In the USA, the Discovery Science Channel (cable or satellite) has a program on ants that I haven't seen before. It has some excellent footage of ants, including some amazing stuff of a European Brown Bear being driven off by ants when he went digging for the larvae and pupae in an ant colony! They have also interviewed Burt Holdobler (spell?), E.O. Wilson's collaborator.
It is on now (7 o'clock Central) in the USA, and will be repeated later tonight (I believe at 10 o'clock Central). Discovery Science often reruns programs over the weekend, so ant fans may want to check the schedules for it this weekend.
Added later--According to my tv schedule, Discover Science iss showing this again at 11 Central time on Saturday.
http://www.asu.edu/news/stories/200510/ ... dobler.htm
The above link points to an article about the show. It apparently won some honors. I found some of the footage very good, including a visual demonstration of how ant scent trails change when they find food, the bear footage I mentioned, and an excavation showing the full extent of a gigantic ant colony. Ant-lovers should watch this!
Ants on Discovery Science Channel Saturday at lunchtime
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Ants on Discovery Science Channel Saturday at lunchtime
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The program title was "Ants: Nature's Secret Power", and it is definitely worth watching. Some stuff I'd never seen before, and I am a connoisseur of ant programs!
Mike Broderick
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Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin