Eiffel Tower Not So Impressive Anymore

Ants don't need architects :

"The structure covers 50 square metres, and goes 8 metres into the earth.

"In it's construction, the colony moved 40 tonnes of soil. Billions of ant loads of soil were brought to the surface, each load weighed four times as much as the worker. And in human terms, was carried a kilometre to the surface.

"It is truly a wonder of the world."

It most definitely is.



An interesting couple of comments from YouTube :

"Pretty dick move by us humans."

"Why couldn't we have just sent tiny robotic sensors that traveled all around it and just map it out. Why the hell did they have to destroy probably the equivalent of NYC just to figure out how much there was to it. That's like exterminating everyone in a city just to look at the buildings."

Fascinating how many people now look at the actions of humans filling a massive ant colony with concrete for reasons of science (and a cool documentary) as being a somewhat fucked thing to do.

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