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374 00:32:57,207 --> 00:32:59,596 Fly back over it and get as close as you can. 375 00:33:25,967 --> 00:33:28,197 You've just found your missing persons. 376 00:33:31,607 --> 00:33:33,086 Look, Dr. Medford... 377 00:33:33,367 --> 00:33:36,882 ...you're being inconsistent. First, you insist it's top secret. 378 00:33:37,567 --> 00:33:41,480 Nobody else must know or do anything about getting rid of these big ants. 379 00:33:41,567 --> 00:33:44,127 Correct, General. Absolute secrecy is imperative. 380 00:33:44,247 --> 00:33:47,603 But then you turn around and say that time is the most important thing. 381 00:33:47,687 --> 00:33:51,043 I've been told to take orders from you and give you what you ask for. 382 00:33:51,127 --> 00:33:54,961 But if time is that important, why not let me go in tonight with some bombers... 383 00:33:55,047 --> 00:33:56,366 ...and wipe out that nest? 384 00:33:57,407 --> 00:34:00,717 If you'll just calm down, General, I'll explain. 385 00:34:01,127 --> 00:34:03,243 Doctor, please put up that chart. 386 00:34:03,887 --> 00:34:06,959 Time is important, more so than you realize. 387 00:34:07,047 --> 00:34:10,722 But bombing that nest tonight would only aggravate our problem. 388 00:34:11,087 --> 00:34:13,760 The reason none of them have been seen during the day... 389 00:34:13,887 --> 00:34:15,878 ...even by the police spotting planes... 390 00:34:15,967 --> 00:34:18,435 ...is because they hate the heat of the desert. 391 00:34:18,527 --> 00:34:21,758 They forage between sunset and dawn, when it's cool. 392 00:34:21,847 --> 00:34:24,725 So half the colony wouldn't even be inside the nest tonight. 393 00:34:25,287 --> 00:34:29,963 Our best chance will be during the hottest part of the day tomorrow. 394 00:34:33,007 --> 00:34:35,316 This illustrates a typical ant nest. 395 00:34:36,447 --> 00:34:38,119 Observe the details. 396 00:34:38,527 --> 00:34:39,880 Here is the entrance. 397 00:34:40,207 --> 00:34:44,120 These are tunnels, corridors, and food chambers. 398 00:34:44,287 --> 00:34:46,721 Note the wonderful and intricate engineering. 399 00:34:47,247 --> 00:34:50,159 Water traps, so that none will drown during rains. 400 00:34:50,727 --> 00:34:53,241 This is somewhat oversimplified, I admit... 401 00:34:53,327 --> 00:34:56,319 ...but it will give you an idea of what we are up against. 402 00:34:57,087 --> 00:35:00,477 Do you know that some species of desert ants dig down... 403 00:35:00,807 --> 00:35:02,763 ...as deep as 30 feet or more? 404 00:35:02,927 --> 00:35:05,600 That nest we found today might go down hundreds of feet. 405 00:35:05,687 --> 00:35:08,201 We can pinpoint that opening. Seal it up for good. 406 00:35:08,287 --> 00:35:10,721 The creatures would only tunnel out somewhere else. 407 00:35:11,087 --> 00:35:14,079 We don't want that nest damaged. Not yet. 408 00:35:14,207 --> 00:35:15,322 What do we do? 409 00:35:15,407 --> 00:35:18,205 First, we wait until noon tomorrow. 410 00:35:18,287 --> 00:35:21,324 By that time, all of them should be within the nest. 411 00:35:21,887 --> 00:35:24,481 To keep them confined in there is our next problem. 412 00:35:25,167 --> 00:35:26,680 We have two possibilities: 413 00:35:26,767 --> 00:35:29,076 First would be to flood the nest. 414 00:35:29,247 --> 00:35:33,479 Ants will not come through deep water. They breathe through their sides. 415 00:35:33,567 --> 00:35:37,606 Excuse me, Doctor, there's no water line within 20 miles of that place. 416 00:35:37,687 --> 00:35:40,679 That's why you asked me to check our meteorological station. 417 00:35:40,767 --> 00:35:42,883 Any chance of getting cloud formations? 418 00:35:42,967 --> 00:35:45,197 Nothing that would make cloud seeding pay off. 419 00:35:45,287 --> 00:35:48,324 Nobody's had any luck in making rain in this part of the desert. 420 00:35:48,407 --> 00:35:49,760 The second possibility? 421 00:35:49,847 --> 00:35:53,476 Enough heat to drive the ants deeper down into the nest, and hold them down. 422 00:35:53,567 --> 00:35:55,205 But no bombing? 423 00:35:55,407 --> 00:35:58,763 What about phosphorus? We can lay it over that mound with bazookas. 424 00:35:59,807 --> 00:36:01,877 That would keep the surface area hot. 425 00:36:02,567 --> 00:36:04,285 What happens after that? 426 00:36:04,367 --> 00:36:07,518 We then drop cyanide gas into the opening and kill them. 427 00:36:08,007 --> 00:36:10,202 How can you be sure you'll get all of them? 428 00:36:10,287 --> 00:36:11,925 We go down into the nest and find out. 429 00:36:36,887 --> 00:36:39,560 Don't forget to tap me when you get that wired, General. 430 00:36:39,647 --> 00:36:42,320 Don't rush me. I'm doing this by the book. 431 00:36:45,527 --> 00:36:48,325 It's the first time I ever loaded one of these babies. 432 00:36:48...