Syracuse.com - Video: Fire-ant colony + molten aluminum = incredible art

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Watch the video. You will be stunned with the result.

The following story was written by Todd Masson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. Very interesting.

Fire ants are pretty cool creatures -- I mean, aside from the fact they crawl all up your leg and give no warning of their presence until the team leader sends out the signal to rain down simultaneous, Sodom and Gomorrah-style fire and brimstone on your pink, exposed skin.

That kind of sucks, but ants actually do some good. For instance, they clean up the mess left behind when you accidentally run over an opossum, turning to energy the scraps the buzzards leave behind, and they also help aerate your soil.

And those little suckers have quite the work ethic.

Still, there are few things more fun than exacting a little revenge by spraying them with a slow-acting toxin, and giving them a taste of their own medicine.

Or better yet, you can do what these guys have discovered and pour molten aluminum into their colony. Watch the video. You will be stunned with the result.

This is a piece of art that I would love to display in my house, and I think my wife actually would as well. Trust me. This is the coolest thing you'll see all day. Watch the video.

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog