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Title: Check out this weightlifting ant!
Post by: JasonH on February 21, 2010, 01:26:33 PM
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47340000/jpg/_47340444_008791133-1.jpg)

An amazing image of an ant lifting 100 times its body weight has won first prize in a science photography contest.

The image shows an Asian weaver ant hanging upside down on a glass-like surface and holding a 500mg (0.02oz) weight in its jaws.

It was taken by zoology specialist Dr Thomas Endlein of Cambridge University as he researched insects' sticky feet.


Or in Getbig language:

Haha, oh brother, brutal toothpick legs and crap form attempting to lift 500mg without a spot.  ::)
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Post by: marty31672 on February 21, 2010, 01:37:31 PM
how long has it been training??  :D
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Post by: noworries on February 21, 2010, 09:39:39 PM
fake plates
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Post by: gcb on February 21, 2010, 09:42:19 PM
bigger arms than dorian
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Post by: kiwiol on February 21, 2010, 09:55:28 PM
All drugs
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Post by: Dipadidu on February 21, 2010, 10:10:51 PM
That's not Lee Priest!
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Post by: #1 Klaus fan on February 21, 2010, 11:25:46 PM
Pffft, I can do 1 arm finger curls with that weight.  ::)
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Post by: spinnis on February 22, 2010, 04:48:11 AM
So he won first prize with a photos that doesn't even show the weight actually being lifted of the ground?

I mean for all we know it could still be on the ground.
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Post by: Kwon on February 22, 2010, 04:51:11 AM
I sure would like to be able to lift 100 times my bodyweight.
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Post by: gcb on February 22, 2010, 04:58:43 AM
So he won first prize with a photos that doesn't even show the weight actually being lifted of the ground?

I mean for all we know it could still be on the ground.

that may not be the complete photo
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Post by: titusisback on February 22, 2010, 05:15:18 AM
that ant's body fat was measured once and incredibly, it was 0.0%!  :o
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Post by: ManBearPig... on February 22, 2010, 05:42:23 AM
I sure would like to be able to lift 100 times my bodyweight.

it's great once you get there.
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Post by: Mars on February 22, 2010, 05:44:13 AM
monster thickness ::)
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Post by: JasonH on February 22, 2010, 07:03:01 AM
So he won first prize with a photos that doesn't even show the weight actually being lifted of the ground?

I mean for all we know it could still be on the ground.

 ;D

I'm trying to get the ant to provide video proof or quite frankly I consider his lift to be BS.
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Post by: Tapeworm on February 22, 2010, 07:21:22 AM
You just know Thomas Endlein is out there somewhere balls deep right now.  Bitches love this shit.

"Ya, my research grant."  BAM.  Pussy.
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Post by: Adder on February 22, 2010, 07:21:35 AM
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47340000/jpg/_47340444_008791133-1.jpg)

An amazing image of an ant lifting 100 times its body weight has won first prize in a science photography contest.

The image shows an Asian weaver ant hanging upside down on a glass-like surface and holding a 500mg (0.02oz) weight in its jaws.

It was taken by zoology specialist Dr Thomas Endlein of Cambridge University as he researched insects' sticky feet.


Or in Getbig language:

Haha, oh brother, brutal toothpick legs and crap form attempting to lift 500mg without a spot.  ::)

that ant is shit .

The Hercules beetle is said to be the strongest creature on earth for its size, able to carry 850 times its own body weight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_beetle
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Hercules.beetle.arp.jpg
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Post by: CalvinH on February 22, 2010, 08:04:51 AM
No legs.
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Post by: kevcat on February 22, 2010, 11:06:55 AM
poor lats  :-[
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Post by: ToxicAvenger on February 22, 2010, 11:11:43 AM
The reason that ants can lift so much is because body size (in terms of volume, which is closely related to mass) increases as a cube of length- while the cross sectional area of muscles increases as the square of length. So, as the size of an organism increases, its mass increases at a much greater rate than the cross-sectional area of its muscles, so those muscles have proportionately more mass to lift.

So, the reason ants can lift so much is because their small size means they don't have a large body mass that they must carry around- they have proportionately more muscle (in terms of that cross-sectional area) that they can use to lift heavy things. Conversely, humans are proportionately more massive, and have less muscle that can be applied to lifting heavy things.
http://www.ftexploring.com/think/superbugs_p2.html
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Post by: spinnis on February 22, 2010, 11:37:38 AM
that may not be the complete photo

thats what Im thinking, that photo is worthless.
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Post by: Rami on February 22, 2010, 01:00:24 PM
Quite a successful and disciplined little creature.

Totally owns this planet in numbers.
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Post by: Lion666 on February 22, 2010, 02:03:42 PM
surprised he doesn't wrap his knees,,, or wear a belt either.
 :o
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Post by: Kwon on February 22, 2010, 02:19:43 PM
Imagine if we could lift 100 times our weight... we could toss around cars on the freeway...

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Post by: BIG ACH on February 23, 2010, 06:07:53 AM
Great * frame



Get it, get it?  ;D
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Post by: JasonH on February 23, 2010, 06:21:52 AM
Nice to see the weighlifting ant thread is still going strong - Getbig at its finest.
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Post by: Megalodon on February 23, 2010, 07:29:45 AM
This guy eats ants for breakfast. >:( :P
 
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Post by: HUGEPECS on February 23, 2010, 08:00:52 AM
this ant was trained by Charles Glass
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Post by: noworries on February 23, 2010, 08:12:12 AM
this ant was trained by Charles Glass

no way had to be Goodrum
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Post by: D_1000 on February 23, 2010, 08:20:27 AM
All drugs.
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Post by: slacker on February 23, 2010, 12:12:26 PM
(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47340000/jpg/_47340444_008791133-1.jpg)

An amazing image of an ant lifting 100 times its body weight has won first prize in a science photography contest.

The image shows an Asian weaver ant hanging upside down on a glass-like surface and holding a 500mg (0.02oz) weight in its jaws.

It was taken by zoology specialist Dr Thomas Endlein of Cambridge University as he researched insects' sticky feet.


Or in Getbig language:

Haha, oh brother, brutal toothpick legs and crap form attempting to lift 500mg without a spot.  ::)
thats awesome
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Post by: Mr Nobody on February 23, 2010, 04:54:14 PM
Better than needle dick the bug fucker knocking down hoes left and right.
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Post by: fearANDloathing on February 24, 2010, 09:55:41 AM
Strong ant. All the way strong ant.
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Post by: Dipadidu on February 24, 2010, 11:46:35 AM
Epic jaw, all hgh!