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Business Stationary Mart - Giant Ant Farm
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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $16.79
Your Save: $ 3.20 ( 16% )
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Manufacturer: Uncle Milton
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Amazon Maximum Age: 12
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 99
Amazon Minimum Age: 96
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: Uncle Milton
EAN: 0042499000338
Feature: Largest viewing area of any ant farm habitat!
Label: Uncle Milton
Manufacturer: Uncle Milton
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 72
Publisher: Uncle Milton
Studio: Uncle Milton
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Features
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Largest viewing area of any ant farm habitat!
Includes: year supply of ant food, sand and water dropper
Break-resistant and escape-proof
Order form to receive live ants by mail
Illustrated Ant Watcher's Manual
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Summary: Stop Killing Your Ants
Comment: I was surprised to read all of the comments from people whose ants died quickly. I bought a new fangled gel ant farm last year, and decided to also set up my old Uncle Miltie version. I got 2 sets of ants from [...], and discovered that the gel version was a huge bust. All the ants did was try to escape, and they didn't last long. On the other hand, my Uncle Miltie sand colony thrived, and a few of the ants lived for more than 7 months. All I did was put in an eye dropper full of suger-water every few days, and occasionally added a bit of the food that I got from the [...] people. They also sell sand, and I just rejuvenated my farm for another go-round. So far, I've purchased 75 ants from this company, and they all arrived alive within a couple weeks. They also guarantee replacement if they don't. Anyway, my family thinks I'm nuts, but I'm really enjoying the ant farm.
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Summary: Fun and Educational
Comment: For anyone complaining about this ant farm and the psychological effects on children when the ants die, I say grow up! Most children as young as age of 5 or 6 has probably stepped on a bug on purpose and can handle more than we adults think they can. Can you remember when you were 5? I can and the death of bugs at 5 didn't make me into an angry adult who cannot except hardships or turn me into some raving lunatic! Go figure. Let kids be kids for crying out loud! Try talking to them when the ants eventually depart from the planet and explain what happens in nature. Most likely they'll say "Oh, o.k." and then go watch Hannah Montana and forget all about it. If the ants were able to live say 3 years, most children wouldn't take care of the ants anyway. Once the novelty wears off they wouldn't take care of them and the ants would probably starve to death. So go ahead and purchase this for your kids and use with supervision if very young. It's a great learning experience and you will see some similarities between insects and humans!
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Summary: Good Buy!
Comment: I bought this for my 8 year old brother, and my whole family likes it! It took a little on the longer side to receive the ants in the mail, and the waiting is difficult for young children, but they are active, building tunnels and burying the dead. One drawback-there weren't many ants, so they have to order more on their own. Overall, he is enjoying it, it got there in good time, and I am happy with the product for the price.
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Summary: The Sand Version is Better Than the Gel
Comment: My six year old son got the gel version of this for his birthday. When our ants to arrived (after waiting a couple of months) I reopened the original box to pull out the farm only to find the gel inside the farm molding. Yuck! All the ants died quickly too.
I called the Uncle Milton customer service number. They were great! The farm was a gift so I didn't have a receipt and didn't know where it was bought. They said there were previous problems with mold and recommended their sand version instead. They sent to us their Giant Ant farm and two weeks later our new ants came (all for free). I didn't even have to send moldy one back to them.
We've had the farm up and going for just five days. It's fascinating! Better than any fish tank. My kids and I love coming home from our day and seeing what the ants have accomplished.
With the gel we wouldn't have needed to feed or water the ants but it's kind of fun thinking about what you're going to give them next. A piece of hamburger meat, apple, bread...?
The one problem I did find is with the feeding caps on top that you must remove to insert the ants and feed and water them. Before I even put the ants in I found that when I removed the caps they often fell into the farm. To keep this from happening, or to help retrieve the cap if it did fall in, I strung some thread through an air hole. Just a tip if you find this a problem too.
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Summary: Great Toy for educational purposes & just fun to watch.
Comment: As the title says, but one corner of the product was broken during shipping or ??? We did not want to wast time and postage returning it, so we patched it up the best we could with tape. Otherwise, a great toy and lots of fun - my son is in 3rd grade and every kid now wants one for themselves.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The big viewing surface of this ant farm is perfect for group ant watching. The farm comes complete with a year supply of ant food, water feeder, clean tunneling sand, illustrated "Ant Watcher's Handbook," and a mail-in coupon for live ants. Some set-up is required.
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