tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post6647794465443481914..comments2024-01-07T06:31:21.493-07:00Comments on Walking Prescott: Mysterious antsGranny Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-69983237819387821352008-08-27T22:14:00.000-07:002008-08-27T22:14:00.000-07:00DC -- I thought that perhaps they had hit granite ...DC -- I thought that perhaps they had hit granite or maybe a difficult layer of caliche -- or been flooded in our recent heavy rains. Don't suppose I'll ever really know.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-67234849997196138912008-08-27T22:07:00.000-07:002008-08-27T22:07:00.000-07:00I watched this same event with an ant colony in th...I watched this same event with an ant colony in the lot across the street from my house. They up and moved about thirty feet south for no discernable reason. The old site has been completely abandoned for some time now.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps some mold or disease took hold in the old mound, and a change of residence was required for survival? I don't know.Desert Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656526816699347744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-1126579293241369122008-08-27T15:31:00.000-07:002008-08-27T15:31:00.000-07:00welcome, john -- I'm always interested to hear fro...welcome, john -- I'm always interested to hear from defenders of ants like you and my son-in-law. Your tale is quite fascinating. You might find this <A HREF="http://walkingprescott.blogspot.com/2006/10/ant-hills-come-in-small-large-huge.html" REL="nofollow">old post about ants</A> of interest...and do come again!Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-90169705565683146172008-08-27T15:19:00.000-07:002008-08-27T15:19:00.000-07:00There was a U. S. govt archologist who "studi...There was a U. S. govt archologist who "studied" the ant midden piles at Chaco Canyon (NM) as the gov't ran out of funds and he could no longer "dig". He was able to map vast tracks of the Chaco plane using this method and recorded numerous individual food larders to entire previous unknown pueblos and villages. These were mapped, recorded and sent to the Smithsonian.<BR/>The ants would travel down 3-4 "stories" and reveal in their midden what the rooms below held, grain husks, seeds, feathers (parrot from Central America - trade), sea shell, flint (tool napping) , bone & charcoal fragments and turquoise. I don't recall his name or if he published. <BR/>Very interesting work!<BR/>JohnUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17957902478143245479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-24371849011404688492008-08-27T12:00:00.000-07:002008-08-27T12:00:00.000-07:00Right you are, Tombo -- why else do you think I'm ...Right you are, Tombo -- why else do you think I'm keeping such close tabs on those tricky guys?Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-89123821174876790412008-08-27T07:27:00.000-07:002008-08-27T07:27:00.000-07:00Ants are tricky sons of guns. Wouldn't surprise me...Ants are tricky sons of guns. Wouldn't surprise me at all if they were planning something along the lines of world domination.....TomboCheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076931481931258301noreply@blogger.com