My friend has a huge hourglass. (way bigger than a little egg timer one). The other day I saw a line of ants walking across the outside of that aforementioned hourglass. (see exhibit last sentence). For a second I thought they were inside the hourglass. It made me think – what if the ants were actually inside the hourglass. What if you used an hourglass full of ants as a real timer. Say, it took an hour for all of the ants to crawl from the bottom though the small opening to the top. Creepy.
Selfpost!: (I just edited this post because I was told it made no sense. Even though I already know that my posts often make no sense, I am trying to make an effort to be moresensical.
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The other day I saw some ants crawling on an hourglass and for a second I thought they were inside. It made me think of an hourglass full of ants – It takes an hour for the ants to crawl though the small opening to the top. Creepy.
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Gautam Joshi at 11:26am February 9
But what compels them? a giant sugar cube alternating from end to end?
Eric Chaves at 12:33pm February 9
i know right? how about… There is a tiny bit of “trail scent liquid” in the hour glass. Say the ants are already at the top and the liquid is at the bottom. When you flip it over, the liquid would drip down the sides and the ants would crawl up those trails.
It would TOTALLY work.