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Jan-17-2007 17:32

Owning an ant farm is a fascinating hobby and it’s particularly good for kids. It’s educational and fun too, and because it’s fun, the things that kids learn tend to stick. Many people have developed a lifelong interest in the natural world through owning a live animal as a child. So what could be better than an ant farm? They are clean, quiet and don’t need to be taken for walks when it’s raining! Because ants are social insects, they display a whole range of co-operative behaviours that we can learn a lot from.

Anybody with some experience on the subject?

Jan-18-2007 15:24

hmm... gotta love those ANTS or are they aunts?

Jan-18-2007 15:25

oh and someone must have a problem... cuz there's ANTs in pANTs

Jan-18-2007 15:37

Darn it. And I was so close. :(

Jan-18-2007 19:52

Who is Bobo?

Jan-18-2007 20:19

is Bobo an ant?
Ant farms are pretty fascinating ... for one day, maybe. I would probably prefer to visit someone who has one and oooh and aaah, than have one myself.

Jan-19-2007 13:21

Bobo is only the secksiest primate EVER!

okay...after having spent *HOURS* excavating the message boards circa late july/early august I think I can safely say that Bobo (and chimptalk) starts here (Becky's legacy)

http://noir.playsleuth.com/map/cityhall/post.spy?id=14680&first_record=112533

was apparently mine here but then offered as sacrifice to Al Z here:

http://noir.playsleuth.com/map/cityhall/post.spy?id=14775&first_record=113681

... after a brief stint of cleaning up after Al (hellooooo wet naps), he was put up for auction here:

http://noir.playsleuth.com/map/cityhall/post.spy?id=15234

and returned to the J-ro here:

http://noir.playsleuth.com/map/cityhall/post.spy?id=15234&first_record=118940

...but then was promptly lured into biggie's clutches, where he did a little prize-fighting on her behalf. He's been pretty quiet since then - maybe someone combed out his ticks, stuck them in a baggie full of sand called it an ant farm? He's pretty easily distracted; I could see him ooohing and ahhhhing for months with a fun baggie like that.

Jan-19-2007 13:38

B00-Boo is the ant.

Ant farming is a lot like Sea Farming. The only difference is, one is done in the water and the other in the sand.

Jan-19-2007 13:42

Crunch, you are my hero! lol.

I think Al Z has bobo in an undisclosed government location. We haven't heard from either of them for a while.

Jan-19-2007 13:43

Nostalgia....

Crunch did you forget about the time where you had Bobo and forced me to take care of him for you? Or is that in there? ;)

Jan-19-2007 13:48

OOH wait! We are missing a whole chunk here. I think it was in that Becky thread that eventually got deleted...damn!!!