Leafcutter colony free in NY City?
I went to NY City today, and wanted to visit the leafcutter colony (Atta cephalotes) in the Central Park Zoo. Late last year, I noticed that the colony was gone, and assumed that it had...
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For the new one to this board, here's some pics of that colony:www.blueboard.com/leafcut..._10_11.htm
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Letting a colony of Atta escape; do you think this will effect future colonies they intend on keeping if they're even allowed.
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The guy was almost surely putting me on....and i didn't have time to dilly dally and talk about it since it started to rain....Escaping ants from the zoo would surely be big news, right?...
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Kalimant, nice pics, all added to the Database.chazzbo77
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I've talked on a phone to a contact person at the organization that owns the zoo...she says she'll check and get back to me about it later this week...i kept wondering how hard would it be to find out...
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Wouldnit there be dead bodies in there if they died?Hopefully if they did get out the US won't let them get another colony.Shame on them. I am a wereant! hahahahaha!...
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Exactly how does a 25mm queen escape with over a million ants anyhow? Did they leave the front door open?
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Quote:Exactly how does a 25mm queen escape with over a million ants anyhow? Did they leave the front door open? Exactly.chazzbo77
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"Exactly how does a 25mm queen escape with over a million ants anyhow? Did they leave the front door open?"I doubt that colony had a million workers...and leafcutter emigrations typically take a...
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kalimant said:Quote:Still, it's cool to think about a colony escaping and living in the park.... Yes it is, and that's why I'm rooting for that. I hope they escaped, but stay in the park.chazzbo77
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I got a quick email back after that email i sent ;-)The person said the exhibit is temporarily closed because they are designing a new exhibit. They don't know when it's going to be finished...
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Even if they did get out they wouldn't make through New York's winter.
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In that case, where is the colony while they are messing with the exibit?Insert Signature Here
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There used to be a nice Atta colony at the Boston Museum of Science. The AntUncle and I used to visit it every time we went to the museum. On one visit we noticed that it had "sprung a leak"; there...
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"where is the colony while they are messing with the exibit?"Some museums/zoos have non-displayed nests...i'm assuming, if the colony is not dead, that the ants are in one of these.
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