This is pretty disgusting...

[Shawn]

WTF?

 

[PurdueRy]

LOL @ the first comment

 

[Jeff7]

He shouldn't have opened it up repeatedly like that inside. That's just going to get them riled up, and possibly start shuffling eggs out of there.

Yuck. And I can't quite tell, but they might be black ants, too.

 

[l0cke]

I would fill that thing with tannerite and take it outside... BOOM!

 

[LtPage1]

I definitely want to see what a scan looks like (with the lid closed), and a video of what happens when he scans with the lid open.

 

[God Mode]

shouldve taken it outside with an extension cord :shocked:

 

[RedArmy]

Oh cool, seeing this right after finding a decent amount of ants upstairs pillaging our danish really makes me feel good. Awesome, cool, great.

 

[TheVrolok]

That's pretty awesome looking. I'd probably chuck the thing, but I'd probably get memorized and watch for a good half hour first.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
That's pretty awesome looking. I'd probably chuck the thing, but I'd probably get memorized and watch for a good half hour first.

You'd get memorized? LOL

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: akshatp

Originally posted by: TheVrolok
That's pretty awesome looking. I'd probably chuck the thing, but I'd probably get memorized and watch for a good half hour first.

You'd get memorized? LOL

I will remember yoouuuuuu
Will you mesmerize meeeee?

 

[JTsyo]

Similar thing happened to my electric shaver. It's pretty nuts how many ants can fit in something.

 

[spacejamz]

obligatory "nuke it from orbit..it's the only way to be sure" post...

 

[Descartes]

That's pretty cool. I'm not a fan of ants in the house, but they're pretty fun to watch.

I remember a documentary on ants on the Discovery or History (though that doesn't make sense) channel. Pretty fascinating really, especially the bastards that can break the skin, twigs, etc. with their jaws.

 

[BoomerD]

I wonder if those are the "Crazy Rasberry Ants" that have been such a problem in the past couple of years. Apparently they LOVE electronics.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Wonder how often food was left on that desk or somewhere else in the room...

 

[BassBomb]

ew

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I wonder if those are the "Crazy Rasberry Ants" that have been such a problem in the past couple of years. Apparently they LOVE electronics.

No, those guys get their name from the fact that they are almost spastic in their movements. They are fast suckers, too. They'd have swarmed both the inside and outside of that printer in a couple of days... forget the month or so that the guy has been seeing the ants. His whole house would have been infested to the point of not being usable if they were in there a month.

 

[imported_DocHolliday]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I wonder if those are the "Crazy Rasberry Ants" that have been such a problem in the past couple of years. Apparently they LOVE electronics.

No, those guys get their name from the fact that they are almost spastic in their movements. They are fast suckers, too. They'd have swarmed both the inside and outside of that printer in a couple of days... forget the month or so that the guy has been seeing the ants. His whole house would have been infested to the point of not being usable if they were in there a month.

Orkin man in disguise? :Q

 

[wiredspider]

:/ wonder if this is why my microwave is broken, I've been noticing lots of ants in my kitchen....

 

[Acanthus]

Err how do you get swarms of ants in the house?

What are they eating?

I would surmise that the guy cleaned up the room before shooting that video.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Err how do you get swarms of ants in the house?

What are they eating?

I would surmise that the guy cleaned up the room before shooting that video.

Ants are hunter-gatherers. They don't necessarily live where their food source is.

 

[Kadarin]

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sdsviet at 07:37 PM on 08/03/08
i wonder what would happen if he'd turn the scanner and scan some stuff? would they be blinded by the light? hehe
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Image of Bweetza Bweetza at 07:46 PM on 08/03/08
@sdsviet: Nah. They'd probably get revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Err how do you get swarms of ants in the house?

What are they eating?

I would surmise that the guy cleaned up the room before shooting that video.

Ants are hunter-gatherers. They don't necessarily live where their food source is.

But they do have limited distance they can hunt/gather, right?

I mean its not like they forage at the house next door.

 

[pontifex]

there's at least 2 DIFFERENT videos on youtube about ants in a scanner. one is way worse than the other. the one on liveleak won't load for me so i don't know if it's one of those are maybe a 3rd one.

 

[rh71]

I discovered a small infestation yesterday from the typical tiny ants at my front door. There's a crack on the floor that they're coming through and a good 6 feet away in the foyer is another small crack. They were marching from one end to the other I guess figuring out a transport route for whatever. Very fascinating to watch. I RAID'd one end and they would stop a few inches from the spray area and not know what to do. Some went kamikaze toward it anyway and started twitching. Kept me entertained for a half hour.

So I finally had enough and Raid'd the pathway and cleaned it all up. Of course this morning there was more of the same only this time their destination from the front door was to nowhere in particular. I just sprayed the crack again and covered it up with masking tape till I have a chance to get some bait. And that's my 6am in a nutshell.