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So...remember a while back I said my kid got an ant farm but all the ants were dead but the Queen? I’ve been surprisingly invested in her survival and though she appeared to have seriously died twice already - yet she lives!
Today I introduced a host species (or parasitic species, not sure) and she’s met them and they didn’t murder her (yet?) and now I’m enthralled by the soap opera of this whole thing stay tuned.
Funnily enough, my 9-yo who wanted this thing in the first place is decidedly much less invested than I appear to be. WHO’S THE MYRMECOLOGIST NOW HUH
Okay so it’s been a few hours and I can report that the new Queen appears to have died in transit
The workers have moved in and my Queen is in the tube the other ants came in, which is still half full of eggs and...stuff. Perhaps a peaceful transition is possible?
The workers have moved in and my Queen is in the tube the other ants came in, which is still half full of eggs and...stuff. Perhaps a peaceful transition is possible?
I’m thinking of naming the Ant Queen. What should it be? Any thoughts @VeraFarmiga
Aaaah! Now the worker ants are dragging eggs everywhere and some of them seem like they’re attacking my Queen and it’s all much more stressful than I was expecting this to be.
QUEEN UPDATE: There were a few tense moments where it looked like the new ants were attacking my Queen (as I screamed Noooo! fully expecting them to eviscerate her before my eyes). There was a hearty scuffle and then—
—then they all just went about their business and started moving eggs all over and she looked like she’d found her PURPOSE, she was barking orders and inspecting the troops and honestly we all learn a lot about that kind of cooperation.
Now they are swaying and singing ‘We Are The World’
STOP THE PRESSES there’s a new development. Queen is still ruling - but it’s possible she may have gone on a murderous rampage? So many dead workers now. Did they work themselves to death, toiling so energetically yesterday? Maybe they’re just sleeping. Yes, that’s it! Sleeping..
Meantime, they have made a landfill site with most of the empty egg sacs and have unceremoniously dumped the Old Queen (that lazy hag) into the heap. I assume they’ll feast on her heart?
Did I mention my Queen had previously decapitated her dead minions and lined up their heads on a piece of cotton wool? Maybe she’s actually a Lannister...
I’m rethinking this whole game now
I’m rethinking this whole game now
IT’S A REAL LIFE GAME OF THRONES
UPDATE: Clusters of survivors remain but the scene is littered with corpses, shattered shells. The Queen is nowhere to be seen, going on days now. It appears they may have murdered and dismembered her? It’s all very Middle Ages.
