The Ant-loving Crickets (family Myrmecophilidae)
… are rarely encountered relatives of crickets, and are obligate inquilines (animals that live commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species) within ant nests. They are very small, wingless, and flattened, therefore resembling small cockroach nymphs. There are a few genera, containing fewer than 100 species. Ant Crickets are yellow, brown, or nearly black in color. They do not produce sound, and lack both wings and tympanal organs (“ears”) on the front tibia…
(read more: Wikipedia) (photo: Gyunther Tschuch)
Here’s your Friday puzzler! We just added 2,300 sardines to the Open Sea exhibit. How many does that make total? Our live web cam might help you make an estimate!
T-Virus and Antidote (Resident Evil shots)
Ingredients:
T-Virus-
2 oz Blue Curacao
1/4 tsp Agar powder
1 1/2 oz Citrus vodkaT-Virus Antidote-
2 oz Midori
1/4 tsp Agar powder
1 1/2 oz Citrus vodkaTools-
Small pan
Food syringe
Silicon tubing that fits the syringe (1 ft. minimum)
Glass of ice water
Tall shot glassesDirections: This recipe is for those who like the previous T-Virus and Antidote shots, but want to wow your guests with something a bit more complicated. In a pan, bring the blue curacao or Midori to almost a boil. Remove it from the heat and mix in the agar powder with a spoon or spatula. Suck the liquid into the syringe and inject it into the tubing. Submerge the tubing into the glass of ice water and wait around 5 minutes for it to solidify. After about 5 minutes, remove the tubing from the water. To remove the newly solidified gel from the tube, fill your syringe with air and use the air to push the gel out. Cut the gel strings into the appropriate length for your shot glass. Carefully wrap the gel around the inside of your shot glass and slowly pour in citrus vodka. Serve, infect, and heal.
Drink created and photographed by FIReWAtEr. For more detailed directions and photos of the process, head over to his blog.
