| The eerie blue glow from the corner of my
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| | need to survive. Actually, it is modeled
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| sons' bedroom is a familiar sight each
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| | after an experiment from a space shuttle
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| night. While the rest of us are awake,
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| | mission to study the effects of
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| asleep, here, and even away, a flurry of
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| | micro-gravity on ants. Everything the
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| activity is going on inside the sealed
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| | ants need to build and live is included
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| plastic container, illuminated by four
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| | in the "farm". And, from the moment you
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| small lights on the underside, shining up
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| | introduce them to their new home, you are
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| through a sea of blue gel. It is a
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| | hooked.
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| peaceful image from the outside, and my
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| | It takes them a short while to get
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| sons will sit forever and watch it. It is
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| | started (they have to check out their new
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| their new passion. It is their ant farm.
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| | digs first), but once the tunnel building
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| It wasn't always this way. I was out of
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| | begins, you realize how worth it this is
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| the pet business and had been for a
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| | to house about 30 insects in your home -
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| while. We had reclaimed our backyard
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| | WILLINGLY. Harvester ants are the best;
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| after our aging canine friends went to
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| | they have large mandibles and make
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| "doggie heaven", and pets were not
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| | massive tunnels. Their size makes them
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| something I was looking to take on at the
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| | easy to watch. And, the more you watch,
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| moment. But, children have an agenda of
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| | the more you learn about ants and how
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| their own, at least mine do. And getting
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| | they work. They communicate, they have a
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| a new pet - of any kind - was tops on the
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| | routine, they are efficient. It is an
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| list.
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| | entire community at work. With the
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| We had been through all the possibilities
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| | illuminated ant farm that we have, we can
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| - fish (which we did end up getting),
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| | see everything the ants are doing, and
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| rabbits, mice (um, NO), birds, and
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| | the more tunnels there are, the cooler it
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| lizards. I offered to let them adopt a
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| | looks when it is lighted up!
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| Chia pet or even a battery operated
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| | Our ant farm is clearly one of the top
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| animal, but they were firm in their
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| | picks from my boys, and I have to admit,
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| demands. They wanted something alive,
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| | it is probably one of my most favorite
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| something interesting, and something none
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| | "pet ideas" so far. Of course, you have
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| of their friends had. I just wanted
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| | to get over the fact that you are
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| something that I didn't have to feed or
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| | purposefully housing and caring for the
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| clean up after.
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| | very pests that you are trying to
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| And that's how we found our ant farm.
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| | annihilate in your yard, but once you get
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| It isn't just ANY ant farm, though. This
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| | past that, you find that the ant farm is
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| is the cream of the crop. It is made with
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| | definitely learning and fun all in one
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| a special transparent gel that contains
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| | self-contained community.
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| all of the nutrients the little buggers
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