AntWorks<\/a> for Christmas, and yesterday the ants themselves arrived. Ants are ordered separately – this way the shops can stock AntWorks without worrying that the ants will die before anyone buys them. The ants apparently only live for a few months.\n<\/p>\n\nYesterday evening I introduced them to their new home, and they seem to be happy with it. When I came to see them this morning they had already started digging three tunnels.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe instruction booklet suggested that I poke 4 holes into the surface to get them started, but they were not particularly interested in my hole. One of the holes got a little bit of digging, but then it was abandoned. Instead the ants congregated into two of the corners and started digging straight down. They chop the blue gel into small grains and carry these onto the surface where they leave it in an untidy pile. Some of it they even carry up the walls for some reason.\n<\/p>\n
\nMy ants are also quite interested in the outside world. Or perhaps they have an instinctive desire to climb upwards? In any case they tend to climb up to the top corners and hang around there, as if they found something of interest there, until they drop down. The sheer plastic walls are apparently not so good for climbing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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