11 May 2011

Handstand

A fire ant appears to be pulling off a one-handed breakdance move on a log. The insect held the pose - known as a hand freeze in breakdancing circles - for 30 seconds. Robertus Agung Sudiatmokos photographed the unusual sight using a macro lens in the village of Cibinong, Indonesia.
Photo: Robertus Agung Sudiatmokos / CATERS, via The Telegraph.

7 comments:

  1. How great is that?
    I would really like to know what the purpose of this pose is.

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  2. Not to be a buzzkill but it appears to be the work of an ant hanging by one leg and a creative photographer.

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  3. Yeah, the angle of the waist and abdomen coincide with Anonymous #1 explanation implicating a reversal of gravitational forces...

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  4. Nahh, it's a Tai Chi ant - quite possibly a master of the early Wu style.

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  5. The more I think about it, the more I suspect the photographer inverted the image...

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