#Monsterdon bazookas seemed *really popular* in the 50s, they keep coming up in monsterdon movies

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Oh good the scientist is explaining things and he brought an ant colony chart!

Sure the bazooka is impressive but I still think masers are cooler #Monsterdon

@CactuarJoe do we also have to eat the ants? #monsterdon

No headphones needed for using a bazuka?
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The new meaning of “ant-acid”
A gastric “bee-zoar”
Hardly Ants-ipated Capsule Endoscopy Finding
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#Monsterdon i can’t believe the scientists authorized this phosphorus BS

yee haw! phosphor AND napalm

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@paco The should have used the nuclear bazooka!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett_(nuclear_device)

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OOOOOH

AAAAAAH #Monsterdon

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That giant ant was holding a human sized rib cage and that was good

tooting some everyday middling-quality, nothing-special shitposts out during #monsterdon in solidarity with all the background characters who have to go to work and do all their regular daily routine stuff during an unnatural disaster/monster attack

Not sure I like that the State Trooper knows how to operate heavy weapons #monsterdon

Dr Ant, I don't think the patient is going to make it.
Okay that is actually pretty damn gruesome for the 50s.
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so, they are just randomly shooting napalm everywhere?? wtf

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Proper chemical warfare 😨 #monsterdon

aha. so there WILL be a dungeon crawl #monsterdon

Cops with bazookas. What could go wrong? #Monsterdon #THEM

Okay but who wouldn't pass up a chance to wander around inside a giant ant nest????>? Just daub some pheromones on you and you're good!!! #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon cloud seeding. topical.

"...so, we go in after we put in the cyanide gas?"

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Pat's a brave woman, I'd give her a crash course in firearms.

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Trying to find more info on that helicopter; it looks a lot like a vintage Sikorsky but I can't be sure yet.

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But first I must ask why they have a homemade helicopter

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I'm sure the set Department was absolutely thrilled when they were told hey we need you to go out in the middle of the desert and dig a big hole

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This score shreds!

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Different kinds of ants make different kinds of nests! For more on this, check out the fantastic Ant Lab video about the guy who pioneered ant nest casting: <https://youtu.be/1LDja40tLAM> #Monsterdon

Wow look at the height difference between the Doc and the General
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are we going to get a dungeon crawl? #monsterdon

The scientific raspberry in action.
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Fast, cheap, or secret, pick two, doctor.

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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

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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!

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

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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

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#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?

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#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

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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!"

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#Monsterdon omg the ant has eaten a dinosaur

Cassidy! NOOOOOOOOOO

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

Those ain't no cicadas.
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The doctor/professor just blew a raspberry, hehe.

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#Monsterdon anthill looks like a big ol donut with sprinkles

That helicopter is the shit, though. #Monsterdon

We've found it! The Yawning Chasm!

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He seems like he is in good health to be honest and having the time of his life
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#Monsterdon older audhd scientist goes "thppppt" at rules, news at 11

Nice hole. #Monsterdon #THEM

"He's a scientist..."

Are you SURE about that

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

Dads have been struggling with smartphones for generations #monsterdon

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

#Monsterdon i am OVER this rule

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

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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.

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

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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

"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

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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!

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

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

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OMG how did my phone suddenly drop to 4%!

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

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@socketwench I second Phase IV being our next movie!

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#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?
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Who sold these cops military grade fire arms?
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LOL noob, you need to reload before running up to teabag your kill

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#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.

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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

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

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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.
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I for one welcome and so forth

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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.

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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

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#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. 🤨

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#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

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Stridulation! This movie has got some knowledgeable writers!

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