It's actually a really wholesome story, he loved collecting bugs as a kid, but with urban development that became more difficult, so he wanted something for kids to recreate that feeling for him.

  • CommieTommy [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I used to make ant hotels by digging out the dirt with my hands; it was really compact dirt so I'd always end up looking like I'd been in a mine.

    In hindsight though, me picking up ants and running over to take them to the ant hotel probably gave them hideous injuries that made them die in agony, so :(.

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      If its any consolation, ants are durable as hell. Maybe a few of them left the hotel to find a new food source and they scent marked it for their comrades while trekking home, making the whole ordeal worthwhile for the colony because ants are collective organisms.