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Index of Subjects The Arm was coated with dead or dying insects. I'm sure they were probably ants, it's just that their bodies seemed different... not so segmented. They were black to a dull dark gray and about 4 to 5 mm long. I only had my zoom lens with me, so I didn't get a good close up. You are right they were spiraling in a counter clockwise direction. You described the feeling of watching them exactly. It was amazing. Cheers, Ann M. On Aug 28, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Jean Timpa wrote: > That is a great read on the Coriolis force from Wikipedia, which I > usually find very helpful. Next time I see some of those spiralling > ants I will > have to check their spiralling direction for sure to see if they > all go in one > direction. Or perhaps some of the people on the NWArm can check on > their > rotation, please, if there are a few late spirals still emerging > from the > ground? If it is random and chaotic then there is a lot of that in > nature. If > they are all spiralling in one direction, then the question will > be, as always, > why? Then would the spiralling direction be determined by genetics, > and if > so, why, for what purpose? Perhaps I did not take enough of a sample. > Perhaps there were too many ants in my eyes to see anything properly! > JET
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