An intrepid YouTuber poured molten aluminum into an abandoned fire ant colony, and he got a strange result.

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According to the uploader, the “resulting cast is huge, weighing 17.9 lbs. and reaching a depth of 18 inches.”

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He spends a good deal of time digging the object up and scraping it off.

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It doesn’t appear that any ants were incinerated during the process.

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