActors: John Boxer (actor), Maire O'Neill (actress), Maire O'Neill (actress), Edmund Willard (actor), Karel Capek (writer), Wendy Toye (actress), Frank Birch (actor), Frank Birch (actor), George Hayes (actor), Leslie French (actor), Leslie French (actor), Stephen Thomas (producer), Nigel Playfair (writer), John Stamp (actor), Pamela Standish (actress),
Genres: ,Please SUBSCRIBE - http://bit.ly/BWchannel Watch More - http://bit.ly/OLstingkill On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote takes on the Bullet Ant Challenge and is STUNG by the most painful insect sting in the world! With much ANTicipation surrounding his climb to the top of the insect sting pain index, the moment has finally arrived for Coyote to experience the sting that is said to feel like “being shot by a gun” and last for over 24 hours. Will the intensity of the Bullet Ant sting match its legendary status? Get ready…you’re about to find out! HUGE THANKS to Brian Kubicki for providing all drone footage, hosting the crew at this location and making the Bullet Ant Adventure possible! To visit his amazing amphibian reserve check out his website for details - http://bit.ly/crfrog...
Please SUBSCRIBE NOW! http://bit.ly/BWchannel Watch More - http://bit.ly/BTfireants On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote gets brutally chomped by a GIANT Leafcutter Ant! Predominately found in South and Central America, the Leafcutter Ant is truly an amazing creature. The complexity of teamwork and organization displayed in their societies is 2nd only to human beings and is an absolute spectacle to witness in person. When observing their behaviors one can clearly see that each ant has a specific task to carry out and whether its transporting leaf clippings back to the nest, attacking invaders or just keeping the other ants in order it is truly remarkable the amount of work they can accomplish in just a single day. What’s also astonishing about these ants is their formidable stre...
My fire ants are planning a great escape! This video shows what I did to circumvent their plans and make them change their minds. Hope you like this video! Visit us at http://www.antscanada.com Hidden video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyl39QlEx-o Thumbnail and photos in this video courtesy of Alex Wild Photography http://www.alexanderwild.com. Want an ant farm? Check out our ant shop. We ship worldwide: http://goo.gl/I4l7Ho Need to buy an ant colony for your ant farm, or do you have ant colonies to sell/give away? Find out more about our GAN Project: http://goo.gl/jzo9Lc A brand new video is uploaded on this channel every Monday at 8AM EST so be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my videos to catch every ant video we release! Each up coming week's episode is announced in our Facebook ...
We see a giant ant hill and capture the biggest ant ever! Ants can bite and it does hurt, especially a giant ant bite! We don't know if this is a bullet ant or velvet ant, but it's definitely the largest ant species! :P Please "like" and subscribe to us :) Previous video: https://youtu.be/oCnifjA27VI?list=PLqY9CbBA1y85y0Q1C8YDWeIvbEIHY035m More videos like this: https://youtu.be/b1YqyODR7BM?list=PLqY9CbBA1y84MaBCf48otKQ8BZaV5z-uQ Facebook: http://facebook.com/JesseAndMike Twitter: http://twitter.com/JesseAndMike Instagram and Vine: @JesseAndMike Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Help us make videos by contributing on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anthillart An incredible metal structure is made by pouring molten aluminum into a fire ant colony. The resulting cast is huge, weighing 17.9 lbs. and reaching a depth of 18 inches. See detailed pictures of the resulting cast on the Anthill Art website at http://www.anthillart.com/castings/043/ If you like my videos, then subscribe to my channel here. I'm also on twitter and instagram. These are the red imported fire ants (RIFA) which are harmful to the environment and their nests are exterminated by the millions in the United States using poisons, gasoline and fire, boiling water, and very rarely molten aluminum. From Wikipedia: "Researchers have also been experimenting with extreme temperature change to extermi...
OMG! I caught a new queen ant! A trap-jaw queen ant. In this video we take a look at our new queen ant, explore her amazing trap-jaws and also take a look at some other cool ant species native to the Philippines. We even capture an epic ant battle! Special thanks to David General for the ant ID help. Visit us at http://www.antscanada.com ▶Check out our new AC Test Tube Portal v2: http://www.antscanada.com/shop/ac-test-tube-portal/ ▶Links to my other YT Channels: Filipino Comedy Channel: http://www.youtube.com/mikeybustosvideos Music: http://www.youtube.com/mikeybustosmusic ▶Please LIKE the AntsCanada Facebook Page & join our new T-Shirt Contest: http://www.facebook.com/antscanada ▶Link to hidden video: https://youtu.be/IBmWFCBmzhs CLOSE CAPTIONING "CC" available for this video. Plea...
Exterminator sees huge ants in kitchen! These huge ants can bite so don't provoke them and make sure you stay away from their ant hill or ant mound! These are very dangerous! :P Please subscribe and "Like"! :) More videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqY9CbBA1y84MaBCf48otKQ8BZaV5z-uQ Facebook: http://facebook.com/JesseAndMike Twitter: http://twitter.com/JesseAndMike Instagram and Vine: @JesseAndMike Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Please SUBSCRIBE - http://bit.ly/BWchannel Watch More - http://bit.ly/BTbulletantsting *Paid Promotion for Sting Kill* http://bit.ly/STINGKILL On this episode of On Location, Coyote tries out an insect sting antidote just after being STUNG by a Bullet Ant! The company Sting Kill reached out to the team just before the Bullet Ant challenge to see if Coyote would be interested in using their maximum strength sting relief product on his Bullet Ant wound in hopes that it might help relieve the searing pain…unfortunately it had never been tested on Bullet Ant venom before but the team said “sure, anything’s worth a try!” Will Sting Kill be like Kryptonite to the Bullet Ant? Get ready to find out! Thank you to Sting Kill for sponsoring this video and providing their sting relief produ...
When I receive my dream species, Yellow Crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) I do the unthinkable: mix 2 unrelated yellow crazy ant colonies together, because they have been known to form massive colonies in the wild. The result was unreal! Visit us at http://www.antscanada.com Hidden Video: https://youtu.be/dGH-Zkc-T6Y List of Ant Equipment Used in this video: Anoplolepis gracilipes 3 queen polygynous colony: •AC Camponotus Hybrid Nest Gear Pack https://goo.gl/uxw1Cv "The Fire Nation" Solenopsis geminata Colony: •AC Solenopsis Hybrid Nest Gear Pack https://goo.gl/l4Hsgb •AC Outworlds https://goo.gl/SccvGn •AC Field & Forest Biome Kit https://goo.gl/2alaoo •AC Desert & Oasis Biome Kit https://goo.gl/0jXxr0 Paratrechina longicornis 3 queen polygynous colony: •AC Pogonomyrmex Hybrid ...
A helpful tutorial on getting started in the Ant Keeping Hobby, this video will cover catching a queen ant, where to buy queen ants, the ant keeping ethics debate, how to legally, safely, and ethically purchase live ant colonies with a queen through the "Uber" for ants (the GAN Project), and also covers things to beware of like the ant black market. Ant keeping is a fun hobby if you do it right and responsibly, and I hope with this video, you too can discover the joys of keeping pet ants! Visit us at http://www.antscanada.com CLOSE CAPTIONING "CC" available for this video. Please feel free to contribute to translating/CCing this video into another language: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c;=UCONd1SNf3_QqjzjCVsURNuA A brand new video is uploaded on this channel every Satu...
Ant-Man
There's an ant crawling up your back in the nighttime
There's an ant crawling up your back in the nighttime
But you think that's okay while you're sleeping
That ant crawls in your head in the nighttime
That ant crawled in your head in the nighttime
But you think that's okay while you're sleeping
Someday, that ant, he will grow up to be President
Someday, that ant, he will grow up to be President
But you think that's okay while you're sleeping
The President calls your name in the nighttime
The President calls your name in the nighttime
But you think that's okay while you're sleeping
The men ransack your house in the nighttime
The men ransack your house in the nighttime