If the ants took the money. They could buy more sugar.
#monsterdon

The scientific raspberry in action.
#Monsterdon #Them

Fast, cheap, or secret, pick two, doctor.

#Monsterdon #Them1954

UMMM, Don't bomb them!! I'm pretty sure taking off and nuking the site from orbit is what got you into this mess in the first place

#Monsterdon

Honestly? The idea of a nest full of giant ants is about the most terrifying thing I can think of.

I'd rather face Jeepers Creepers as the Jigsaw Puppet Master wearing Pinhead's face!

#Monsterdon

didn't expect the old scientist dude to get the "they mostly come out at night. mostly." line

#THEM #monsterdon

Yes we're searching for a potential doomsday colony of giant mutant ants but let's have fun with the radio while we're at it

#Monsterdon #them1954

#Monsterdon is there a 2ft height difference between these men? is the general in lifts?

Given how big they are, would Dichotomous Earth be effective?

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon oh shit that ant skeletonized somebody that's wild

i love how they just casually pan past the ant with a fucking ribcage in its pincers

I want my piggy back, piggy back, piggy back… ribs. #Monsterdon

"Hold it!"

Doctor, it's a helicopter

#Monsterdon

Big ant. Big ant. Big ant big ant big ant. #Monsterdon #THEM

ooooh what a nicely intact rib cage #monsterdon

"...and there was no sugar left on the bones!"

#Monsterdon #Them

#Monsterdon omg the ant has eaten a dinosaur

Cassidy! NOOOOOOOOOO

#THEM #monsterdon

#monsterdon "HOLE'D IT"

what's with these gringos with british accents?!?!?

#Monsterdon #THEM

Wait there's a big obvious ant hole down there with giant ants!

Go in for another look

#monsterdon

"He's not a young man, and he probably shouldn't have made this trip, but he's a scientist, and, well, giant goddamn ants"

#monsterdon

Those ain't no cicadas.
#monsterdon

#Monsterdon that is the ugliest helicopter i've seen in some time

The doctor/professor just blew a raspberry, hehe.

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon anthill looks like a big ol donut with sprinkles

That helicopter is the shit, though. #Monsterdon

We've found it! The Yawning Chasm!

#Monsterdon #Them1954

He seems like he is in good health to be honest and having the time of his life
#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon older audhd scientist goes "thppppt" at rules, news at 11

Nice hole. #Monsterdon #THEM

"He's a scientist..."

Are you SURE about that

#monsterdon

Do you think Gramp's blood tastes sweet?
#monsterdon

Over and out #monsterdon

Dads have been struggling with smartphones for generations #monsterdon

#Monsterdon i am OVER this rule

IRL, the largest arthropod was Arthropluera, a 10-foot long milliipede from the Carboniferous Period. It was able to reach that size due to the high percentage of oxygen (35%) compared to the 21% presently. Arthropods have no lungs, the trechae they use for breathing and not as efficient. #monsterdon

You don't say "over and out"! It's one or the other!

#monsterdon

love the human ribcage in the mandibles of the Ant

How many people have gone missing locally?!

#monsterdon

this cop teaching the scientist to use the headset is very "explaining how to use your father in law's new computer to him over christmas vacation." #monsterdon

"You're supposed to say over and out" "But she knows I'm done talking" I love this guy. #Monsterdon #THEM

Having to explain radio discipline to the doctor is a very good bit.

#Monsterdon

I love Old Man Struggling With Technology when it's not knowing how to use a headset.

#monsterdon

professor has no idea how to use a radio set. #monsterdon

Guys: if we let AI win, that's what using a phone will be like. "You have to say Over. It's a rule, you have to." Because the AI won't end the call unless you say "over". #monsterdon

The doc has really abandoned the scientific method hasn’t he? #Monsterdon

"And the Beasts shall reign over the earth…" Well, it ain't no "I am become Death, destroyer of worlds," but it's okay I guess

#Monsterdon

I love the ant swooping out of the dust like Bruce the shark out of the sea in Jaws.. probably also shot similarly to work around technical limitations #monsterdon

I am so over this over joke. over!

#monsterdon

Oh that would be a heck of a nest casting. Molten metal down the hole.

#Monsterdon #Them1954

Lady is sat next to the creeper in the big suit....

#monsterdon

OMG how did my phone suddenly drop to 4%!

I have to put it on the charger. You must go on without me!!

#Monsterdon

@socketwench I second Phase IV being our next movie!

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon unless they said what kind of ant already i cant keep on steadily

Just drop a nuke on them, why not? What could go wrong?
#Monsterdon

Who sold these cops military grade fire arms?
#Monsterdon #Them

LOL noob, you need to reload before running up to teabag your kill

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon "All insects have some means of communication with their own kind"

For instance, these giant crickets we're hearing now rub their legs into microphones hooked up to a reverb unit and into a Marshal amp stack.

I think that scream was justified.

#Monsterdon #THEM

Oh sure, biblical prophecy. And lo, Jesus did look upon the wastelands and say, "Hey, check it out, big bugs." #Monsterdon

and the bible said, "Big ass ants are gonna eat you and your sugar." #monsterdon

The only thing that can stop a Biblical prophecy is a good guy with a big gun

#monsterdon

Our first giant ant has appeared, and been shot multiple times before expiring.

#Monsterdon #Them(1954)

okay, admittedly i'm a sucker for the quoting of apocalyptic bible verses with strange animal noises over it. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon is there a dichotomous key for ant id, i want to break it out and try to get a near hit. minus the gigantosity.

OK, doc, show me in your magic book where it says anything about giant ants.
#monsterdon #them

I for one welcome and so forth

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon 🐜 !🐜 !🐜 ! 🔥 😱

I'm very sad for our giant ant friend they should have been much nicer to them

No sir, we have to wait until PHASE IV for that.

#monsterdon

Whoa a prophecy? WTF doc? #Monsterdon

They brought this dude all the way out to Joshua Tree just to learn that he's not a mycologist #monsterdon

That looks too close to me, folks

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon it's warned it's friends, goofy docs and cops

My understanding is the maximum practical size of an ant is a few centimeters max due to metabolism surface area something something #Monsterdon #Them1954

What. Come on, Doc. The Bible doesn't come into this mutation scenario. 🤨

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon uh oh she probably alarm scented!

_Camponotus vicinus_! <https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Camponotus_vicinus> Points for picking a species native to the setting, at least… #Monsterdon

It's THEM! 🐜 🐜 🐜

#MONSTERDON

Stridulation! This movie has got some knowledgeable writers!

#Monsterdon

Somebody oil that stage fan PLEASE the squeeking is in EVERY THIRD SHOT

#THEM #monsterdon

Time to GTFO, friends #monsterdon

a doctor, great gams and a good screamer. she’s the real deal #Monsterdon

Nice of them to take the Cop along as a pet

#monsterdon

"what's the buzz, tell me what's a happenin'" heh
#Monsterdon

There's some weird bird calls

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon 🐜 !🐜 !🐜 ! 🔥 😱

PINCERS and FUZZY FUZZY ANTENNAES sorry I'm shouting but it's exciting

Don't taunt the scientists sargent!

#Monsterdon

What did that ant do to you? Did you try to center its needs and wants instead of yours? No, you just killed it.
#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon
What a career - giant ants and then tribbles.

@CactuarJoe Seems unlikely in 1954. #Monsterdon

"Probably caused by lingering radiation." Umm.. no not really, but go on. #Monsterdon #THEM

"...notice it's odor?"
"Yeah ..."
"Oh, I was just joking. That's not from the ant."

#Monsterdon #Them

@rallias 🤦 😂 👍

#Monsterdon

I gotta say the grasshoppers from The Beginning of the End were a lot more badass than these guys. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon campanotus vicinus?

Ah the stridulation. So strident.

#Monsterdon

@brooke Amazing call back. I appreciate you. #monsterdon #them

"We may be witnesses to a biblical prophesy come true"

They didn't mention Giant Ants buddy....

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon 🐜 !🐜 !🐜 ! 🔥 😱

OK but have you ever tried walking through sand in high heeled shoes because it's not easy and she's making it look easy.

I dunno, those eyes would be good targets too and larger than the antennae #monsterdon

Silence of the Ants #monsterdon