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Best Ant Farms

What's the best ant farm for you? Well, it depends what you want it for. If you want a cool and interesting desk ornament (lots of people have them on the office desk) then you'll want one of the smaller ant farms. But if you want it so that your kids can study and learn about ants, then one of the larger ant habitats would probably be more appropriate.

Get them a toy they can enjoy AND learn from!

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Ant farms tick all the boxes when it comes to kids! They can learn from them (and there's a lot they can learn), it keeps them interested and they can gain a sense of responsibility by looking after their little pets too!

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This great kit contains everything you need! Water, feeder, special sand and an informative guide so you don't go wrong!

GIANT Ant Farm with mail-in certificate for ants $23.95

This is just about the biggest ant farm you can get! It has a HUGE 15" x 10" viewing area. It'll support upto 75 ants quite easily, making the GIANT ant farm one of the busiest places on your street!

GIANT Ant Farm with LIVE ants sent NOW! $29.95

This type of Ant Farm was devised by NASA scientists when they wanted to understand how ants responded to weightlessness in space!

Lighted Blue Gel Ant Farm with Mail-In Certificate for Ants - $29.95

You can see from the picture how the ants carve themselves an intricate network of tunnels that imitates those found inside a real ants nest. The gel contains nutrients and water, so you don't even need to feed them! This has to be the ultimate in maintenance-free pet keeping! The Ant Farm has a tight-fitting lid, just to ensure that none of your little friends go eploring where they shouldn't!

Lighted Blue Gel Ant Farm complete with LIVE ANTS - $35.95

LIVE ANTS TOO!

You don't need to wait for weeks, these are the ants you need, RIGHT NOW!

These are the ideal ants for your ant farm. They're Western Harvester Ants Pogonomyrmex occidentalis. These worker ants are 5-6mm long and easily big enough to watch as they go about their daily routine of tunnelling, cleaning up, feeding and communicating with each other.

'Pogon' in their scientific name means beard, and if you look closely you can see that these ants have small whiskers on their chins. Hence the name!

Other creatures too! There's a whole world of interesting animals for your kids to explore! Just click on the cirlcles!


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What's the Best Ant Farm for you?
Well. it depends what you want it for. If you're buying one as a gift for a child then there's no doubt that they'll appreciate the space age lines and cool illumination feature of the Gel Ant Farm described above. But, if you were to go for the more traditional type, that involves real sand, then it's possible they might learn a little more about the activities of ants in a somewhat more natural environment.

If you're thinking that you might want an ant farm as a sort of living ornament then probably the one to go for would be the Illuminated Gel type. They are wierdly attractive and of course, once the ants have carved their way through the gel, no two gel ant farms are ever the same. They make a great conversation piece and, if you have one on your desk at work, then you'll never be short of visitors. You might not get any work done though! Find out here about Gel Ant Farms.

HAVE FUN WITH YOUR ANTS!

PS - Remember, buying an ant farm and watching your ants perform their daily miracles of strength and skill is just the start - there's so much more to find out about the world of insects...and plenty of different kits to learn from! And if you're interested in something a little bigger than ants, check out these top-selling pet guides from geckos to guinea pigs!

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