He set up his webcam, placed a pile of sugar cubes at the end of his little race track and placed six Racing Ants behind the Start line.
Pandemonium ensued.
Before Wilson had even said, 'Get ready… Steady… GO!' the ants had started scampering around in random directions (one even taking flight) while Antony – who had been put in charge of guarding the sugar cubes – and Wilson ran about in pursuit trying to catch them.
After a few minutes, W and Antony gave up looking for the miniature athletes, and it wasn't until much later that they were discovered, sated and too full to move, sitting under the sugar cubes with smiles on their tiny faces…
It turns out that ants, unlike racehorses and greyhounds, are harder to train than you might think.
I don't know why I was the only person not surprised to learn this simple fact…
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