Casting a Fire Ant Colony with Molten Aluminum (Cast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มี.ค. 2024
- An incredible metal structure is made by pouring molten aluminum into a fire ant colony. The resulting cast is huge, weighing 17.9 lbs. and reaching a depth of 18 inches.
These are the red imported fire ants (RIFA) which are harmful to the environment and their nests are exterminated by the millions in the United States using poisons, gasoline and fire, and boiling water.
From Wikipedia: "Researchers have also been experimenting with extreme temperature change to exterminate RIFAs [red imported fire ants], such as injecting liquid nitrogen or pressurized steam into RIFA nests. Besides using hot steam, pouring boiling water into ant mounds has been found effective in exterminating their nests."
See detailed pictures of the resulting cast at anthillart.com/castings/043
00:00 Intro/hill view
00:10 aluminum pour
00:58 digging
1:32 removing the cast
1:58 washing
2:15 mostly cleaned view
2:25 finished cast - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
I weirdly liked this as a 3rd grader and watched it over and over again lol
Sounds like me
Im like addicted too same as you are 😂
Same i use to watch this video so many times as a kid now i finally found it again.
just like me
I love how he came back after 10 years to pin and heart this comment
“what the hell happened here” -ant that left the hill at the time to go get a leaf
Ant that watched it happen: "oh yeah some dude poured hot stuff into the tunnels and killed everyone"
Comes back to see a giant hole where his home once was. “So that’s why the Queen disconnect from chat, and 4.5 million others. Now it’s just me and chad.”
LMAOO
Literally apocalypse
I bet the ants remember this as a genocide that massacred one of their civilizations
When the kid burning ants with a magnifying glass grows up
Fun fact: a great percentage of children are actually sociopaths. We're basically sociopaths til we were taught not to lmao.
Why did i even said that.
Edit 2: the thing i said a year ago is BS but the fact that there are still people liking it despite people asking for source and not getting response 💀
yes
@@Basedhistoryenjoyer I once had a tantrum when I was little because someone squashed a katydid in front of me
I'm still upset about it today
Dr Stone
BASICALLY LMAO
As someone who is allergic to fire ants, this brings immense satisfaction to me.
Should bring even more satisfaction when you consider that fire ants are invasive to North America
As someone who isn’t allergic to fire ants, this brings immense satisfaction to me.
As someone who is and is not allergic to fire ants this brings immense satisfaction to me
As someone who, this brings inmense.
As someone who just hates ants in general, same.
Did NOT expect the result, blown away by how detailed and intricate the cast came out!
NPC ahhh comment
Imagine the ants that went out for a late night walk and coming back to see a crater where their home was
Well they aren't individuals like we are. They can only think collectively. They'd just be confused as hell
LoopyGaming 27 actually they do but not very acute vision
@@cristianrodriguez269 Ok
And seeing their family turned into silver statues.
Happens to me all the time in ye ol Minecraft server
you know, for "fire" ants, they don't seem to handle heat too well
Now that's a burn!
13 likes?
@@thesturm8686 they got *roasted!*
That was a lit pun.
Not a literal name then...
i loved this video as a kid i can’t believe it’s nearly 10 years old
And i can’t believe I didn’t see that the video has 171M view
I cant believe the person who posted this video Hearted this comment after so long
Hey there kid! 😁
I just noticed after reading ur comment.
Same hear. Imagine one day this video is 40 years old.
Alternate ending to “A bugs life”
Underrated xd
Rated PG.
You have unlocked the bad ending.
🤣
LMAOO
Those ants just got Pompeiied
For real
But if you close your eyes...
Cruz Gomes does it almost feel like nothing changed at all
😂🤣
Fanjohnholic John But if you close your eeeyes
I remember seeing this for the first time aaah the memories
Edit: i ment when it was first made
Me was pinned!
Pinning this with a tear in my eye
@@AnthillArt 🥲
The last straw is the best diary of a wimpy kid book and no one can change my mind
Pinned 1 day ago wow
I seriously think 99% of people who call this inhumane and they can’t do this to “innocent ants” has never been bit by fire ants
They probably don't know what is a fire ant
The worst pain I've ever felt was one biting my 8 year old ass
It's the usual "nature loving" bs. Those people need to learn ecology more before speaking their mind.
My 9 year old spine bro I was fucking screaming so loud everyone stared at me and I didn’t care cuz it was torture also it was on a hill overlooking a small town
Exactly
Some ant from a colony outside my house bit me.
Filled it with poppers and blew it up
All ants died in the explosion
"50 thousand ants used to live here, now its a ghost town."
Macmillan is that you?
It’s not even a ant bead anymore
I've never seen anything like this
-Macmillan
And there are pockets of aluminium here.
COD4
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."
Bullpup92 LOL
Beautifully said my friend
Bullpup92 Alderaan was wiped out... completely blown away.
Donnell Campos Anteraan*
Matthew Kim ok then??
"50000 ants used to live here....now it's a ghost,s hole"
Your ant killing skills are remarkable!
Imagine just chilling then just turn into a christmas decoration
“I lost my land... my Queen... my love. I will have vengeance.”
-That one ant that survived, probably.
@Si Dunue about 30 survived
@@megagyraswampx9239 i counted about 4
Ant: I WILL KILL ALL HUMANS!!!
Wait till it learns that the real threat is the colony across the lake
@@marciedresel7051 marleyants
Ant: Honey I'm hom- WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED
Ant: Honey, where are you? Did you have a little too much fun with another ant?
mosts ants are slaves only the queen has multiple males, she is the slut queen.
Oh, nothing. Just a human pouring a bucket of molten metal into our nest 😉
@@BirbBoiYT "Oh....that explains a lot. Anyway is Jimmy fine?"
@@r3n736 well then...
That's huge for ants, damn. And it's fascinating to see how the metal managed to go through all the gaps and small holes without ruining them that much.
That's what I thought
FINALLY! THANK YOU!
I wanted to see how an ant colony looked three dimensionally. Even if it looks cruel this video helped me so much to finally visualize how the chambers and tunels look and are connected.Thank you so much for recording such a crazy idea
It’s not cruel that colony is invasive. A win-win operation my friend.
@@dylansp4049 there's two replies
1-Regular internet reply: "even if it wasn't an invasive species, it doesn't matter because its just stupid ants"
2-Christian reply: "Even if its an invasive species a death by molten metal seems notoriously violent"
@@Amalviplsas a christian, i agree that this is very satisfying to watch, and i would do this if i had molten alluminum.
Either way that colony seem abandoned
I can imagine a tidal wave of molten aluminum rushing through the tunnels as ants slowly get pick off one by one by the giant wave, it’s like Pompeii but for ants.
All the dead ants soul is also preparing now for pouring the MOLTEN ALUMINIUM somewhere
You know where ,😂😂😂
but why .I was once an ant . Why would you want to burn me so inhumanly alive !!!
Meanwhile the dudes like, "this is gonna look sick on my coffee table"
If by "slowly picked off one by one" you meant "thousands perished within seconds", then sure lol.
In my comment it was a slow mo scene, that’s why I said slowly pick off one by one, but in reality yes they all got pick off in a matter of seconds, lol
Ant bites this guy
Guy: _And I took that personally_
Haha
So I took action, I casted its home in aluminum and laughed as I thought of all the ants burning alive
Lmao
Lol
🤣
Woah, I thought it would a chunk of metal. That is actually art
I thought it would be more of a root i guess not
This isn't art sunshine. It's potted genocide. Grow a brain.
This brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "Fight Fire with Fire"
“Oh that’s a nice sculpture, what did it cost?”
Ants: “Everything”
*everyone
@@nin2000 it is everything not everyone since their home was hill
Go correct that correction police
Ditto
If he considered the amount of work that was out into that ant hill, and maybe, maybe think of how much work it would be if it was a 'human work', he wouldnt have fone this. Besides, he could've just used props (sand) and do it there.
Fire ant: *bit the guy*
Him: "so you have chosen death".
Bites guy i will show u fire
It could have been getting food and came back to the nest and saw it was gone
he was not bitten by the ants
u missed the opportunity to say “so you have chosen Molten Aluminum”-
More like : " So you have chosen extinction"
this video has been consistently chilling in my recommendeds for the past 10 years
time to finally watch it
the guy making the video probably: no ants were harmed during the making of this video
“Gotta go bring this bit of bread to the queen... yo what the fu-“
Ant 1: hey jim i dare you to touch it
Ant 2: heck naw i aint touching that
Ant 1: aight lets go tell the queen
Imagine returning and your home has turned into pompeii
@Alexander Kim all workers are ladys
Tuber Kingdom still simps-
Soviet STAR hOW
that one ant that went scavaging and came back home: where home
Home gone. Think about home
"What'd I miss?"
The homie died shortly after :(
@@leoroberts737 F for the homie :(
@@nitetd8490 me sad. Miss home. Remember queen. Queen dead. Me more sad.
*Dies while trying to find a reason to live without dah Queen*
As a person who hated ants and lived in an ant infested house, I see this as a dream for me
That aluminum is now haunted by a bunch of ant souls, bro made remnant.
This guy probably woke up at 2am and thought fuck it, lets pour molten Aluminium into an ants nest
Hasan Malik Ikr!! 😂😂😂
Hasan Malik 🤣🤣😭😭
Haha
Lan bi Turk
Bruhhh 😆😆😆😫😫😫
This may be the closest ants ever came to Pompeii, except for the ants that were at Pompeii.
IMPOSTER IDENTIFIED
Pompeii Ants were the original Fire Ants..
"I lost an aunt at Pompeii" - Joe Biden
That’s fucked up
I thought the same too 😔
Imagine how epic it must feel to be the person who has the anthill casting from a viral video in real life
*The ant scavenging for food after he got home and saw his entire bloodline get turned into an art piece*
*Ant bites man
Man: “And I took that personally”
And your pfp is Eren, so it kinda makes sense :D
Eren
Chad Ereh
All I see is a fellow jeagerist
eren YEEEEGAAAAAHH
Just imagine how many ant bodies is in that cast
WIGGLY WOBBLE WOO ashes*
They probably disintegrated
Yes
thats a satisfying image in my head
@@redclover8387 what
I can officially say
"Yes, looking aluminium being poured into ant nests bring me nostalgy"
Bob?
How'd you know?
eyo
@@AnthillArt dat timing i came here after searching "bullet ant glove" and u pinned this just a day ago, let alone reply 4hrs ago
@@austinh. I'm in your head my man. Btw what's up with yt search lol. How'd that get you here?
@@AnthillArt I remembered that aforementioned vid I found randomly so i searched it to see the commebts. And this was a search suggestion too which i watched a while b4. And whyda ask?
Bro just turned a city’s worth of souls into coffee table art
You got that on spot
beautiful isnt it?
@Tribus L. Cent Excuse me, but “we”???
LMAO
HAHAHAHAH
“88 million Ants used to live here, now it’s a ghost town”
Bigi Ty Call Of Duty 4 Modern Warfare reference eh
What is the use to free kill so many ants ?
Bigi Ty lol
@@lucaszeroimpactgamer4476 shut up, it's not funny if you explain it
Destory our culture, our economy, our honor
this guy was definitely the kid trying to drown ants by firing a water gun down their hills
What makes this even better is that it is infinitely repeatable as long as you have a constant supply of soda cans, ant hills to cast into, and people willing to buy/accept the castings, this is an infinite cycle that benefits both you and the environment.
Not to mention giving many viewers that feeling of sweet sweet vengeance.
Imagine... Boxes in every local city reading "Want to do your part? Dropping off your used Soda Can here gets us one step closer to getting RIFA off our soil! Help us Exterminate the Invaders!"
"Cool sculpture! What's it made of?"
"Molten aluminum and dead ants"
"What?"
"Did I stutter?"
I see, you are a fellow twosetter. Man of culture.
and so i guess you guys are why youtube sent me here 🤔
@@trethkna7871 twosetviolin?? Which video
@@AKD406 he said that bc of his profile pic and name
@@trethkna7871 I'm glad I wasn't the only one who noticed. This would honestly be the last place I expect to see a fellow twosetter.
Fire ant: *Bites this guy back when he was 10*
This guy: "Guess what, new life plan now"
I love poetic justice.
@@outlawboy548 I'm still raster, you're a liar! I'm not a vector!
@@outlawboy548 No, it was rofl.
Same ant dreaming under *_microscope_*
th-cam.com/video/eoXUrn7APKg/w-d-xo.html&ds
Fire ants the deliverers of true evil
Three hours later and coming back his gonna start a whole villain arc💀💀💀
I remember watching this when it was first made, it’s what made me fascinated with ant hill art
Ants: We worked really hard on this colony and is a fine home
Anthill art: *It’s free real-estate*
Given a different Ant colony would see this and say the same thing
Question= Did the ants in the colony died tho becoz of the Aluminium?
@@ayamisdelicious3600 they're Imported Red Ants, an invasive and dangerous species so honestly its good that this happens, how the fuck else would you do it?
@@pyrrhusofepirus8491 thanks for pointing that out for me. I appreciate your help😃
Seen this exact comment in the second most popular vid and it was posted a while ago
Know why the owner of this sculpture will never get sick?
It's full of anty bodies.
Buh-dum-tssh
It was abandoned
Thank you for making my life better
@@mossycobbIe You're welcome. I do what I can. ha ha
I hate this and love this
The ants who went in search for food coming back to their home like: 👁👄👁
The ants in the anthill seeing liquid metal being poured in their home that took them 6 generations to build: 🗿
And here I thought I was evil when I was a kid by just closing the opening to an ant hill
This is just a... much more permanent form of blocking it.
I burnt them alive with a magnifying glass
@@IceOfPhoenix88 the classic method, simple and quick
@@jaimeopedreiro5028 >:) mwahahahahaaa
I squeezed juice boxes into them, like straight stuck the straw inside and squeezed the box dry
Video was made 7 years ago, hes still hearing comments. What a trooper.
MocK NoahYT that's because he has notifications!
B I T E
6 years ago*
BRAZZY T what’s 3 + 6 ?
It’s 9 so it’s 7 years not 6
@@EE-jn7pq but it was released in November wasn't it? and it's not November yet isn't it? Ok then still 6
The quick and effective way to hunt down the antman
5000 ants lived here, now it`s a ghost town
I'm pretty sure it was more than 5000 ants
More like 5 million
i would guess 50 thousand
@@N9TheNoob it's more likely around 5 million
Yeah, that's why they poored molten mercury, cause it was abandoned
Imagine being an ant who was outside of the hill at the time just seeing your colony smoking and the hill sinking into the earth as millions of voices cry out in terror
That ant is planning his revenge!
I once as a child flooded a ant nest for fun and 2 days later an ant snuck into my underwear and I screamed for dear god
Wait your saying there are survivors? Burn them.
Basically how I expected Vegeta to react when Planet Vegeta was destroyed.
Alderaan
I had never seen how the nest is built inside so I guessed it looks like tree roots but they make levels and chambers! That's so cool!
Definitely not cool and the nest was built, but due to commercial needs, destroyed for the sake of art. Ballshite.
Yo imagine being one out the ants who went out to find food, and coming back to see your entire house missing 💀💀💀
She'll train for years, and since the gods gave him a blessing, she is now immortal, and now after journeys, mutations, runs, sweat, tear, bloodshed, she is now an S ranked ant, size of a dog, starts a colony of the same species, and starts marching to the 67 year old human that destroyed their nest, and destroys and devours them. However since they're now a dangerous species, will they survive in the brutal world of animals? Or will they cease to exist and get killed by humans...
Help me, I'm overdosing on anime and manga, please help! It's hard to quit.
@@calex6007manwha plot haha
@@segs03 hmm I forgot about manwha
And the few that survived refer to this as “The day of the silver lava”.
That day...
Antkind received a grim reminder...
We lived in fear of the humans, and were disgraced to live in these cages we call terrariums...
"Quicksilver"
The day of silver tears.
@@gangrenousgandalf2102 NOT ATTACK ON TITAN 😭😭
Nice
Just imagine how many corpses are stuck in that sculpture
None because the molten metal instantly vapourized them
@@DebunkedShorts 😳
Part of the fumes were from vaporized ants.
@@oliviahernandez4590 wait what
@@oliviahernandez4590 hol up
Bro turned an ant hill into an ant volcano
No ants were harmed during the making of this video😂
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: Ant Pompeii.
Lol
Underrated comment
Lol
Lol
Lol
“How to get rid of ants”
Google: Ant killer
Bing:
I see you're a man of culture aswell
Yo did u change account to reply to ur comment
@@danielmorgancox2649 Yes he did, it’s a stolen comment anyways
Underrated comment
@@camopug stolen from whom
The ants where probably freaking out as boiling hot metal just rained down on em all
Bro set fire to an ant colony for an aluminum mini Christmas tree
imagine an ant who was getting food and coming back like: Ant: Hey guys i got some foo- OH MY GOD
Haha
Hahahhahaha
Ant hill art: uploads this video
PETA: SKREEEEEEEEEEEEE
I actually saw few ants outside at around 0:12 of the video
minekage 😂😂😂
It's as if millions of voices cried out in terror, then were suddenly silenced.
So somewhere there is an ant is trying to find a small exhaust port that inside a trench of who did this?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Obi wan kinobi
I feel a great disturbance in my mind trying to figure were this is from.
Ants Pompey
Ants are like that dog from meme: "this is fine".
The ant who left colony for a second is on villain arc rn
"How much does it cost to make this masterpiece?"
"Millions of ants."
I've won... but at what cost?
"A small price to pay for salvation."
Millions of ants = insignificant
It was well worth it cause he got 162 million views on this vid
shut up its funny XD
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
Andddd I officially like you
+bfg2600 Perfect
Yasss.. same here... sad tho
LOL!!! There's a new dark force that must be reckoned with. The Aluminum Sith Lords.
+bfg2600 Master you think yourself HMMMMMMM?
I can just imagine how much money he would make if he put this in a museum on display, the design of the ant hill honestly looks so cool
Antscanada: ***INTENSE SCREAMING***
rl Antscanada:Thats very good,they got rid of invasive species.
The ants just coming back with there shopping bags like:
Wtf happend
Stolen
*V* *E* *C* *T* *O* *R* *E* *D*
A detention room for ants : 1:18
Grace A their-possessive
In the mean time, the humans come back with their shopping bags and find their back yard has been fully destroyed by an invasive species.
"your majesty, what happened?"
"the giant is doing his bullshit."
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I can already imagine the ants cursing him from above😂😂
Damn, homemade heater for the winter. Very kind of you to offer a heater to the ants. 🥰🥰🥰
I think Disney went too far with this Bug's Life remake
Haha
Conor Knapp watching bugs life rn
Conor Knapp How Far Could They Go With a 2025 Bugs Life Remake?
😨 they’re making another bugs life !
Conor Knapp 😂😂
Imagine people coming to your house and asking "Where did you get that art?" and you saying "Oh I poured aluminum into an ant hill"
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+Xx0Cathy0xX um ok?
+Estella Trygg it says that the ants are harmful
+Cuteness Overload I'm not saying they aren't, just that it would be weird if someone asked
They bite through your show and it hurts. Happened to me. I was in pain for almost a week.
I love how the smoke starts billowing from the sides of the mound.
10-9 years after being posted, still a masterpiece
“I gotta go to bed early”
*2 AM:*
me back the days in uni preparing final for next day: awww, cute dogs.
Good
It’s me right now :D
2:29 am here
1:39
If mosquitoes made this type of hills, i would be the first one to do like this
Yup same
Right. I’ll never understand What is their purpose
You get me so well
Mosquitoes are annoying creatures that are made from teh bloodeh devil that I can't sleep :((((((
@@Musa-ty2fx There is no purpose of humans on earth as wel😂😂
took youtube 9 years to recommend me this beautiful top tier video
Anthillart with some gallium: **makes a beautiful cast of an ant tunnel**
Me with some gallium: _DESTROY THE COLONY, LET NONE ESCAPE._
0:15
Ant on the left: Ight imma head out.
I wonder where he went
0:45 Whoa jeepers, the ground is starting to get pretty hot eh?
Jazermon lmaoo
Probably the ant said :oh god I need get of here
Jazermon *_little did they know_*
The ants: "I tried to scream, but my head was under liquid aluminium."
Also the ants not knowing what to do : Anakin, Start panakin , No planakin.
underrated lmaoooo
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U n d e r r a t e d
Lol
😂😂
the fire ants outside of the anthill:
YOU BURN MY HOUSE TO THE GROUND! MY FAMILY'S DEAD, WHAT WILL I DO?!?!
Probably invite its friends over to invade your kitchen.
Al those ants look like the silver surfer now
Video: **exists**
153M people: *interesting*
The final result is really that interesting
It used to be 2M
Because it is
Ay sup we have similar names lmao xD
@@FalconPUNCHXXX right? I saw this months ago and I would've noticed this many views. This is a mainstream artist type of views.
*Ant-man wants to know your location*
And Thanos’s [insert lenny face]
You mean... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Ok address is
Gussy Vangard ant man just wants to talk
*Request Denied*
That one ant outside of the colony watching this happen is probably like seeing a nuclear bomb go off
Ants are so creative. They deserve to became art peace
Now go say it’s art and sell it for 5 million dollars LMFAO.
Great idea lol
It IS art
prices range between $200 and $10,000. It is art, and how many people have mobile aluminum smelters that can put out 20 pounds of aluminum? And did you want to risk splash burns and ant bites? The pricey ones go to museums, the lower cost ones go to schools...
It is indeed an art
STONKZ
They didn’t pay their taxes. There’s a reason the Joker is afraid of the IRS
They would have survived
The IRS always finds you in the end
It's a joke, don't take it serious
KICKS DOWN DO WITH LIQUID METAL GUN" OHHHHH JOKERRRRR WERES MY FUCKINGGG MONEY BITCHHH
joker under table while loading to long revolver " oh crap oh crap oh crap OH CRAP NOOOOO
@@advisor9153 B. B b. No. B. B. B. Nah. B b. B b. B b mi
The ant house became a volcano after the video
Ants: RUNNNN EVERYTHING THERE IS SOMETHING COMING
Meanwhile:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
This wouldn't have happened if the princess ant gave up the location of the Rebel base.
Mnyn golmniolm imbrpkolmr👌😘இன் 😂plojhiijbgnmlpugs
I felt a great disturbance in the force.. As if millions of voices cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced..
@@Padamame copied men.
@vSoxlar so what? It doesn't matter.
@@user-zx2et9lf8y Well sorry- I saw this comment and didn't see the other one yet. It's entirely possible to think the same thing.