Posted on 12/13/2013 9:43:47 AM PST by bigbob
A viral video showing an individual “casting a fire ant colony with molten aluminum” stirred controversy on the Internet this week.
The video, originally uploaded in November, but only gained widespread attention on Dec. 9, shows an individual pour molten aluminum down an ant hill.
The result? An aluminum casting of the ant colony weighing nearly 18 pounds.
But, the artist seems to have come under fire from critics who argue the process is barbaric.
“I disabled comments because I’m sick of your bickering,” the individual wrote in the video’s YouTube description. “Also, I couldn’t get YouTube to stop sending me an email every time someone posted ‘What if I poured aluminum in your house’ for the 100th time.”
At the time of publication, the video had just over 3 million views
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Those idiots have obviously never been bitten by fire ants. Molten aluminum, boiling water, exhaust fumes, ant poison, gasoline, nukes or whatever it takes.
The critics are making a mountain out of an ant hill.
Dopes, fire ants are horrible little creatures.
I gas them, I dig them up, I poison them, pee on them, spray paint them. I do anything to make them suffer.
Ever been bit by them? Blisters and welts at every bite then they start to itch.
Fire ants are like tree huggers.
Soon as I can get my torch going and a crucible I’m going to make one of these casts just for fun.
From the shoes, it looks like the guy is a teenager. More power to him.
That was my first thought when I saw the finished product. It kind of looks like a Christmas tree.
Something doesn't make sense. Other ones he's sold have gone for $250 or less. I sense shill activity.
And I thought I was bad as a kid for shooting at ants with a squirt gun full of super hot water.
This guy actually gets something cool for his work.
And I could have sworn this was done in the past by lots of people.
The combined weight of all ants on Earth exceeds the combined weight of all 7+ billion humans. We are not going to miss a few million fire ants.
I was vacationing in Arizona in September when a couple of them crawled onto my foot and started biting me. My GF couldn’t believe the fuss I was making over it, so I said “stand right here for a minute.” She decided against it.
Fire ants are not lovable. People do not want fire ant plush toys.
Their bites feel like someone lit a match and then extinguished it on your skin.
Hence the name ‘fire ant’.
I’m betting most of the ‘that’s cruel’ comments come from those who’ve never been bitten by one.
Except it’s rarely just one. They usually cover whatever appendage is unlucky enough to be in close proximity and then signal to all bite at once. Dastardly little critters.
Oh, the hugemanatee!
I would have worried that the ant excavation would have turned laterally and I would be standing on the top, having the surface give way to my weight and I would then sink into the molten metal. Still, a nifty eradication method.
In south Georgia, you sit down outside without looking for fire ants first - just once.
Yet, many of these same people would have no problem with the abortion edict in Obamacare! Torturous cruelty to the helpless unborn doesn't even hit their register.
There really is a greener method if you want to get rid of them, though not nearly as cool. The queen ant is almost always in the exact same spot in the hive, people have figured out that a tube stuck “x” far down the center hole and steam pumped in for a couple of seconds around that location will kill the queen, which kills the entire hive off as well. Only takes a few seconds each hill they find and they can clear a field safely pretty fast.
I’ve seen what they can do to livestock hooves, so I have very little sympathy for their screams of agony in that video...
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