Comments for "The Broad-Jumping, High-Flying Trap Jaw Ant" Video at VideoSift.com

By rembar

rembar (http://www.videosift.com/member/rembar) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:35:55 -0800

Very neat from a biomechanical viewpoint, although I couldn't imagine spending my career watching ants jump.

By westy

westy (http://www.videosift.com/member/westy) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:13:34 -0800

Lol are the people doing the comontery compleat retards? lol thay hardly give anny informatoin. the girl dose a terable job of protending she dosent know something to ask a questoin half way through. in short these students ore who ever thay are managed to rewin some quite intresting footage of ants whitch could have been made very intresting and informative had the comentry not been a exploratoin into oral retardatoin.

By rickegee

rickegee (http://www.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:54:44 -0800

westy:

They seem to be well-intentioned if clumsy podcasters. But I did include the "jump ahead" warning for reasons.

But back to the issue that inspired me to post . . .

did you just spell "ruin" as "rewin"?

By bamdrew

bamdrew (http://www.videosift.com/member/bamdrew) — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:56:05 -0800

I've messed with large Odontomachus nests in the rainforests of the small Caribbean island named Dominica. Biggest ants I've ever seen alive. Huge muscle bulges behind their eyes on the backs of their over-sized heads.

Locals often call them the Tac-tac ants, because you can sometimes hear the snap of their mandibles. The local species on Dominica had a powerful stinger tucked into its jaws, so the slight pinch of the mandibles would be followed by a wasp sting-like pain.

By LadyBug

LadyBug (http://ladybug.videosift.com) — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:08:27 -0800

wow!!! i didn't know ant was so talented!!!!

By ant

ant (http://www.videosift.com/member/ant) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:06:13 -0800

LadyBug: I am not that species. I am a harvester species. But I can send these guys after you and your buddies to keep you guys away from my aphids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By LadyBug

LadyBug (http://ladybug.videosift.com) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:20:04 -0800

don't you dare!!!! *licks lips*

By choggie

choggie (http://www.videosift.com/member/choggie) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:12:01 -0800

wish you all could jump with your mandibles....

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:20:37 -0800

I'm going to start a new net subculture for LB and Ant - instead of Furries, they can be Exo-skeletonies.

By ant

ant (http://www.videosift.com/member/ant) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:10:08 -0800

[calls in the trap jaw ants]