Watch ants live and burrow into the highly nutritious, transparent and non toxic gel, creating an amazing pattern of tunnels. Antquariums were developed from NASA technology created to study and understand the development of animal life without gravity. The gel has special properties ensuring it does not compress and crush the ants by the immense g forces during NASA Space Shuttle take off.May 2000 saw Space Shuttle S.T.S. 107 circumnavigate the earth with the antquariums on board. The transparent gel allowed NASA scientists to observe and study the ants during the space flight. Availability: Usually ships the next business day. AQB01 FREE GROUND SHIPPING ON ALL ORDERS OVER $75.00. Please entry FREESHIPPING in the coupon box on the second page of the checkout. Offer valid for the 48 contiguous states. Certain oversize and drop ship items are excluded.