AntWorks Illuminated toy

The Ant Works is filled with a highly nutritious non-toxic gel intowhich you prod four little holes to get the tunnel network started. Nowget out into the garden or park and catch about 15 ants to populate thecolony. Put them in the Ant Works, replace the lid... and watch. Withindays the ants will burrow out an amazing pattern of channels, eachclearly visible in cross-section through the walls of the container.Maintenance is minimal. Besides providing a safe ecologically-correcthabitat, the gel also provides the ants' food. You simply need to openthe lid for a moment once a month to aerate the interior.

Ant Facts No 1

Ants are one of the oldest living creatures on earth. Like sharks, theyhaven't changed much in millions of years. Nature got it right firsttime, proving the old axiom "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Ant Facts No 2

Ants are the world's strongest creature in relation to their size. Theycan carry 10-20 times their bodyweight. They are also the longestliving of all insects.

Ant Facts No 3

At any given moment, there are at least 1015 ants living on earthThat's a number so large - and involving more zeros than is polite touse in mixed company - that there are two words for it: Billiard (ifyou're British) and Quadrillion (if you're American, or just easilyswayed by the trans-Atlantic influence - I mean, their Billions aretiny compared to ours, aren't they). Anyway, that represents 0.1% ofall the planet's insects.

The Ant Works concept was developed by NASA back in the heyday of theUS space programme. Their idea was to take a colony of ants into spaceso the astronauts could study the insects' behaviour in zero gravity.Why, we hear you ask? Well, we guess they had to study something asthey hurtled around planet earth. Anyway, NASA's loss is our gainbecause the amazing jelly-like habitat they invented is now availableto support ant life here on earth. Or more specifically, on your desk,bedside or kitchen table. 

We areproud to announce that AntWorks Illuminated Combo has been chosen as a 2008 Fat Brain Toy Award Winner!