It certainly is a pleasure to see you here, even more so to learn that you were involved in the making of this video. I will not be lying, the way I've first learned about _Leptomyrmex_ , or spider ants was by watching your video on them. Turns out with the second video that I've seen them being mentioned, it still had something to do with you. :D
@@KQEDDeepLook Mine are green now but they used to look pale turquoise with black spots before they were adults, they actually changed patterns multiple times before reaching adulthood
I was thinking the same, but I was thinking it looks like some spy movies or movie where there are thieves with such plans. Now I get it, there's an imposter amogus
some people eat insects, not that weird really. plus i'm guessing they've tested the chemicals inside the ant and have compared them to chemicals in other things.
How exactly does it manage to get out of the ant nest in one piece? I guess being around the ants for such a long time it got the scent of them and manages to just wander out?
Good guess! That is one theory that scientists have - that they acquire the scent of the ant nest. They may also either mimic the smell of the ants, or they could even be chemically "invisible" - i.e. not smell like anything at all.
I thought about 'looking' like an ant enough to get away with it. But you're right, starting life in the nest means you end up smelling like the nest. And insects rarely attack anything that's already part of the nest, it's intruders that they attack. Outsiders trying to get in. After that, looking like an ant might be enough to get by. Good question.
This is just my theory after watching ants for a past time😉 but I think being in the nest like you said they are covered with the chemical trail set down by the ants. So when it’s time to make good and run flat out like a lizard drinking it has the chemical trail that the ants recognise. If you watch a trail of ants and then take a few from the trail wash the scent off they don’t know where to go and can be observed going round and round in circles trying to track a scent.
Honestly they don't feel too bad, only when they drag their bellies on you and you can feel the spines! Their feet are so sticky though which can tickle
One crawled onto me as I brushed past a bush, and honestly they feel nice. They're super chill and they basically can't hurt you. Edit: the one that hitched a ride on my shoulder was a stick insect, so it wasn't as spiky as a leaf insect, those could potentially give you a little scratch.
@@thehumanitarian99 Oh, well. That's fine then. Within evolutionary time (say three decades) we'll have a world full of the stunned, the amazed - but knowledge bereft Dunning Krugers.
@@mohamedaslam7809 The way it walks, its tiny body moving like a leaf to avoid being seen, the perfection of its curves and shape to imitate everything he needs to imitate... Nature and evolution's perfection in one small being, able to survive despite its weakness in the very first hours of its life. I see beauty in every creature, because life is truly amazing. Don't you agree ?
@@CaelaSephyra yeah now I’m thinking about everything, that’s really beautiful I agree. At first I thought you’re referring to its face, which is definitely not adorable.
I love how these creatures have emerged with such a unique disguise with all this cumulative evolutionary changes. And the best part we are able to witness all this just through a screen at our homes. Great work deep peeps ❤️❤️❤️ Love from India ✨❤️
Oh my gosh, this brings me back to when I watched the documentary where David Attenborough showcased these off. The amount of mimicry involved in each of these morphs is such an astonishing feat for this animal!
Spiny Leaf insects are amazing to keep!! We affectionately call ours "Spinach leaves" 😂 We have 4 and 80+ eggs currently. They're so incredibly fascinating to watch and interact with. Praying mantids by far are my favourite insect to keep but these guys are a close second.
"But just because you can shapeshift from one form to another - and another - doesn't mean you don't know exactly what you are" -- DeepLook.. always the best..
Fascinating how nature evolved these insects into such an intense multi-role of camouflage. Seed to ant to leaf, each so immaculately driven to the exact purpose of looking exactly like something else, but all in a single little life. That is amazing. Powerful.
That was great. We went camping last year and came across almost 4 inches long Walkingstick. He was incredible. We gently removed him off the side of the camper and placed him in a tree. Just another miracle of God.❤️
I love these guys. We have a few different kinds of stick bugs. The best thing is you can pick them up, they are very friendly, so much so they will crawl right into your hand and they don't bite.
I really love this Deep Look team but it strikes me knowing this channel and the whole team is not known by most people and underappreciated although their contents guarantees such quality. Hope to see this team and this channel grow in future. Don't give up!
This channel is one the reasons I'm trying to get into college to study biology! Such amazing and informative videos, impossible not to start loving biology.
I’ve never seen one of these ones.. I have had a lot of stick insects fall on to my shoulder when outside though. Which most aussies have. They are the most chill insect. Will just happily sit with you and not bite or sting
DEEP LOOK, heyyy, it's been a while, missed y'all. Great way to start the year with interesting facts 10/10😁💯. It's how they can mimic, intelligent creatures.
I love them so much. They feel just like a weirdly heavy autumn leaf, too, when sitting on your hand. Was thrilled to see one of my favourite youtube channels uloaded a video about them.
That shows how everything in nature connects and integrates, and if someone will do pesticides on ants or other species trying to change a nature it could affect others.
I have an ethically raised, killed and dehydrated green version of one of these magnificent insects. It was purchased at a craft show in the 80’s from a Windsor, Ontario vendor who raised many varieties weird and beautiful insects, built hardwood frames, mounted and sold them. I have a foot long stick insect from Madagascar, a pair of Goliath Beetles, a Whip Scorpion, and many more. They’re hung in my bedroom. Prized possessions! 🇨🇦 🖖 🇨🇦 🦂 🦗 🦟 🐜🪲
Been a long time subscriber, and still loving all deep look content! Every.Single.One is a real masterpiece! I have a question about nymph stage of the stick insect though: Do they have to sneak out of the nest stealthily, or are they able to fool the ants entirely? With similar phermones to the ants, and all that...etc.
Hi there Deep Look I witnessed and recorded a stick insect with a parasite worm that busted out of its upper side adobmine it was thicker than the Horse Hair worm you showed in a previous episode. I didn't get the full length of the worm as the stick insect was still climbing up the tree as the Parasite was climbing its way out but it was approximately 8-10cms long what had unfolded and squirmed out. It was in North Queensland West of Townsville Let me know if you want me to pass on the clip 🙂
As a long-time Deep Look fan, it was such a pleasure teaming up together for this episode. Love the way it turned out!
How did you help? just asking.
@@wasd6090 look at the credits
It certainly is a pleasure to see you here, even more so to learn that you were involved in the making of this video. I will not be lying, the way I've first learned about _Leptomyrmex_ , or spider ants was by watching your video on them. Turns out with the second video that I've seen them being mentioned, it still had something to do with you. :D
Thanks Jordan! A sincere pleasure for us as well. :-)
@@ahmetkerem4769 We reached out to Jordan precisely because he had already made such a great video on spider ants!
I have 5 Spiny Leaf Insects in my terrarium at home and they are such interesting and gentle creatures 🥺😌
Cool! Do they vary significantly in color?
NICE
@@KQEDDeepLook Mine are green now but they used to look pale turquoise with black spots before they were adults, they actually changed patterns multiple times before reaching adulthood
You must have good eyes
Technically it's a vivarium not a terrarium
I love how these guys live their entire lives as imposters
like AMO-
kinda sus ngl
I was thinking the same, but I was thinking it looks like some spy movies or movie where there are thieves with such plans.
Now I get it, there's an imposter amogus
I was looking for the perfect way to phrase this🤣🤣👍
AMONGUS!
"Red-headed spider ants taste like rotten coconut or bad cheese".
Respect for the scientists who ate an ant just to describe the taste.
Lol right! I was wondering how would they know this lol
they'd need to taste rotten coconut aswell to know what it tastes like
@@TheMegaNanometer rotten coconut taste like funky sour + coconut. 😌
some people eat insects, not that weird really.
plus i'm guessing they've tested the chemicals inside the ant and have compared them to chemicals in other things.
All in the name of science
How exactly does it manage to get out of the ant nest in one piece? I guess being around the ants for such a long time it got the scent of them and manages to just wander out?
Good guess! That is one theory that scientists have - that they acquire the scent of the ant nest. They may also either mimic the smell of the ants, or they could even be chemically "invisible" - i.e. not smell like anything at all.
@@KQEDDeepLook I imagine that mechanism would be selected for VERY quickly in evolutionary terms.
I thought about 'looking' like an ant enough to get away with it. But you're right, starting life in the nest means you end up smelling like the nest. And insects rarely attack anything that's already part of the nest, it's intruders that they attack. Outsiders trying to get in. After that, looking like an ant might be enough to get by. Good question.
This is just my theory after watching ants for a past time😉 but I think being in the nest like you said they are covered with the chemical trail set down by the ants. So when it’s time to make good and run flat out like a lizard drinking it has the chemical trail that the ants recognise. If you watch a trail of ants and then take a few from the trail wash the scent off they don’t know where to go and can be observed going round and round in circles trying to track a scent.
being ants the stick probably makes a pheromone that make the ants think its one of them
While I'm sure having one crawl on me would be an uncomfortable experience, I can't help but be in awe at how COOL they are.
Honestly they don't feel too bad, only when they drag their bellies on you and you can feel the spines! Their feet are so sticky though which can tickle
They often stay very still while holding them.
One crawled onto me as I brushed past a bush, and honestly they feel nice. They're super chill and they basically can't hurt you.
Edit: the one that hitched a ride on my shoulder was a stick insect, so it wasn't as spiky as a leaf insect, those could potentially give you a little scratch.
they just tickle your hand theyre very cute
@@zellybelly1615 So much for that "Everything tries to kill you in Australia" myth.
Its crazy to think that the egg evolved for decades just to mimic the look of a seed. This is why nature is amazing
I don't think you understand how evolution works.
"Decades" - you have no idea.
As for evolution - I'm surprised you can spell it.
@@Tinker1950 chill out matey, he's just admiring nature.
I'm pretty confident that it took considerably longer than the time interval one would usually call "decades".
@@thehumanitarian99
Oh, well. That's fine then.
Within evolutionary time (say three decades) we'll have a world full of the stunned, the amazed - but knowledge bereft Dunning Krugers.
Absolutely adorable ! Love these insects so much. Their mimetism is astonishing.
May I know what u find adorable in that insect?
@@mohamedaslam7809 The way it walks, its tiny body moving like a leaf to avoid being seen, the perfection of its curves and shape to imitate everything he needs to imitate... Nature and evolution's perfection in one small being, able to survive despite its weakness in the very first hours of its life. I see beauty in every creature, because life is truly amazing. Don't you agree ?
@@CaelaSephyra yeah now I’m thinking about everything, that’s really beautiful I agree. At first I thought you’re referring to its face, which is definitely not adorable.
@@mohamedaslam7809 well, that's a point of view ;) beauty is a subjective concept !
@@CaelaSephyra yep that’s true
I love how these creatures have emerged with such a unique disguise with all this cumulative evolutionary changes. And the best part we are able to witness all this just through a screen at our homes.
Great work deep peeps ❤️❤️❤️
Love from India ✨❤️
evolutionary changes!!
How evolution makes such disguise?
can we experiment it and test such claim?
@@micro7567 Yes.
What a beautiful video! The birds were like, "Hey, is this going to be on TV? Can we be in it?"
They are truly fascinating creatures!!
Oh my gosh, this brings me back to when I watched the documentary where David Attenborough showcased these off. The amount of mimicry involved in each of these morphs is such an astonishing feat for this animal!
So much mimicry was involved... that it wasn't the real David Attenborough.
This ain’t no walking stick, this is a *WALKING PLANT*
Ikr? XD
it's an entire walking halloween shop!
Spiny Leaf insects are amazing to keep!! We affectionately call ours "Spinach leaves" 😂 We have 4 and 80+ eggs currently. They're so incredibly fascinating to watch and interact with. Praying mantids by far are my favourite insect to keep but these guys are a close second.
That is awesome, Grace!
It has been a while. Happy to see Deep Look back in 2022 😍 All best wishes to you guys! Thank you for always learning me new things about nature 🙏🏼
To me personally. I LOVE DEEP LOOK!! I HAVE BEEN SUBSCRIBED FOR LIKE A YEAR NOW! THIS IS THE BEST NATURE CHANNEL!! 🌲🌲🌲🌲
Love to see more Australian content in the future!
Australians needed this haha
@@doorshadow4945 crikey
"But just because you can shapeshift from one form to another - and another - doesn't mean you don't know exactly what you are" -- DeepLook.. always the best..
This channel is epic I love it because it’s all about nature 😊
In a broad scientific view, everything is nature, especially everything humans do - including all the BS - is pretty natural. A fair point though!
@@jcoludar ok
Fascinating how nature evolved these insects into such an intense multi-role of camouflage. Seed to ant to leaf, each so immaculately driven to the exact purpose of looking exactly like something else, but all in a single little life. That is amazing. Powerful.
That was great. We went camping last year and came across almost 4 inches long Walkingstick. He was incredible. We gently removed him off the side of the camper and placed him in a tree. Just another miracle of God.❤️
I love these guys. We have a few different kinds of stick bugs. The best thing is you can pick them up, they are very friendly, so much so they will crawl right into your hand and they don't bite.
I really love this Deep Look team but it strikes me knowing this channel and the whole team is not known by most people and underappreciated although their contents guarantees such quality.
Hope to see this team and this channel grow in future. Don't give up!
They have almost 2 million subscribers, I wouldn't call that small potatoes exactly
This channel is one the reasons I'm trying to get into college to study biology! Such amazing and informative videos, impossible not to start loving biology.
Great to hear! We need more enthusiastic biologists for sure. #inspo
I used to have huge colonies of these stick insects as a kid and even had one of those white ones
I still remember her name, Ombeline
God I miss them
The end was weirdly validating out of nowhere. Thank you, Deep Look!
First new Deep Look of the year and it is a delight! Thanks as always for this killer channel :)
You bet Renato!
These insects are really cool! Always fascinated when I go to the bugarium that the zoo has here were I live.
A new deep look video! Always upvote first, then settle in with my tea. 😁
You're the best!
Got me with the 'three times' it makes some specific assumptions, then actually delivers on them. Well done!
0:36 GRENADE!
Its in 0:38
I love my spiny leaf , goliath and crown stick insects, im getting a lot of eggs now they have all matured.
Thank you Deep Look for this wonderful videos about nature. With the pandemic right now it's impossible to connect with the wilderness.
Saved one yesterday. This little twig with 6 legs was trying to cross the road and would've been crushed by incoming cars. Cute little guys.
This is SO freakin cool omg 😩 I’m honestly amazed at this
"Making it look like a swaying leaf"
The literal leaves right next to it: Motionless
Wow that insect is something
Great cinematography!
Wait who tasted the ants? 😂
For science
Amazing, it's like we're witnessing real-life Pokemon evolution XD
1:12... aah yes... the wonders of that mindless process we call evolution... and it even comes with a "strategy"! 🙄
I’ve never seen one of these ones.. I have had a lot of stick insects fall on to my shoulder when outside though. Which most aussies have. They are the most chill insect. Will just happily sit with you and not bite or sting
I love your videos so much, the mix of the audio and great shots. You make this si entertaining
Thank you very much!
There’s just something so endearing about stick bugs; like they just wanna chill, eat, and go unnoticed, as do I 😌
Thank you for these videos, for revealing us these beautiful secrets of nature!! A perfect channel for all the wildlife enthusiasts out there!! 🙏
that soundtrack somehow managed to be both hilarious and ethereal... perfect for a funny-looking insect.
I'd love to see more videos on Australian insects and also an Australian commentator to go with it. This was a great video. Thanks. ❤️
DEEP LOOK, heyyy, it's been a while, missed y'all. Great way to start the year with interesting facts 10/10😁💯. It's how they can mimic, intelligent creatures.
I love them so much. They feel just like a weirdly heavy autumn leaf, too, when sitting on your hand. Was thrilled to see one of my favourite youtube channels uloaded a video about them.
I swear this insect’s life cycle looks like a pokemon’s evolutionary line-
I also got Australian Stick Insects and they are so cool! They don't harm you and are very calm.
A TRULY DELIGHTFUL COMMENTATOR AND COMMENTARY!!! ONE COMES ALIVE WHEN HEARING THE PROGRAMME!!!V.W.
Thanks Jordan Dean, this is an interesting video !
Wow... Fascinating... Just goes to show how beautifully complex nature is. It's perfect.
Love your videos! great research and video storytelling
They know what they are. They're a bug, pretending to be another bug, pretending to be another bug's meal.
"But just because you can shape shift from one shape to another and another, doesn't mean you don't know what you are..." Love that quote ❤️
That shows how everything in nature connects and integrates, and if someone will do pesticides on ants or other species trying to change a nature it could affect others.
I enjoy your films very much, VERY well narrated and shot.... you WILL AND SHOULD GO PLACES doing it like this... and of course, I LOVE BUGS!!!
Wow,that is some next level mimicry right there- across all life stages,egg nymph and adult!amazing
So many cool animal with so many curiosities :]
Thank god! I thought the baby is going eat ants to grow up instead he just runs away like a comedy plot.
Australian walking stick will be like this isn't even my final form
Excellent video the macro photography is superb. Thank you.
Okay this was FASCINATING!! Wow!! Seriously super interesting!!
OK.......on the Mohs Weirdness Scale, these guys scratch a 10.
This stick bug is the perfect representation of the meme:
"Hey, can I copy your homework?"
"Sure, just change it a little bit."
I would have believed it if someone told me that’s an alien species.
Walking stick insects of any species are pretty bleeping cool, in my books! These have upped their game a TON, though! 😊❤❤🖖🏼🙂
I have an ethically raised, killed and dehydrated green version of one of these magnificent insects. It was purchased at a craft show in the 80’s from a Windsor, Ontario vendor who raised many varieties weird and beautiful insects, built hardwood frames, mounted and sold them. I have a foot long stick insect from Madagascar, a pair of Goliath Beetles, a Whip Scorpion, and many more. They’re hung in my bedroom. Prized possessions! 🇨🇦 🖖 🇨🇦 🦂 🦗 🦟 🐜🪲
no one teach the nymph how to survive, but the instinct bring'em to the right path, and it's amazing
What happens if there is no breeze? Then I'd think the stick would be pretty obvious movin' and grovin' around the leaves LOL.
Awwww... the ending was so beautiful. I just adore this channel 🥰💕🐜
Thank You So Much DeepLook for another interesting & High Quality educational video! Love under 5 minutes video! 🌷🌿🌍💖
this channel shows some pretty interesting things don't it (AND I LOVE IT!)
Thanks Jack!
now what i waiting for: NEW VIDEO
The babies tumble around like toddlers. Awww.
so cool that i can look outside my window and see a valley of the same trees on my screen. our trees are so beautiful here
The insect’s that are showed are not only weird but also very cool
Oh so cute. Especially the nymph.
Love the camera work on this one, seeing the ant climb up the tree was cool.
They look like they have lipstick on when they’re nymphs 💋
I have a stick insect and while they can be a little unnerving sometimes I've grown to love them. They are like little aliens from outer space 😊
02:21 The person who did that particular research is the real MVP lol
Been a long time subscriber, and still loving all deep look content! Every.Single.One is a real masterpiece!
I have a question about nymph stage of the stick insect though: Do they have to sneak out of the nest stealthily, or are they able to fool the ants entirely? With similar phermones to the ants, and all that...etc.
I love the way of introducing the videos❤ new subscriber!
That ending quote is gold
What a fine example of Batsian mimicry and camouflage as well.
Awesome. thanks for comming back. you are the best channel of PBS
More to come! #inspo
I got chuckle every time someone mention evolutionary strategy like something that a mere critter can control on a molecular level
Hi there Deep Look
I witnessed and recorded a stick insect with a parasite worm that busted out of its upper side adobmine it was thicker than the Horse Hair worm you showed in a previous episode.
I didn't get the full length of the worm as the stick insect was still climbing up the tree as the Parasite was climbing its way out but it was approximately 8-10cms long what had unfolded and squirmed out.
It was in North Queensland West of Townsville
Let me know if you want me to pass on the clip 🙂
Thankyou for bringing attention to such cool creatures, Deep Look!
Our pleasure!
I got a bunch of them in my terrarium and they're just marvellous. I admire their spiney spilkey beauty ❤
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thanks for the amazing video.
Happy New Year Deep Look
I always love it when I am watching a video and suddenly I'll burble a "...Wooww".
Thank you for all your work!
Morphology changes alongside behavior... or vice versa. Nature never cease surprising!
Oh, the puns! Great video! Stick insects are longer and skinnier where i live, but still cool as heck!
Very cool!
Nature never ceases to amaze me!
That walking stick from Australia grow into a amazing adult❤