Storm of ants

An artist became an internet celebrity thanks to his inventive way of destroying anthills

An artist from the United States has become an Internet celebrity thanks to his inventive way of destroying anthills.

An Alabama resident has come up with a new way to combat red ants, which farmers usually use special poisons to kill. He finds one of the entrances to the anthill in its upper part and pours molten aluminum inside. Hot metal passes through all the tunnels, simultaneously destroying members of the colony. After the aluminum hardens, the author of the idea digs out the resulting figure, which exactly replicates the architecture of the anthill, and washes off the dirt from it.

Several times the process of destroying the colony was filmed and published on the AnthillArt channel. Two videos collected a total of 30 million views in six months.

Some of the sculptures by the artist, who prefers to remain anonymous, can be purchased through eBay, their cost ranges from 10-20 thousand rubles, and delivery is carried out only within the United States.

The enterprising American also has a public page on Facebook with 20 thousand subscribers. Meanwhile, not all commentators consider what he does to be art, calling his actions mass murder.

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