
Ants don't like the cold. They get des-animated if it is too cool.
This is why I had to put the crew members of Expedition I into the fridge for 15 minutes before I could put them into the space habitat. Otherwise they would just run away. (And then I would have to kill them in order to prevent security issues in my room!)
When they feel too cold they do not work and they "huddle" instead. They then hardly move and you wonder if they are dead already.
My small room here in Berkshire can get very cold, so I really feared this project would end quite prematurely. The ants would refuse to construct great tunnels for my viewing pleasure. Instead, they dug a small "cave" below Birnie Loch, where nearly all of them stuck together waiting for some... I don't know what they waited for. I name this cave Anatolia, after a region in Turkey, which is supposed to be the cradle of - not mankind - but at least Europe.
"Anatolia" sounds good, and I am looking forward to the moment when the ants create something which I will name "Patagonia", which also sounds quite good.
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