EXPLOSIONS while casting 250 kg of ant nests! Triple bull ant nest casting (80, 125 and 45 kg) Day 1

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7 ай бұрын

Australian Ant Art™ is casting three bull ant nests for the Queensland Museum's Insect Agency Exhibition, opening September 2023. We used 250 of the 260 kg of aluminium we brought with us to complete the castings. Two of the nests exploded on us whilst we were casting them, testing our safety gear.
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Species cast:
Nest 1 - Myrmecia brevinoda
Nest 2 - Myrmecia brevinoda
Nest 3 - Myrmecia tarsata
Casting date: 28/6/2023
All music sourced from KZfaq Creator Studio:
Savior - Telecasted
Sound effects obtained from www.zapsplat.com
Video shot and edited by Jim A. Barker, Twelve Points Photography. Find his work at twelvepoints.photography or thejimclasshero.

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@compunurse Ай бұрын

So the explosions happen when the hot aluminum hits the armory/munition store of the ant bunker?

@1s3ngr1m 29 күн бұрын

I thought the explosions began when the hot flood reached the ants corn stash, instantly popping it

@simontautorat1014 27 күн бұрын

You know nothing of ants. It was obviously hitting the waste water treatment plant of the ants. Shit blew up.

@doodlegassum6959 25 күн бұрын

@@simontautorat1014 this. Cows the scape goat for big ant farts

@tonyballou 24 күн бұрын

😂😂😂@@doodlegassum6959

@EBeggsKOK 24 күн бұрын

Don’t be silly. It is the ant’s fireworks depot for their New Year’s Eve celebration. Ants can’t shoot firearms… everyone knows this.

@bunsonhoneydew9099 6 ай бұрын

Good thing ants don't have social media. They would probably say bad things about you guys to the ant community at large.

@coptotermes 5 ай бұрын

Lol

@general1140 5 ай бұрын

Ant live matter

@4piecespicy589 5 ай бұрын

Free ant Palestine

@woodrow60 5 ай бұрын

Some woke genius will get on to this issue.

@4piecespicy589 5 ай бұрын

@@woodrow60 some "woke people" are just idiots on one too many hallucinogens.

@shimo_96 Ай бұрын

14:19 Here's an interesting thing about metal being used as mirrors: Some telescopes use a metal like gallium that can liquefy at room temperature as a lense because you can change the focal point simply by spinning the metal faster or slower. Since it's liquid, it makes a near perfect disk and is considerably cheaper than a glass lense.

@restezlameme 24 күн бұрын

That's freaking cool

@georue98 19 күн бұрын

Hey I just learned that after visiting the nasa visitor center in Houston.

@lorihenrytaylor4438 15 күн бұрын

@@restezlamemeI was gonna say that!

@wiltmarlonelao 5 ай бұрын

“They’re an amazing creature. They do an amazing amount of work.” *Proceeds to flood their homes with molten metal*

@arlenewitt248 5 ай бұрын

25 and 30 year old nests of amazing creatures and you wipe out the colonies and burn them to death. How cruel! No piece of art or museum exhibit justifies that.

@flagadorf5045 5 ай бұрын

@@arlenewitt248 perfect exemple of immorality

@Spahki 5 ай бұрын

I'm sure you lot treat cockroaches, mosquitoes, and spiders with the same reverence you showed for this nest of bull ants.

@andrewmarvell4604 5 ай бұрын

Cruel. And shameful.

@officialfymyt8628 5 ай бұрын

Absolute cruelty

@MrLeiduowen 5 ай бұрын

So they killed a nest of ants to make a casting for an exhibition showcasing how ants are beneficial for the ecosystem? Now that's interesting...

@greymomma 5 ай бұрын

Something sad about destroying nests that have been used and maintained by ants for 20 & 25 years. Instead of marveling in the fact that creatures this small can do this.

@dww2006 5 ай бұрын

You do know how fast they reproduce? Their life span isn’t great.

@nadapenny8592 5 ай бұрын

A 20+ year old nest too. No doubt a staple of the local ecosystem. This is the same level of stupid and selfish as trophy hunting - "admiring" impressive wild animals by killing them

@5302Stang 5 ай бұрын

I’m sure they would gladly relocate them to your residence

@MrLeiduowen 5 ай бұрын

@@5302Stang This is the sort of attitude that has brought the humankind to where we are now.

@SirWulfrick 6 ай бұрын

I think this is the first time I've seen guys doing this and actually using safety gear. Kudos for doing so and for publicly showing WHY.

@Texas240 6 ай бұрын

Lol, except the kid in no safety gear right up on the pouring operation.

@cosmogoncalves7950 5 ай бұрын

And giving the ants 48hours evacuation notices 😂😂😂

@happyavacado1495 5 ай бұрын

Using safety gear but didn't rake the dry grass away from the area and almost loosing control of random fires 🙄😳🤔🫣

@George-dy3pt 5 ай бұрын

Your avatar says everything!

@Jack_Torrance. 5 ай бұрын

@@Texas240 It is okay. The kid is a non-productive member of society. He was expendable.

@perrycarditi5 5 ай бұрын

You guys better reverse the way you are wearing your gloves. Sleeves outside or one of these days it’s going to burp and you’ll run molten aluminum down inside your glove. Hot slag hand warmer. Not going to be fun.

@ericspecht4411 8 күн бұрын

I shoot professional fireworks displays and I couldn't agree more. I even duct tape my sleeves over the bells of my gloves.

@tezeroth4905 4 күн бұрын

As someone who occasionally welds i strongly agree

@Schjoenz Ай бұрын

AntsCanada would be really devastated to see this

@Mike__B 5 ай бұрын

I love that everyone is wearing safety gear... well everyone except the kid who's standing a few feet away from it all. He's lucky he wasn't trying to stamp out a fire in that last one the same as he did the first.

@michaelg5587 5 ай бұрын

No joking, and if that was irresponsible during the first fill, its just criminal stupid after they had the first explosion to let him hang around unprotected at the following fills.

@mddale 5 ай бұрын

You can always make more kids

@Iamkcs2c 5 ай бұрын

Asinine to even allow that kid on site. 21:30 He is literally stomping on fires that were lit by the explosion.

@sirald66 5 ай бұрын

I'm actually yelling at the screen for the kid to get back !!

@C4RV3 5 ай бұрын

Actually one of the stupidest things I've seen in a while.

@JethroXP 5 ай бұрын

"If you do this, wear safety gear please..." as an unprotected child dances around aimlessly within a few feet of the same danger the protected adults are close to. I get it, the whole family is out there, but tell the kid to stay back or wrap him up like the adults, that will not end well.

@user-jj7xh2ji6h 23 күн бұрын

Actually it appears to be quite unprofessional. Bickering about pouring and people participating who have to be constantly cided about standing up properly. If you have "people" in charge of fire protection, have them properly equipped. Bush league.

@SizzleCorndog 20 күн бұрын

Big difference between standing over a hole full of molten metal and standing 5ft away from a hole full of molten metal

@rfichokeofdestiny 13 күн бұрын

@@SizzleCorndog Not standing 5 feet away. Bouncing around like a monkey on crack and almost falling face first into the ant hill.

@auricom24 4 ай бұрын

...As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

@MarcoFariello Ай бұрын

Commento troppo sottovalutato! ❤

@G82Jesse Ай бұрын

Lucas's writing annoys me so much lol. The use of "suddenly" twice in a row in that sentence just feels off. I DON'T LIKE SAND.

@miwoj 27 күн бұрын

@@G82Jesse it's to emphasize how very _sudden_ it was. can't really overstate the suddenness of that event.

@chrissmith7669 25 күн бұрын

@@G82JesseSpock said it first i believe

@firenze6478 19 күн бұрын

And nothing of value was lost.😃

@geraldmiller5260 Ай бұрын

How does the aluminum flow into the ant nest when Australia is upside down? Wouldn't the metal flow into the air??

$@luminousfractal420$

@luminousfractal420 Ай бұрын

the sun is so strong it pushes the metal back into the holes

@Jaydaydesign 27 күн бұрын

I think it did 😂

@ronniekotler9265 27 күн бұрын

Your comments reminds me of the US Congressmen from the great State of Georgia in the US who once said that there were too many people on the Island of Guam and it was going to tilt over.

@SteveMillerhuntingforfood 27 күн бұрын

@@ronniekotler9265 That congressmen (sic) is a dumb idiot

@doodlegassum6959 26 күн бұрын

Pressure differential

@eaglescout1984 5 ай бұрын

That kid is lucky he wasn't near the third nest. The fact he was jumping right where the crucible was diring the first nest pour was scary. And the explosion is proof he needs to stay much further back without safety gear. Someone get him a Super Soaker for Christmas so he can put out the grass frpm a distance!

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 4 ай бұрын

Using a super soaker near molten aluminium is a great idea! If a spoonful of moisture creates that much of an explosion, just imagine how much destruction you can cause with 20 times more!

@0minous187 3 ай бұрын

let his put it out with his beiber hair style. he shouldn't be there at all he gives off "special needs" a lil too much

@markkinsler4333 Ай бұрын

Water is scarce there.

@stevekassel3301 Ай бұрын

NO EXPLOSION, FOOL

@southeastcoastalphotography Ай бұрын

It was scary that he put the fire out quickly?

@frankndick960 5 ай бұрын

I'd like to point out 4 grown men in safety gear and one minor in no safety gear at all! Just as close, stomping on fire granted but still vulnerable to splashing!!

@therealjoshtodd 5 ай бұрын

i was hoping to see the metal when it was pulled out of the ground. i've seen it before and it looks super cool. little disappointed you didn't pull it out

@JonathanGillies 3 ай бұрын

they did tho..... in another video lol............. :0

@RubyTiger18 2 күн бұрын

This comment saved me 23 minutes. Thank you

@bleu_ace1200 6 ай бұрын

This popped up on my recommendations and that was quite a pour! My father used to work for ALCOA back in the day and molten aluminum is no joke- he's seen some rough accidents back then if you weren't careful near the stuff. Glad everyone was alright and 100% great advice on proper safety gear as well. Molten metal is friend to no one.

@RendaJane 5 ай бұрын

It seems particularly hostile to ants.

@gehtdianschasau8372 5 ай бұрын

Even the 10 year old, running around in the background is wearing sunglasses for protection 8:10

@Flashback_Jack 5 ай бұрын

Terminator model T-1000 enters the chat.

@Casey_E Ай бұрын

I worked for them in Maryville TN

@beararms6945 Ай бұрын

Lol I used to work there in the 90's some guy dropped a soda in the extruder and boom 💥

@trebark1 5 ай бұрын

You took the time to point out why it is so important to wear safety gear, yet that little kid ran around you with no safety gear at all.

@ArtzyZero 4 ай бұрын

I could understand it assuming the children are taught how to stay safe when the adults are working. But then they encouraged the children to put out the fire despite having no protection on and had one pouring right after the huge explosion (the height difference causing unsteady handling of the bucket and pouring, yikes!). It's probably a normal thing for everyone there and the kids will probably continue to help out and get better with age and experience but it still made me uneasy. :/

@RTBurke 3 ай бұрын

Setting the flaming buckets onto dry grass seems like a well thought out plan.

@0minous187 3 ай бұрын

he has special need powers that shields him

@chubbrock659 Ай бұрын

He gon learn today

@lancerevell5979 5 ай бұрын

Makes me imagine giant space aliens pouring billions of tons of molten metal into the NYC subway system. 😄

@CruX06 Ай бұрын

They should anyways to clean it out.

@labbit3574 Ай бұрын

Free metal

@theuncalledfor 26 күн бұрын

Ants are not sapient. We are. Ants will steal your food, bite you, sting you. An alien could leave peacefully with us, in theory. Not comparable.

@alden1132 5 ай бұрын

Have you guys ever looked into "vibrating" the ground around the nests, when you cast with resin? My thought was to use the vibratory tools they use when pouring concrete, inserted into pre-dug pilot holes drilled into the surrounding earth. Depending on the size of the nest, you might need 2 or more, but I bet even 1 would help to "shake out" bubbles that otherwise might compromise the casting.

@MysteryD 5 ай бұрын

Those are specifically designed to vibrate bubbles out of thick liquid. Honestly, a repeated-hammer-type vibrator would probably work better. That said, I think your idea about vibration to get the liquid to fill the holes better, is a good one.

@TheNightshadePrince 5 ай бұрын

I like your face. :)

@user-cp1kk1rv4h 5 ай бұрын

Green sand or other sand molds are cold and the heat from the iron crates a minor geothermal "vibration" reaction if you will, settling into it's form cooling into a solid. Was a ladle crane operator for a few years.

@alden1132 5 ай бұрын

@@user-cp1kk1rv4h That's an interesting dynamic to learn about. Thanks for sharing! However, I was thinking more for the resin pours, though, where bubbles and debris in the smaller passageways of the nest, combined with the lower density and higher viscosity of the resin, are more likely to cause clogs/stoppages, and large air pockets may never be displaced by resin at all.

@user-cp1kk1rv4h 5 ай бұрын

@@alden1132 oh, I see now. Must have read it too fast. Lol

@bluegizmo1983 6 ай бұрын

_No ants were harmed in the making of_ .... Oh, wait, nevermind 😂

@sirennoir258 6 ай бұрын

Ants are bullies.

@karlos543 6 ай бұрын

@@sirennoir258 And we're not?

@greymomma 5 ай бұрын

@@sirennoir258 and a food source for the echidna.

@RafaelSang-tq8ur Ай бұрын

What's a million ants out of gazillions? Legal mass murder?😂😂

@mpulleyscott 28 күн бұрын

All in the name of art.

@user-qe3zm3tr6c 6 ай бұрын

You need too keep the young fella a few more steps away

@MatthijsvanDuin 5 ай бұрын

or at the very least gear him up in PPE

@dshe8637 5 ай бұрын

Kid shouldn't have been there

@FoxyfloofJumps 5 ай бұрын

@@dshe8637 It seems like pretty typical behavior for Aussies in general. "Eh, he'll be fine. What doesn't kill ya, makes ya smarter." I think another poster recommended a super-soaker. I recommend a liquid nitrogen sprayer.

@dshe8637 5 ай бұрын

@@FoxyfloofJumps But kids do die, or get life-changing injuries some times, don't they?

@sarahk4047 Ай бұрын

@@FoxyfloofJumpsyou not wrong it does come across like that 😊🫶🏻❤️🇦🇺

@oblonghas Ай бұрын

I just wanted to see the castings!

@WhiteVioletButterfly 5 ай бұрын

To answer why this happened: the molten metal hit the water table. You can tell it’s low in this area because at 1:50 you can see they’re about 20 yards from a pond at site 1, and site 3 is maybe 10 yards further out. Site 2 is much further from the pond and the ground is a bit higher, which is why there was no explosion even though it was a bigger pour.

@noneck3099 5 ай бұрын

ants were living under the water table?

@dune7824 4 ай бұрын

You don't need water to achieve this effect, just trapped, expanding air will do the same.

@splodgen32 3 ай бұрын

No, I think what they meant was just that the hot aluminium got all the way down to the water table. @@noneck3099

@0minous187 3 ай бұрын

@@dune7824 you do realize how many ants are in there right and the gas being released from them?

@dune7824 3 ай бұрын

No I didn't get a count, did you?@@0minous187

@Smokkedandslammed 6 ай бұрын

The one ant coming back: "Yo, why did you guys build a giant mountain in front of the entran-OH MY GOD JIMMY IS COVERED IN MOLTEN ALUMINUM! "

@mikuhatsune184 3 ай бұрын

RIP Jimmy 🙏🏻

@AMysticLegend 28 күн бұрын

You deserve more likes for this.

@stephendavis7057 25 күн бұрын

Aluminium

@Taricus 25 күн бұрын

RIP me lol

@mochalattemiss 14 күн бұрын

That one made me spit out my drink! Kudos!

@christmassnow3465 5 ай бұрын

I think the explosions you had comes from the water content of the ants being practically vaporized and their remains charred beyond recognition. The biggest explosion in the third casting was probably because of the proximity to the tree's roots, which also vaporized the water in the roots and caused lots of gaseous emissions that vented through the hole with a spectacular explosion.

@rolandmeyer3729 4 ай бұрын

Hey, ants, welcome to... HELL !

@All_Loves_Lost 4 ай бұрын

@@rolandmeyer3729 oh man that comment made me laugh and feel bad at the same time 🤦‍♀️

@warrax111 4 ай бұрын

@@All_Loves_Lostno fear. karma will strike back

@0minous187 3 ай бұрын

noooooooooooo really?

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 2 ай бұрын

Heeheehee.... "gaseous emissions".

@scottcol23 5 ай бұрын

19:17 This is a great example of why we wear safety gear. No one went to the hospital. Great job.

@moose6676 4 ай бұрын

It’s great that you guys considered full PPE 👍🏻 think the young lad should have full PPE, as he was involved in the operation, just a thought. Enjoyed your video thanks. 👍🏻👍🏻

@artnull13 26 күн бұрын

Lol no-one cares about Joel

@csrlivestock7080 5 ай бұрын

My worry was fire. A month ago we were in severe drought and total fire ban. I did not see any water used to put the fires out if it go away.

@satoriwabisabi 6 ай бұрын

Why is the kid, the only one not wearing protective gear? Lol

@kotnapromke 6 ай бұрын

Мужчина это выживший мальчик.

$@luminousfractal420$

@luminousfractal420 Ай бұрын

non skilled, replaceable

@artnull13 26 күн бұрын

Joel is expendable

@503dude8 5 ай бұрын

I've heard about ant nest molds, but to see it in action is really cool. I'm glad you guys had on your PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) when that one pour exploded.

@dshe8637 5 ай бұрын

But the kid running around randomly was very unsafe

@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk 5 ай бұрын

@@dshe8637she wasn't pouring

@jamesabergas5320 4 ай бұрын

Seatbelts don't only protect the driver of the car but also passengers.

@alphabravo424 Ай бұрын

And there was *NO fire extinguisher on site.* That could have ended in a bush fire. Especially with the explosion

@demsandlibsareswinecancer4667 5 ай бұрын

Who on Earth sets up in such a manner so that they have to walk half a football field to pour the molten aluminum?😂

@fly_speck_cafe 26 күн бұрын

Cardio, man.

@adelaideoldphart 29 күн бұрын

Fascinating. That 'explosion' was intense. I first saw this sort of thing with fire ants in America and the nests were much more spindly and extensive so I was surprised to see how squat these nests were. A very interesting video. Thank you.

@kimlindsey5178 6 ай бұрын

I have watched several aluminum ant castings and this is the biggest explosion I have seen. I am SO thankful that you are all okay! I have given scathing comments to some channels (accompanied by thumbs down) who call themselves professionals, yet they are wearing sneakers, using oven mitts and tongs to pour the molten aluminum. I commend you for showing the PROPER precautions when pouring these sculptures. Thank you!

@sforza209 2 ай бұрын

SCATHING COMMENTS AND THUMBS DOWN??? How could you!!

@kimlindsey5178 2 ай бұрын

@#sforiza69 if you saw the video that I saw, you would give the same response.

@sforza209 Ай бұрын

@@kimlindsey5178 I’m just messing with you hahaha

@artnull13 26 күн бұрын

Yeah except the kid running around @9:19 with zero protective gear 😂

@K-Igaki 5 ай бұрын

This would make for an amazing sequel to "A Bug's Life"

@shahphone 5 ай бұрын

The safety gear on the person at the 21 minute mark is incredible. Good job!

@aaronhogan2371 5 ай бұрын

This wasn't the Ant artic expedition I expected :)

@dibbuk5730 6 ай бұрын

I was glad to see that there is at least one group of ant casters who are willing to use proper protective gear. The big burps around 9:30 and 19:00 was proof of why it is needed.

@Myndale 5 ай бұрын

As someone who has been bitten by a bull ant I can assure you, that protective gear isn't for all the molten metal flying around!

@JonathanGillies 3 ай бұрын

@@Myndale hmmmmm....... not convinced tbh lol........ :0

@DaleKlein 5 ай бұрын

This is the first time I've thought 'poor ants'.

@georgevasilopoulos5359 5 ай бұрын

Imagine being an ant queen building an empire of ants for 20+ years and getting all of it destroyed in seconds . I just don't understand why they call this shit art.

@AxionSmurf 4 ай бұрын

pour ants

@JonathanGillies 3 ай бұрын

the landowner was going to get rid of them one way or another anyway lol......... :0

@spring1942 2 ай бұрын

Same.

@WeirdHieroglyphicSymbol Ай бұрын

@@georgevasilopoulos5359 boo hoo?

@jakemusmaximus7991 Ай бұрын

Never mind protective gear for the kid standing right next to these guys!!!!

@GodlyAtheist 5 ай бұрын

Seeing those ants walking on the side of the hill as their 20 year old home gets burned by giants was kinda heartbreaking.

@chubbrock659 Ай бұрын

Not really. Little demons

@edwardpardy7866 27 күн бұрын

Cry me a fukin river mate!

@shanesauce7738 26 күн бұрын

That makes no sense

@fergywurst 5 ай бұрын

I'm thinking that your Fire Fighter might need just a little more protective clothing. Other than that, his tecnique is fun to watch. 😎

@davereeves1967 5 ай бұрын

Goes on about being safe, has small child with no safety gear stompin' out fires right in the danger zone. Makes sense.

@autumn948 17 күн бұрын

it's like a volcano in reverse!

@tgward313 4 ай бұрын

fire ants only please -

@ronsimpson143 6 ай бұрын

Would putting a short steel barrel cutoff, say 2.5 feet tall, around the hole keep that exploding bit from spreading?

@Un4inged 5 ай бұрын

Makes me nervous how close the young one is to it all with no PPE

@0minous187 3 ай бұрын

who cares

@billmoran3219 5 ай бұрын

So much for safety and a well planned pour

@doug9418 Ай бұрын

WoW that's awesome! First time watcher and I'll be hooked. Thanks for teaching.

@squarefour1 6 ай бұрын

I was intrigued, so I watched what you guys were doing. As you were putting on all of that safety gear I thought. Really, Why?? Then I saw Why. Glad you all had it on. Wow that moisture in the nest I assume caused the explosion of hot aluminum. Really loved the video

@wholefoodplantbasedmama5398 5 ай бұрын

It’s Australia! Safety gear is essential

@gogmorgoaway 5 ай бұрын

Casually setting the grass on fire on a windy day in a country known for being on fire instead of finding something to set hot things down on is an odd vibe

@greymomma 5 ай бұрын

No water nearby to put out any fire that might start either.

@southeastcoastalphotography Ай бұрын

They had a very capable firefighter on hand and he did a great job. Also I think the guys who do this for a living know better than the armchair commenters.

@gogmorgoaway Ай бұрын

@@southeastcoastalphotography All I'm saying is you won't need to react to a fire before it gets out of hand if you set yourself up to not light fires you didn't need to light. My line of work has me running grinders and torches in some prime wildfire country. Even if it's something as simple as peeling the sod bad or scraping the duff to bare soil before you start work, you don't throw sparks or drop red-hot steel into something that could ignite. It's not like there wasn't time waiting for the furnace to get up to temperature to be planning a better strategy than tossing the crucibles into the grass. Yeah we always have something around to extinguish any fire that might start, but it's a better day when you don't have to use them. And even if it's not much of a fire that gets away from you, you're still pulling fire response resources away from possibly responding to something else.

@jenshagelstein7695 5 ай бұрын

are the ants wearing safety gears too?

@alexmad9377 4 ай бұрын

been watching your series. love it lots of time effort research has gone into everything. but this mega tank and eco system takes the cake. an avid viewer from Australia.

@mattbiggs1992 6 ай бұрын

Jeez what a scary moment. That kid running around that close to it afterwards though isn't a great idea. Thankfully everyone was ok.

@MavonEast 6 ай бұрын

They broil ants for a living. This isn't going to be a brilliant community.

@garrettmillsap 6 ай бұрын

@@MavonEastlooks like someone pissed in your cheerios. Simmer down Karen it will be ok.

@MavonEast 6 ай бұрын

@@garrettmillsap Thanks for proving my point, Einstein. 😁💙

@garrettmillsap 6 ай бұрын

@@MavonEast you seem like you need a win, so I guess I will let you think you have it. Cheerio pip pip

@MavonEast 6 ай бұрын

@@garrettmillsap Good boy.

@KieranShort 7 ай бұрын

Looking forward to the rest of this miniseries!

@jorickjoetoep Ай бұрын

What a delicious looking cancermellow they had in the end. Really awesome to see the nests come out. Geat vid

@clacclackerson3678 29 күн бұрын

Australians doing what Australians do best: treating the land and nature with absolute contempt.

@nathandodge665 27 күн бұрын

Waaaaaaaaaaaa cry cry cry

@shanesauce7738 26 күн бұрын

Maybe you should try living with bull ants in your house and see if you change your mind

@clacclackerson3678 26 күн бұрын

@@shanesauce7738 😃

@CyxerrexyC 18 күн бұрын

Apparently natives, nature and land are their natural enemies.

@MarcelleRogin 6 ай бұрын

This is all very interesting, but why is that kid so close when everyone else is wearing protective gear?!?

@shanesauce7738 26 күн бұрын

Maybe cause kids are impulsive and most often put fun over safety

@SatelliteYL 5 ай бұрын

Glad you’re wearing safety gear but… I can’t believe you haven’t set up a jig to pour the bucket from a safer distance…! At the simplest, just two saw horses with a mount, and a bar with the bucket connected. Set up a pulley and a rope, and you can pour in safety from a distance

@charliewatts6895 5 ай бұрын

That's what I was thinking.

@brileyh Ай бұрын

I love how the youth have parts suitable to their strength and ability

@holddline 10 күн бұрын

So…you mean they were tight AF?

@brileyh 10 күн бұрын

@@holddline Clueless American here. I am not familiar with the term AF. I meant that their two children impressed me helping with the equipment set-up, post-pour clean-up, and fire stomping. I was giving a shout-out to the dad for including the kids in tasks for which they are strong enough to do. They will grow up with confidence and knowledge about dangerous work ... something their city-only peers may never ever experience.

@philippal8666 Ай бұрын

Just waiting for the kid to pick up the molten aluminium with his hands

@davedyson4730 6 ай бұрын

The kid was far too close, especially when the first one blew back.

@myjmbro1304 7 ай бұрын

I’m always so excited when y’all post!

@australianantart1376 7 ай бұрын

So are we :)

@josephblomeister3040 5 ай бұрын

Crazy! Never heard of this my entire life! Hoping to see the castings next...

@jedgarren2901 27 күн бұрын

21:02 Fire everywhere and a single fire extinguisher in sight 😮

@foxw875 5 ай бұрын

12:31 that lone little ant returning from his foraging that day. "I dont remember this mountain being here. Wait.. what are those humans doi... OH MY GOD MY PEOPLE! YOU MONSTERS!!!"

@andrewclayterman6230 5 ай бұрын

"Wow!! They've sure upgraded the pla.... OH MY GOD!! NOOOO!!!"

@shanesauce7738 26 күн бұрын

Being ants have about 0.0000029% human brain capacity, it’s unlikely they can experience emotion.

@Enishidono 7 ай бұрын

I'm so happy to see you all again!! This was an absolute blast to watch (pun intended), I really hope you all continue to post more vids! I'm also happy to see no one hurt too badly from that steam explosion. That was pretty scary

@australianantart1376 7 ай бұрын

It was pretty intense. We have a few more videos coming for these castings.

@lovequeen7080 6 ай бұрын

@@australianantart1376What did these ants do to you??? Why would you do this?

@andrewclayterman6230 5 ай бұрын

@@lovequeen7080 calm yourself, bruce.. they are vicious buggers that will, and do.. attack humans. The nests were getting closer to the abode..

@gusmannion7962 5 ай бұрын

@@andrewclayterman6230they tend to forget that 80% of the animals & bugs in Australia want to kill you for food hahaha, that's the problem with groing up in America they forgot we still live with Nature & not nature living with us. If they had to spent a week out there they'd DIE, from being stupid ,look at this cute little bugga, OUCH CHARLIE, NO BITE CHARLIE THAT HURT... 😂😂 LMFAO HAHA HAHA

@igualnimp 5 ай бұрын

No one except one million ants.

@userbosco Ай бұрын

feel bad for those trees, something tells me they wont survive casting

@TheSiberian77 4 ай бұрын

it’d be cool to do at night with a thermal camera, you’d be able to see the outline in the ground heating up… just an idea

@ABa-os6wm Ай бұрын

Don't need the night for that.

@danielbedrossian5986 6 ай бұрын

10+ years ago a similar ant nest pouring was done with somekind of cement mixture in Africa, and was dug up after the cement solidified. It must have been a nightmare removing the soil without breaking the branches.

@deshonkimble714 5 ай бұрын

I’ve see that one and it was massive

@PatientXero607 5 ай бұрын

The sounds of Kookaburra's and Magpies in the background is insane.

@AdamosDad Ай бұрын

I knew the explosion was coming but still jumped, good show.

@tugginalong 2 ай бұрын

I can’t believe how close the kid gets to the pour after the explosion

@garrettcaldwell6206 5 ай бұрын

Imagine sleeping in ur house and all of a sudden tons and tons of molten metal is pumped into your house at extreme speed without warning and next thing you know your whole cul-de-sac or city is an art peice 😂

@TheRVSN 5 ай бұрын

Pompeii. Italy. Just a few centuries ago (historians lie).

@dr.emilschaffhausen4683 5 ай бұрын

79 AD

@1nvisible1 3 ай бұрын

*Happened to me once. All the food in the fridge was ruined.*

@Damiano_19 Ай бұрын

That's gonna be awesome.😂

$@luminousfractal420$

@luminousfractal420 Ай бұрын

pompei

@bdablader95 7 ай бұрын

Always so excited when you guys upload, glad everyone was wearing PPEs!

@australianantart1376 7 ай бұрын

So were we

@lovequeen7080 6 ай бұрын

@@australianantart1376You guys deserve everything. This is really rude. These ants weren't hurting ypu.

@Hawk7886 5 ай бұрын

@@lovequeen7080lol you serious?

@lovequeen7080 5 ай бұрын

@@Hawk7886 Dead serious.

@Hawk7886 5 ай бұрын

@@lovequeen7080 dead like all the ants?

@WacKEDmaN 5 ай бұрын

that job looks like a complete PITA!..so glad yas where suited up...and the kids where far enough away...

@spankyjeffro5320 5 ай бұрын

Yep! PPE is a must when working with molten metal. I got 2nd-degree burns on my foot from molten steel heated by an oxy-torch. Molten metal is no joke.

@buckodonnghaile4309 5 ай бұрын

I've had a bubbling tar droplet land on my leg, I can't imagine molten aluminum.

@ryanmolina6770 7 ай бұрын

It's been a while but I'm glad to see that you all are still producing content. I'm particularly interested in watching more clear resin castings. As the technique develops & improves, I'm certain we'll see the most spectacular displays of nature ever witnessed; like 4k in 3d frozen in time. Anyways, I'm also happy that no one was injured during that big explosion; too bad it wasn't 'radioactive' otherwise it could have given you 'super powers' (jking). Hot, molten metal. Heavy, cumbersome objects with sharp and/or jagged protrusions that need to be handled. Angry, large, aggressive, venomous ants. Sounds pretty safe to me... Can't wait to see the excavations!

@mohammedalmukhtar5428 5 ай бұрын

Doomsday for the Ants…died in simmering heat …no lawyers involved

@shanesauce7738 26 күн бұрын

That’s what they deserve

@MrROTD 8 күн бұрын

I worked in a foundry, if the metal hit too much moisture in a mold it would explode, but not like that was more like an eruption.

@user-lk9sb1ld1p 12 күн бұрын

I've seen one huge casting once.It was like a literal city city

@skakpedersen 5 ай бұрын

WHAT? We will NOT SEE the actual casting in this video!

@JOBT0 5 ай бұрын

I feel sorry for those who live inside there.

@terencejay8845 5 ай бұрын

We've all seen the intricacies of ant and termite nests by now from castings, so why ruin a vibrant colony in this manner. It's shameful, but 'they're only ants'

@nathandodge665 27 күн бұрын

Seriously Karen???

@nathandodge665 27 күн бұрын

@@terencejay8845that's right. They're only ants. Get a grip

@terencejay8845 27 күн бұрын

@@nathandodge665 How far up the animal kingdom does your dismissive 'It's only...' go? When does it start to matter to you?

@nathandodge665 27 күн бұрын

@@terencejay8845 oh the poor little ants. Next you'll be defending the cockroaches!!

@garyvee6023 5 ай бұрын

Years ago I was doing a concreting job in Newman W.A. building a bund wall around some fuel tanks...., and the Bull ants where I had to build my formwork were fierce...., that feirce that we had to pour some petrol down the nest hole to get our job done (this was 30 years ago). I always wondered how amazing it would be to "see" how big their nest was. (there were thousands of ants everytime we went near the area...., and SUPER fierce). Wish I knew about this.., I would of tried to convinced BHP to take a cast of the nest. 🥰

@stuflames4769 28 күн бұрын

Oh, we are the valiant infantry! We are the alpha team with passion and comraderie!

@janesheridan5632 7 ай бұрын

So glad you all had your safety equipment on.

@australianantart1376 7 ай бұрын

So were we

@uhlspetznaz 5 ай бұрын

That you don't use some blocks or something to protect the land around where you work is amazing to me. Hell, at least clear a patch of area so you don't end up starting a massive fire and burn someone's house down.

@darrenmacfarlane8050 4 күн бұрын

Holy shit! It’s Forrest Griffin, with an Australian accent!

@firstmkb 4 ай бұрын

What is the gear you’re wearing called, and where would you get it? I’d like to make some castings at about 1% of what you are doing.

@kenbeimer 5 ай бұрын

Action starts at 8:00

@bobdevries4028 5 ай бұрын

You just saved 8 minutes of my life. Thanks!

@gen2-x364 6 ай бұрын

Lol…..those ants are officially done aerating any soil…..lol. Cool looking art have seen them before. When lightning strikes the desert floor it can also make some amazing art.

@eldrichnemo9312 10 күн бұрын

Wow, I never knew all the dermatologists in pimple/ingrown youtube comment sections are also environmental entomologists AND CPS workers. All at the same time! Amazing how educated the comment sections are! 😉 The explosion in that third nest was really shocking! Reminds me of a young lad of 20 or so who would reach into the fringes of the bonfire for wrapped potatoes insisting "aluminum doesn't get hot." Quite the genius that one. We'd roast marshmallows, too!

@edenshorthousesthouse1925 3 ай бұрын

This looks like the coolest volcano presentation ever i dont know if anyone else did this at school.

@dougie8010 5 ай бұрын

19:35 "thats why we wear safety gear guys!" Tell that to pink pants kid at 9:18, standing barely meters away from a smaller splatter.

@johncolvin2754 5 ай бұрын

The E A K, evil ant killers😂

@TomPauls007 5 ай бұрын

This was cool. Like some others have said: When molten metal hits any water, it immediately turns to steam (expands greatly). Also, why not carry a water extinguisher with you for fires?

@Mrs.LadeyBug 5 ай бұрын

Perhaps your answer is written in your question.