But their collective behaviour is remarkably ant-like.

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It was rumored that, like an ant, her back could bear the burden of something several times her body weight.

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Movements like "Ant Farm" combined art, architecture and graphics in cultural send-ups that included half-buried old Cadillacs, rear-ends protruding jauntily from a parking lot.

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Jack's trying to snuff a super-duper 600-year-old ghoul (played by Thomas Ian Griffith) who looks a lot like Adam Ant did during his "musically untalented pirate" period.

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Scientists in the US have built and tested robotic ants that they say behave just like a real ant colony.

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Like a little ant farm, we'd have some God's eye view of the comings and goings of our tiny little un-selves.

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" Instead, everything is talked about in terms of absolute cardinal directions (north, south, east, west), which means you say things like, "There's an ant on your southwest leg.

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When Disney first made the purchase it looked like it would either have to exploit less well known heroes (such as Ant Man and Nova) or wait for the franchise rights to expire at other studios.

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To produce an image, you need to start off by building a life-like model, no mean feat with something as intricate as a fly or an ant.

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