Turns out people aren’t big fans of Ant.
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“That’s the real face of an ant. An ant. Now you have to think about it all night.”
Close-up picture of ant’s face.
This close-up image of an ant’s face was awarded the “Image of Distinction” at the Nikon Small World competition. Image credit: Eugenijs Kavaliauskas / Nikon Small World
Last week, the winners of the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition were announced. They included stunning photographs of the network of blood vessels in the guts of an embryonic giant day gecko and a rat from Madagascar.
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But what really caught people’s attention was a close-up of an ant’s face by Eugenius Kavaliauscus, which won the contest’s “Image of Distinction” prize. As impressive as the image is, it turns out that the ants look a little scary when you get up close.
