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Ant Farm

An interview with biologist Rebecca Clark. Dr. Biology and his co-host Itzany Mendez look into lives of ants and learn some pretty cool things including how to build a slick ant farm using two music CD cases.

Podcast content summary and time log for
Volume 37 of Ask-a-Biologist.

Rebecca Clark show Co-host Itzany Mendez new ant farm design

Rebecca Clark (right) shows Co-host Itzany Mendez (left) new ant farm design while visiting an ASU Lab.


Key words: SOLS, ants, ant farm, food, energy, life cycle, proteins, experiments.

Topic Time
Intro - 00:00
What do ants like sweet things? [Itzany] energy 01:59
Why do ants eat worms? [Itzany] proteins 02:31
Ants are one of the garbage disposal animals for Earth. [Rebecca] 03:03
How many species of ants are in the world? [Dr. Biology] 03:53
How many ants are dangerous? [Dr. Biology] 04:37
How do ants talk to each other? [Itzany] 05:40
Why do ants get together like penguiens? [Itzany] 07:21
Do ants bite or sting? [Itzany] 08:12
Introduce other 100 or so guests in the studio Leafcutter ants 10:03
Ant farmers 10:48
Ant Farms - describing the one in the laboratory/studio [Dr. Biology & Itzany] 11:38
Have you ever eaten a chocolate covered ant? 12:39
Back to the leafcutter ant farm 13:06
Where are the ant eggs? [Itzany] 14:09
Do ants hatch from eggs like chickens? [Dr. Biology] life cycle of ants 14:54
Do new born ants need milk? [Itzany] 16:14
Ants have a garbage dump and cemetery. [Rebecca] 17:00
Example of a new ant farm design 18:02
Experiments you can do with ants [Dr. Biology] scientific method 21:25
Can you do ant experiments without having an ant farm or lab? [Dr. Biology] 23:58
When did you first know you wanted to be a biologist? [Dr. Biology] 25:23
If you couldn't be a biologist or scientist, what would you be? [Itzany] 26:24
What advice do you have for a young scientist? [Dr. Biology] 27:05
Sign-off 27:47
Student Co-host Podcast contest 29:37

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