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  • @alejandromendez488
    @alejandromendez488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3275

    Who need Game of Thrones while you can just watch ants.

    • @jondrakeflores5084
      @jondrakeflores5084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Because u wouldnt have a hardon seeing ants banging. Or would you? owo

    • @theworld5466
      @theworld5466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/x2BhZOcrwgU/w-d-xo.html

    • @cameron7201
      @cameron7201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@jondrakeflores5084 bold words from someone named as Christ.

    • @jondrakeflores5084
      @jondrakeflores5084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@cameron7201 leave me alone i died a virgin and got shoved in a cave

    • @jondrakeflores5084
      @jondrakeflores5084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Ethan Clark ok ethan

  • @JoyceGem
    @JoyceGem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1624

    An ant's life is so dramatic, it could be a tv series.

  • @RAY-THE-WAY
    @RAY-THE-WAY 3 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    *slug thinking he won*
    *Ants with soil*
    Slug: “why do I hear boss music?”

    • @zionbaptiste9418
      @zionbaptiste9418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You could say the ants soiled his plans....

    • @thong8056
      @thong8056 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zionbaptiste9418 haha.

  • @mikhailromanovskii1338
    @mikhailromanovskii1338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +901

    In case you are wondering, they do not always eat the eggs they loot from the defeated nest. Some species of ants carry them home and raise them. You could say "as their own", but it's more like "as slaves".
    Sometimes ants are so human it's frightening.

    • @taowroland8697
      @taowroland8697 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slavery isn't unique to humans. It is the natural order to subject the weak. Most species just kill them as dead weight.

    • @gum1734
      @gum1734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Fr

    • @averageamogusenjoyer5240
      @averageamogusenjoyer5240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Then ants use the grown up "slaves" as breeding machines

    • @rayoscrost6062
      @rayoscrost6062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@averageamogusenjoyer5240 they're infertile. remember?

    • @kingc1164
      @kingc1164 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ruby Hikerson and just like that an idiot emerges to bring up human affairs.

  • @rextunde3870
    @rextunde3870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2443

    “Ants keep slugs alive”
    *ants proceed to absolutely annihilate the slug...*

  • @yoboikamil525
    @yoboikamil525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +915

    Litteraly anything : *exists*
    Ants : N U T R I E N T S

    • @oxmsupreme1940
      @oxmsupreme1940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      China:heyy you copy my lines!!

    • @fz_tge8865
      @fz_tge8865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lmfao

    • @buddythemoth
      @buddythemoth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Me, a living organism: *sweats profusely*

    • @theworld5466
      @theworld5466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      th-cam.com/video/x2BhZOcrwgU/w-d-xo.html

    • @yoboikamil525
      @yoboikamil525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@theworld5466 fuck off may you

  • @ArtOfPaw
    @ArtOfPaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Queen: *farts* oopsie
    Male ant: *INHALES* it's go time

    • @Ajay-dy3xw
      @Ajay-dy3xw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh

    • @BVK.
      @BVK. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What the heck did I just read. 😫

    • @kaylamartin3053
      @kaylamartin3053 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The oopsie 😂😂
      Like, oh , pardon me, how barbaric for a queen such as mwahh lol 😂

    • @smashi4088
      @smashi4088 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Relatable

  • @Quazi-moto
    @Quazi-moto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +622

    The ants putting dirt on the slug shows a level of problem-solving skills that I would NEVER have expected from them!!! This had to come from a single ant getting an idea to use something to soak up that slime, and either knew dirt was good for the job, or experimented until they found the right material. That, or some saw the benefit of it having happened by accident, understood what had happened well enough to want to employ that method again (which also shows planning ahead), and reproduced the conditions. Either way, that is some kind of impressive behavior for such a small-brained creature.
    So wild... wow!

    • @summerbrown514
      @summerbrown514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      God gave them the skills and knowledge to survive

    • @Zavala1
      @Zavala1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@summerbrown514 You might want to think twice about what you are attributing to God. Untold and unnecessary suffering since time immemorial. Countless animals blotted out by other animals whose sole purpose is to create more of itself to do the same ad infinitum. Is this really laudable as a design?
      Why didn't he just create self-sufficient organisms that need not torture their prey?

    • @joanbighorn9778
      @joanbighorn9778 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@summerbrown514 God let Epstein traffick children.

    • @joeyblogsy
      @joeyblogsy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Zavala1 god doesn’t exist!

    • @bladerj
      @bladerj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      no man, they are dumb and just follow instinct and pheromones, humans are the only inteligent species on this planet.....can a ant recogniize itself in the mirror ? /s

  • @idkg2296
    @idkg2296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1520

    Ant Eggs: The Forbidden Rice

    • @melvinhotdogman6926
      @melvinhotdogman6926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hmmm, Yummy

    • @yougot69supermonkeyb21
      @yougot69supermonkeyb21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Extra juice

    • @user-kg9lq6go1e
      @user-kg9lq6go1e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      It's eaten in some parts of the world. Those eggs would be juicy and full of proteins.

    • @cozmic5655
      @cozmic5655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Except if your a rival colony then it’s fair game

    • @itmeran1485
      @itmeran1485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No steamer needed

  • @m.shahryarahmed1647
    @m.shahryarahmed1647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3058

    I'd like to give a moment of silence for the camera man who had to shrink himself to record the footage

    • @joachimwalle3760
      @joachimwalle3760 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      I wonder how they actually do that. The cinematography is amazing, but I don't understand how they're able to get their cameras down into the tunnels AND get such fantastic shots at the same time.

    • @aurea.
      @aurea. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +376

      @@joachimwalle3760 The ants are paid actors.

    • @theworld5466
      @theworld5466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      th-cam.com/video/x2BhZOcrwgU/w-d-xo.html

    • @supernukey419
      @supernukey419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      @@joachimwalle3760 ants are blind and don't notice cameras. If they can't put the camera in the nest they sometimes set up fake nests and get an ant queen to settle there

    • @m.shahryarahmed1647
      @m.shahryarahmed1647 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      i know

  • @slaughtered777
    @slaughtered777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I feel there's one guy who's job is only to stir Lasagne to make all the 'squelching ants' sound for the entire series.

  • @georgewaddilove4891
    @georgewaddilove4891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    The male ant be like:
    ‘I like ‘em big, I like ‘em CHUNKY’

    • @fredychicano654
      @fredychicano654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      CHUNKEY!!!!

    • @0CTAVIUS8086
      @0CTAVIUS8086 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      King termites are the same but at an entirely different level

  • @rezastella777
    @rezastella777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +539

    The French: decapitate the king
    Ants : Oui

    • @frankholton9642
      @frankholton9642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ants cannot talk SILLY

    • @hectordv2549
      @hectordv2549 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Woooosh

    • @frankholton9642
      @frankholton9642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @RS - 06FJ - Dolphin Sr PS (1553) My mistake, i did not realize

    • @thedoomslayer4167
      @thedoomslayer4167 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@frankholton9642 r/woosh

    • @supernukey419
      @supernukey419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The 4th Horseman there are 4 Os. r/woosh does not allow wooshes form outside Reddit; only r/woooosh allows wooshes from TH-cam

  • @Fitchy-ke3wz
    @Fitchy-ke3wz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    'His job done, he retires from the royal chamber, and dies.'

    • @heartless604
      @heartless604 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sounds like ceaser from planet of the apes, Andy Serkis.

    • @neofulcrum5013
      @neofulcrum5013 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@heartless604it is

  • @MsDADDYFATSAC
    @MsDADDYFATSAC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Nobody-
    Ant in your backyard- "Execute Order 66"

  • @elijahlungu2769
    @elijahlungu2769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The final attack felt like a scene from Game of Thrones...cold

  • @librus8680
    @librus8680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2731

    Despite them being such simple creatures at their core, Ants are some of the most amazing insects out there. They can perform agriculture, keep livestock, work in symbiosis with countless other species of insect, wage wars, establish borders... and even adapt to handle almost anything they come across. And yet I still get surprised, I had no idea that some species produce "Kings", or that some ants can revolt against unsatisfactory queens. Billions of these tiny, simple insects working together to perform such complex and almost humanlike tasks, and they're so tiny that this happens all around us without us even noticing. (Or them really noticing us!)

    • @ianuy3346
      @ianuy3346 4 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      Librus some ants also raid other colony’s and kidnaps eggs to raise them as slaves.

    • @annk5341
      @annk5341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      They are not simple, they are just small.

    • @lordtchankykang
      @lordtchankykang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Alright Charles Darwin calm down

    • @atibamaule
      @atibamaule 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      and they hate termites.

    • @dinodude367isyes5
      @dinodude367isyes5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      That's why there my favourite insect, along with bees and termites.

  • @evenif7431
    @evenif7431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2309

    That stuff with the dirt and the slug was wayyyy to smart 😬 we're so lucky these things are tiny 😅

    • @alembess9129
      @alembess9129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      I got scared and fascinated at the same time when the ants "came up" with the soil solution.

    • @ln9296
      @ln9296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      *too

    • @carsonstasney8586
      @carsonstasney8586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Logan Zentz no it is right the word too is used when someone says I am going too

    • @ln9296
      @ln9296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@carsonstasney8586 I am no English major but you are incorrect. "I am going to" is spelled with one o and "I have had too much" is spelled with two o's.
      Not that it really matters I just find it amusing when people mix the two up. ;)

    • @ethanharrydu
      @ethanharrydu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Imagine if these ants were human sized. They might be strong enough to take down a *BLUE WHALE*

  • @lilreith2603
    @lilreith2603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Question: How do you get these amazingly well-focused shots without disturbing the ant colonies?

    • @mototechy7362
      @mototechy7362 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      by being god

    • @KimiRaikkonen123
      @KimiRaikkonen123 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      by being a camera ant.

    • @josuafraser4865
      @josuafraser4865 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      They have camera ants. And very nimble easy bendy sticks that they put the small ant cameras on the end of the sticks and jus put them down the spare exit holes. Easy access to the main halls of the ant nest

    • @HansFlamme
      @HansFlamme ปีที่แล้ว +34

      We all know the camera guy is amazing. Surviving asteroids and zombie apocalypse and shit. Ofc he can get amazing ant footage.

    • @Stauder02
      @Stauder02 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      interior shots are made using ants in captivity inside a artifcial nest with museum glass

  • @johnyuri6860
    @johnyuri6860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Well done Antman. I knew you would be a great cameraman.

    • @Random-zs6wt
      @Random-zs6wt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Underrated comment

    • @BVK.
      @BVK. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love this joke, where was the deserve attention for this comment@?@?@?

  • @jsmiles28
    @jsmiles28 4 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    Ants are fascinating man

    • @militaryliferoxanne
      @militaryliferoxanne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your Teeth Are Sooooo Pretty 😍😍

    • @klarabarunovic9841
      @klarabarunovic9841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@militaryliferoxanne 😂

    • @CyoPaws
      @CyoPaws 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@militaryliferoxanne nooooo

    • @theworld5466
      @theworld5466 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/x2BhZOcrwgU/w-d-xo.html

  • @yashsaraswat6822
    @yashsaraswat6822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2305

    So let me get this straight
    A male got attracted by the queen's "smell"
    Followed it
    Got ambushed
    Had to "John wick" his wings to shed weight to boink
    And then boinks
    And then... Dies.
    Okay.

  • @kk4649k
    @kk4649k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    These ants smarter than my co workers

  • @KatyaKit216
    @KatyaKit216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    Ants have always fascinated me. I knew they were smart but I never expected to see problem solving with the slug.

    • @justyourordinarytom6528
      @justyourordinarytom6528 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not rly a problem solving. Ants are programmed to soak up anything sticky with dirt

    • @ianhogben3472
      @ianhogben3472 ปีที่แล้ว

      it's swarm intelligence

  • @regularm3924
    @regularm3924 4 ปีที่แล้ว +582

    so when an ant queen get bored ,she decide to create an army ,cool trick

    • @umar_ragnark6233
      @umar_ragnark6233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      👍🏻😆

    • @soyabKhan-xk7sd
      @soyabKhan-xk7sd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Who fuck her

    • @jansherroshen
      @jansherroshen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/1k3cuARu7lQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @urbanizedpizza
      @urbanizedpizza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@soyabKhan-xk7sd the man nigass who die tho

    • @sarahshahid836
      @sarahshahid836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hunter x hunter Chimera ant Arc.....

  • @dante-9933
    @dante-9933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    Great now I feel like ants are crawling on my body.

    • @autotune2
      @autotune2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      *I felt that.*

    • @charlesjohnson2465
      @charlesjohnson2465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      My charger fell off the bed as I was smoking a bowl hit and my phone on the coffee table watching this...man did I ever jump lol tripped myself out had to lay down

    • @AFMMarcelD
      @AFMMarcelD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Indeed, I feel they are crawlings on my balls.

    • @autotune2
      @autotune2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AFMMarcelD i-

    • @charlesjohnson2465
      @charlesjohnson2465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AFMMarcelD lmfao

  • @chimedemon
    @chimedemon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Humans: so what’s it like to be an ant?
    Ant: ever play Warhammer 40k?
    Humans: yeah?
    Ant: yeah.

  • @Cisco_24
    @Cisco_24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    We really need to thank Hank Pym for making this footage possible.

  • @tigornomics
    @tigornomics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2551

    Then some guys drop molten aluminum into the soil and transform the entire ant emperor into an valuable work art

    • @alembess9129
      @alembess9129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I saw that video.

    • @Ceej3
      @Ceej3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      It’s always done on an empty ant hill

    • @shwetazarkar5137
      @shwetazarkar5137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Really? Ho no!

    • @thlee3
      @thlee3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      i think that was termites

    • @indrazable
      @indrazable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@thlee3 : no, it was ants nest under the ground.. termites nest is like a tower can't pour the hot molten aluminium it'll break it up

  • @always.elevate
    @always.elevate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    The slug getting eaten was crazy

    • @frankholton9642
      @frankholton9642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      hello hayden smith that was crazy and a feel bad for the slug poorslug okay thank you - frank

    • @frankholton9642
      @frankholton9642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Kashmirbook no thank you

    • @muibe123
      @muibe123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Poor slug 😔😔😔

    • @joshuac2391
      @joshuac2391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Frank, it’s nature

    • @fairtoowell9503
      @fairtoowell9503 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      only catapillars seem to get away, even with living in a home. pinchi mariposas...

  • @crypto217
    @crypto217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    He can say it in a way that gets you in at first then gets you deeper and deeper the more you watch.
    And he always has the perfect thing to say for every scene

  • @tomnuttall7621
    @tomnuttall7621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Larvae: What’s for dinner, Mum..?
    Worker Ant : yes exactly.

  • @276sedvlintsax7
    @276sedvlintsax7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Editor: How much sound effects do you want to use
    Director: YES....

    • @Dre-np9yk
      @Dre-np9yk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This is actually how it sounds

    • @erickchristensen746
      @erickchristensen746 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tech has come a long way even back in 2011.
      Recently we even recorded the vibrations of male Jumping Spider mating dances. The sounds are crazy wicked you should go watch some

    • @AndorianBlues
      @AndorianBlues 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A lot of the sounds are probsably faked but I have heard ants walking in real life (hundreds of them walking over crisp dried leaves) and it sounded similar

  • @HaziqNasri
    @HaziqNasri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Me: Finds this entertaining
    Me when ants are in my house:
    Do you know what are the consequences?

    • @yaboiwonka8913
      @yaboiwonka8913 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      WW Ant

    • @idoitforthememes6011
      @idoitforthememes6011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me: hippity hoppity get off my property *sprays Raid*

    • @arandomgamer6705
      @arandomgamer6705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me: *hippity hoppity your lives are my property* proceeds to squish.

  • @runertje550
    @runertje550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Ants literally have empires and fight wars... this is so amazing

    • @saadqureshi7127
      @saadqureshi7127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Better than game of thrones

    • @sunb678
      @sunb678 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war"
      - an ant, probably

    • @runertje550
      @runertje550 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sunb678 Ant Sun Tzu

  • @dead_vibes
    @dead_vibes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "They take everything, including new borns."
    Ant: I'll be taking this, yoink!

  • @domichuyt6439
    @domichuyt6439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Imagine having your body parts ripped off and eaten and then dying just to get some...you know

    • @Duros360
      @Duros360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ...wait how do you do it?

    • @tyesoncollins331
      @tyesoncollins331 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like me on a Friday night to be fair haha

    • @kitkat7225
      @kitkat7225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      O_O

  • @XxRoseBudsAJPWxX
    @XxRoseBudsAJPWxX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    That male ant in the fourth one was an absolute unit. LMAO.

    • @havilavi472
      @havilavi472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I know like the heck what was that thing eating steroids and chicken 😂

    • @dw3134
      @dw3134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Absolute SIMP more like.

    • @jimboonie9885
      @jimboonie9885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      He lasted like 2 seconds

    • @HansFlamme
      @HansFlamme ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The entry was epic but what can you do against the mob

    • @lot.bajrami
      @lot.bajrami ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jimboonie9885 and died

  • @poged9133
    @poged9133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ant raider: RAID STEAL THE GOLD
    Ants:NO OUR GOLD
    Me:so eggs are gold so its basically a bank robbery

  • @SammyPlayzRoblox
    @SammyPlayzRoblox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    20:00 “Leave me here go on- make the coral proud....”

    • @arlaeiss9482
      @arlaeiss9482 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      nooooo im actually emotionally attached to every insect hererrr

  • @damanjotsingh7478
    @damanjotsingh7478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    I just can't imagine the amount of hardwork and time is implemented in each of the videos... Speechless..........

    • @kaylamartin3053
      @kaylamartin3053 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes loads of hard work, many, many lives were lost😂

  • @paulzheng5327
    @paulzheng5327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    5:39 you can say he .... ‘came and went’ 😂😂

    • @yaboiwonka8913
      @yaboiwonka8913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shoot and scoot

    • @yaboiwonka8913
      @yaboiwonka8913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Blow the load and hit the road

    • @retrorampager5373
      @retrorampager5373 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cum N’ Go

    • @yaboiwonka8913
      @yaboiwonka8913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@retrorampager5373 skeet and flee

    • @havilavi472
      @havilavi472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Y'all some funny mother fuckers 🤣🤣

  • @djmax45238
    @djmax45238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:32
    Baby Ants: "Who you calling a pinhead"

  • @y_fam_goeglyd
    @y_fam_goeglyd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    These clips are fascinating, and somewhat creepy in parts. But I've learned to thoroughly appreciate them over the last couple of years.
    There's a channel called Ants Canada and the guy whose channel it is, is a real expert in the subject. He raises colonies from a single queen. Those first eggs (in the first video) become "nanitics", and they're smaller and shorter-lived than the future generations. But they're the ones raised by the queen, who turns the muscle tissue from where her wings were attached into a sort of soup for the larvae. She won't eat anything until the nanitics can fetch food themselves.
    The channel's owner is so dedicated to ants that he's having a house built with a two-storey "ant room" in it! If you like ants, I thoroughly recommend you go watch him.

    • @justyourordinarytom6528
      @justyourordinarytom6528 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah hes an asshole gives incorrect info on purpose for sake of entertainment

  • @brettwerner7128
    @brettwerner7128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Man this guy is good. I felt horrified when he described them being annihilated. “The once great ruler torn apart” lol.

    • @lordeppiothe1
      @lordeppiothe1 ปีที่แล้ว

      pretty sure it's Andy Serkis, he has a great voice to narrate documentaries.

  • @sanssgt5150
    @sanssgt5150 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Who knew ants could have wars
    We will call it “ *THE GREAT ANT WAR* “

    • @davidbhart
      @davidbhart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I mean, "army ants" might have given it away

    • @savary5050
      @savary5050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ants have been fighting as long as they have existed. The great ant war has been going on for millions of years and it ain’t showing any signs of stopping now.

    • @osdenza2
      @osdenza2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@davidbhartnot really, fire ants have nothing to do with fire

  • @captainwilliam3920
    @captainwilliam3920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I searched “ants” and this was the first result

    • @theworld5466
      @theworld5466 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/x2BhZOcrwgU/w-d-xo.html

  • @The__Outsider
    @The__Outsider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    While watching this I am constantly watching around

  • @rhythmfield
    @rhythmfield 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    This is insane - brilliant - kind of disturbing - better than any horror movie

  • @Jop3lius
    @Jop3lius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    just imagine all the ant battles going on around the world right at this very moment.

    • @BVK.
      @BVK. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But to think of it, the ants size on earth is like humans on a sun-sized planet, there's many ants civilization! 😳

  • @gigas81
    @gigas81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Queen Ant: Im the one charge! You will listen to me!
    Daughter Ant: You "were" in charge! Past tense! My time for Queen is now! Matricide!

  • @unhandydaddy5117
    @unhandydaddy5117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That slug got absolutely annihilated holy shit

  • @duv1544
    @duv1544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Slug:aaaahhhhh!!!
    The cameraman:most intresting

  • @jujooguppy4567
    @jujooguppy4567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    After that ending, all I hear is...
    And now the rains, weep o'er his halls, with not a soul to hear....

  • @NATUREPICTURESdhanpalsinghairy
    @NATUREPICTURESdhanpalsinghairy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video. Complete ant life cycle:- Ant worker, eggs, queen, bee, ant battle field, looting, fighting. 👍👌👏

  • @henz3458
    @henz3458 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I get a little itchy watching these ant videos but I can't stop either.

  • @randommemesweekly4417
    @randommemesweekly4417 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    video title: "best of ants"
    me, an ant fenatic: *immediantly clicks*

  • @rextunde3870
    @rextunde3870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    2:39 “male *and* pulls off own wing” 🤣🤣

    • @aurea.
      @aurea. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      "No no, allow me."

  • @abdullahiji8642
    @abdullahiji8642 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the camera-ant the helped making this masterpiece!

  • @codybaxter9939
    @codybaxter9939 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love animal documentaries shows that even small living things can still conduct wars and have a hierarchy system

  • @abuhuraira3685
    @abuhuraira3685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Team work divides the task
    And multiplies the success

  • @mathiuseden9605
    @mathiuseden9605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Little do majority of the people watching this emphasise just how long they've had to spend when watching them lay and Grow then hatch months of photographic supervision

  • @tadashisennin8836
    @tadashisennin8836 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    QUEEN ANT

  • @Zaltic
    @Zaltic 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Shoutout to the camera man for going inside the best disguised as an ant

  • @AFMMarcelD
    @AFMMarcelD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I won't deny that as fascinating as they are, I felt a sudden impulsive desire to "Raid" that whole colony when they were barbequing that poor slug.

  • @abloodorange5233
    @abloodorange5233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The sound of the slug being eaten was revolting😵😫

  • @abenjoshougmailcom
    @abenjoshougmailcom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a lovely ant

  • @boiiiii8271
    @boiiiii8271 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such smart and fascinating creatures whenever I go outside I always look for ant hills in the hopes of destroying their nest and finding a queen

  • @rachnapawar3220
    @rachnapawar3220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Ants are hard working and adorable.

  • @awantedboi
    @awantedboi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    Salute to the tiny cameraman who went in there to film this! Or maybe they are human-sized ants

    • @theworld5466
      @theworld5466 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/x2BhZOcrwgU/w-d-xo.html

    • @ThreeStrikes015WW
      @ThreeStrikes015WW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The Cameraman is Ant-Man.

    • @bencaspar
      @bencaspar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I heard all of this was made by stop-motion

    • @yolandajean4347
      @yolandajean4347 ปีที่แล้ว

      You guys are dumb 🙄

    • @arielfzal2424
      @arielfzal2424 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThreeStrikes015WW lol

  • @mrsha8332
    @mrsha8332 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    After seeing how ants can be, I now have a deep respect for anteaters

  • @conchitinabernardo4370
    @conchitinabernardo4370 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Amazing footage! Bravo to the patient camera man for documenting these amazing images !

  • @davidryan5482
    @davidryan5482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Who else felt sorry for that slug? Brutal!

  • @shimmereyes8984
    @shimmereyes8984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    12:51Long live the queen... THIS IS GROSE MAN. *It's own larvae feeding on the corpse of its mother. What an offspring*

    • @theworld5466
      @theworld5466 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/x2BhZOcrwgU/w-d-xo.html

    • @jimboonie9885
      @jimboonie9885 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      *DOWN WITH THE MONARCHY**

  • @beastkayen6237
    @beastkayen6237 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a really beautiful animal

  • @iahn4ever
    @iahn4ever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nature is gnarly

  • @default8274
    @default8274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Just to remember, these things were so big millions years ago

  • @AlexVista8
    @AlexVista8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    Ant queen belong to the streets

    • @Turnoutburndown
      @Turnoutburndown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Boss up.

    • @Jluyoungzone
      @Jluyoungzone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Ant queen belongs to the streets" ~ Ant Future

    • @noyq3684
      @noyq3684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The male ant was a simp.

    • @XYKelseyyy
      @XYKelseyyy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like yo mama oooooooh

    • @nuncio21
      @nuncio21 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

  • @enby_kensei
    @enby_kensei ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh hell yeah this is the content I've been waiting for

  • @jsnssn6301
    @jsnssn6301 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting ants' life. Good narrator gave life to ants' story.

  • @Wolfgodmak
    @Wolfgodmak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Amazing how all the Queens dont attack each other for dominance and control

    • @dayangmarikit6860
      @dayangmarikit6860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The soldiers and workers do all of the dirty work for them.

    • @jimboonie9885
      @jimboonie9885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dayangmarikit6860 So the queen doesn’t die on the frontlines. A queen is useless dead

    • @King_Minos64
      @King_Minos64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@dayangmarikit6860 I’m curious why they prune off queens instead of just having multiple queens like many other species of ants. Maybe resource scarcity? Idk.

    • @justyourordinarytom6528
      @justyourordinarytom6528 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@King_Minos64 its easier to care for one productive queen than for five unproductive

    • @lot.bajrami
      @lot.bajrami ปีที่แล้ว

      @@King_Minos64 yeah I looked it up and it seems that queens need alot of proteins and when that is scarse, ants eliminate the queen is weaker and can not produce eggs like the other. On rare cases workers go all they way and kill the last queen, dont know why exactly. Workers survive a bit more and then they also die without a queen.

  • @PanginooTV
    @PanginooTV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    TH-cam: hey wanna watch some ants
    Me: nah Im good Im about to go to slee-
    TH-cam: its the best of ants!
    Me: WHOA NOW THATS INTERESTING I NEED TO WATCH THAT NOW

    • @theworld5466
      @theworld5466 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/x2BhZOcrwgU/w-d-xo.html

  • @MrSando75
    @MrSando75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't know about you man but if I just pulled off one of my wings I wouldn't really feel like sex. I be like "owww...don't feel too good, might have to make it tomorrow sweetie."

  • @AwwStories
    @AwwStories 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you to the very tiny cameramen that put their lives at risk to capture this wonderful footage

  • @unbekannt2898
    @unbekannt2898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    how clean and tidy these animals are.. beautiful pictures BBC!

  • @HybrisParExcellence
    @HybrisParExcellence 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    That is exactly what I needed in these awful times

  • @jacktran7024
    @jacktran7024 ปีที่แล้ว

    god i luv this 'they empty chamber after chamber' with that heremy iron british accent is top notch

  • @gompatrinath2169
    @gompatrinath2169 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an amazing ending!!

  • @animaliapalm477
    @animaliapalm477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    What do you call an ant that won't go away?
    PermanANT

    • @whoiaron
      @whoiaron 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ha ha ha haha ha ha ahaha

    • @alexchampion9395
      @alexchampion9395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hamza Sheikh woah dude, that was uncalled for

    • @purrrmeow5323
      @purrrmeow5323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alex Champion what was. I think he deleted his comment

    • @lunaticplantlover
      @lunaticplantlover 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is actually genius. An Ant that Permanes. PermanAnt 🥺

  • @mranderson9813
    @mranderson9813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I love how the Xenomorphs are based on ants

  • @MULLI007
    @MULLI007 ปีที่แล้ว

    THIS IS AMAZING

  • @indrajeetyadav658
    @indrajeetyadav658 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gosebumbs

  • @horsehorsehorsehorse8500
    @horsehorsehorsehorse8500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Can we all give respect to the camera crew? They can literally do anything.

    • @muibe123
      @muibe123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They also help those ants slicing the slug piece by piece. Imagine that pain! This is one crazy and cruelest job on earth

  • @Nishkid641
    @Nishkid641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    One of few reasons I love winter: bugs, ants, insects go to...."hell".

    • @finnreinicke4152
      @finnreinicke4152 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They don't die they just hibernate

    • @Nishkid641
      @Nishkid641 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@finnreinicke4152 yup. One time I even dug up an ant hills under the snow but no ant coming out. When I came back when it got warm, I saw bunch

    • @isuzuke
      @isuzuke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yup fukc the ants

    • @crazypirate14U
      @crazypirate14U 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here less grass and insects more freedom😂✌

    • @thefishisraw117
      @thefishisraw117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What if God did that to you how would you feel?

  • @nabindas2081
    @nabindas2081 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a movie, wow the story was great, their acting was very good, the fight scenes vfx are best, wow such a great movie I watched.

  • @cobichdao1976
    @cobichdao1976 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ants are just so amazing❤

  • @RaphaeLoh01
    @RaphaeLoh01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    'Empire of the Desert Ants' was a great documentary!

  • @stalhein62
    @stalhein62 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Aw hell yeah, ants

  • @crimbitz
    @crimbitz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is mind blowing

  • @skilalax
    @skilalax 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Entire videos are amazing