2006-07-19 02:46:37 · 10 answers · asked by kntsmaid69 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
They have it shipped in from the Bahamas.
2006-07-19 03:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by PoohP 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sand Ant
2016-10-16 07:57:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well ants dont actually go elsewhere to get the sand. The sand that you see on the outside of an ant hill is what has been excavated for the tunnels they make below ground. In order to make tunnels underground, they have to remove the sand that they dig through. The only place they can put excess sand is on the outside of the hill.........thus it piles up and is visible........
2006-07-19 03:39:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't buy or create sand. The ant hills are caused by the worker ants removing the sand from the ground so that they can build tunnels. So basically, ant hills are just leftover sand from the ground.
2006-07-19 02:53:19 · answer #4 · answered by germ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all the stuff the move as they dig their tunnels underground. In order to not just move a hole from place to place, they form a tunnel by taking all the debris to the entrance to the hive and dropping it.
The particles may not even be sand (which is silicon dioxide), but the normal soil that may be clumped with some ant saliva or something to make it stay as those little granules.
2006-07-19 02:50:38 · answer #5 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From under your house. One day you're going to break through the floor into a big whole made by all those irritating ants!
Edit: I think the guy above me misread the question.
2006-07-19 02:49:47 · answer #6 · answered by John C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They ship it under ground from the Beach's. There planning on attracting tourist as soon as they get all the sand from the shores. Well, just think of all the picnic baskets of food. "GENIUS"
2006-07-19 03:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy from a Hobby Store I think. Try Hobby Lobby or something like that.
2006-07-19 02:49:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They get it from under the top soil.
2006-07-19 04:58:58 · answer #9 · answered by pixxie179 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its refined dirt
2006-07-19 05:33:26 · answer #10 · answered by dizzys_gal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋