An ant colony on your desktop? You bet! Based on a NASA Space shuttle experiment to see how ants would tunnel in micro-gravity, AntWorks is a self contained ant habitat that requires no additional food or water.

Antworks is based upon a 2003 NASA Space Shuttle experiment to study animal life in space and test how ants successfully tunnel in microgravity.
The Antworks gel is complete with nutrients to promote healthy growth in the new colony. Watch ants live, work, and tunnel in the nutritious, and non-toxic gel as they create series upon series of intricate tunnels.Never before have you been so capable of watching these awesome creatures at work.Ants are perhaps the most
populous creatures on the face of planet earth,with atleast ten thousand species andcountless trillions of individual ants. Bring them indoors today with Antworks!
The transparent housing is filled with a special nutrient rich gel which, not only gives your ants everything they need for a healthy life but also relieves you of the responsibility of having to feed or water them.Open your Antworks container.Using the enclosed stick, poke four holes in the gel.Insert about 15 ants into your Antworks container and close the lid and start to watch 3-D tunnel show!

Fascinations® AntWorks™ allows one to study the behavior of ants in a unique, self-contained environment. Its special gel is full of nutrients specially formulated for the needs of the ant. Because the gel is clear, one can see tunnel architecture develop in 3-D – offering a new and unique perspective from that of the traditional, soil-based habitats. Fascinations® AntWorks™ includes a container with a special gel formulation, magnifying glass, 20 page booklet detailing fascinating ant facts, and a special ‘extreme magnification lens’ with which one can even see hairs on the ants! AntWorks™ is amazing, new and Patent Pending.
Please click here to see Ants' Life in the Antworks!
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Includes
Container with Gel
Jeweler's Lens
Magnifying Glass
Tunnel Starter Tool
Instruction Booklet
Features:
The perfect indoor pet..requires no maintenance
3-D tunnels provide easy viewing of the ants as they work in their new habitat.
No food or water required.
Apparently the Gel can be re-used time & time again, and most ants live up to 6 months.
Sturdy acrylic container measures 14 x 16.5 x 3cm
Life expectancy is 6 months!
The perfect educational gift for all ages
Interesting Ant Facts:

Ants are one of the oldest living creatures on earth. Like sharks, they haven't changed much in millions of years. Nature got it right first time, proving the old axiom "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Ants are the world's strongest creature in relation to their size. They can carry 10-20 times their bodyweight. They are also the longest living of all insects.
At any given moment, there are at least 1015 ants living on earth. (That's a number so large -- and involving more zeros than is polite to use in mixed company -- that there isn't even a word for it. A lot is just woefully inadequate.) Anyway, that represents 0.1% of all the planet's insects.

For the details see the enclosed instruction booklet with the Antworks Habitat...