{"id":1829,"date":"2012-07-21T17:33:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-21T16:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2012-07-21T17:33:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T16:33:49","slug":"translucent-ants-photographed-eating-coloured-liquids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/21\/translucent-ants-photographed-eating-coloured-liquids\/","title":{"rendered":"Translucent Ants Photographed Eating Coloured Liquids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scientist Mohamed Babu from <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mysore\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mysore\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">Mysore, India<\/a>\u00a0has captured beautiful photos of translucent <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ant\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ant\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\">ants<\/a>\u00a0who are eating a specially coloured liquid sugar. Some of the ants would even move between the food, resulting in new colour combinations in their stomachs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ants-2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/ants-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ants-2.jpg?fit=798%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"798,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Coloured Ants\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ants-2.jpg?fit=798%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1830\" title=\"Coloured Ants\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/ants-2.jpg?resize=559%2C420\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2022765\/The-ants-multi-coloured-abdomens-exactly-theyve-eating.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail online<\/a> site.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin-left: 0;\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"overflow: hidden; list-style: none; margin-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2012\/07\/03\/scientist-discovers-ant-art\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; border: 0; display: block; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/98190763_80_80.jpg?w=1165\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2012\/07\/03\/scientist-discovers-ant-art\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scientist Discovers Ant Art<\/a><span style=\"display: block; font-size: 12px; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\">(geeksaresexy.net)<\/span>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n<hr style=\"margin: 0;\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"overflow: hidden; list-style: none; margin-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amanwithaphd.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/29\/ants-of-many-different-colors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; border: 0; display: block; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/97434994_80_80.jpg?w=1165\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a style=\"display: block;\" href=\"http:\/\/amanwithaphd.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/29\/ants-of-many-different-colors\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ants of many different colors<\/a><span style=\"display: block; font-size: 12px; margin: 10px 0 10px 0;\">(amanwithaphd.wordpress.com)<\/span>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n<hr style=\"margin: 0;\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientist Mohamed Babu from Mysore, India\u00a0has captured beautiful photos of translucent ants\u00a0who are eating a specially coloured liquid sugar. 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