Ant Farm Maker Celebrates 50 Years Of Killing Ants

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- It has been half a century since Milton Levine began selling his Uncle Milton Ant Farm.

And the way it's going, Levine sees no reason his family won't be selling them for another 50 years.

In an age when the hottest new toys are usually electronic devices, Levine's ant farms keep kids interested in something that fascinated their grandparents.

The sand-filled, clear plastic boxes allow voyeurs to watch ants tunnel, eat and eventually die. Levine said it's a great lesson in life.

When he devised his first ant farm in 1956, Levine said he never imagined it would be this popular, for this long.

Levine said more than 20 million of his ant farms have been sold, and more than 1 billion ants shipped to customers.

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It's quite educational for kiddies, and really, ants are… well… ants. Ants have extremely primitive central nervous systems and are barely a step above a mindless machine.