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I got it for my 7 year old nephew, and the whole family loved it. First, this is much much smaller than I expected. But it is really great. it's really fun to watch all the tunnels grow, and how "3D they are. Now that the ants are dead, it is kept up for display.
But after a while they just started making a big empty space next to the outer wall, and it wasn't quite as cool to watch.The ants lasted a few months, but I couldn't figure out how to get the dead ones out - their friends had carried them to a chamber down near the bottom. I bought one of these and ordered the ants from the website. It was pretty interesting for a while; the ants made tunnels just like in the picture. I ended up throwing it out, which really seemed like a waste. I wish they provided a way to refill it.
I really wish now that I had purchased the type that you can connect multiple habitats. Ordered the ants the same day and they arrived, very healthy and active, in one week. I bought this at an insect museum last week for my 8 and 5 year old boys. But, since we've never had any luck with ant farms before, I didn't want to pay the extra cost for that kind over the single habitat variety. We dumped them in and they started to tunnel into the starter holes within about 3 hours. Now, 2 days later they have started tunneling their own holes, in addition to zig-zagging around connecting the starter holes we punched for them. I have put the illuminator on their Christmas wish list, as well as another habitat with green gel. If you or your kids are fascinated with ants, you probably won't be disaapointed with this product.
I bought this for my 7 yr. old nephew and he looooooves it. It looks just like I thought it would.
all weekend my son has been so curious about what the ants will do next. I ordered this for my son's 2nd grade class. We got the ants on a Friday and will take the farm on Monday. He has been very excited to get up each morning to see what the ants have done overnight. I know the class will like to watch it too.
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