I Fed A Raw Chicken Foot to My Fire Ant Colony
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- My pet fire ant colony, named the Crimson Knights, has grown so big now, I felt it was time to give them their first taste of meat: a raw chicken foot. The fire ants loved their new protein-rich meal, and watching them break it down was an incredible process. However, what was most surprising was what I discovered when I peeked into their nest after feeding them. Hope you enjoy this week's ant feeding video. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution. #FireAnts
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So what do you guys think about the what I discovered at the end? What do I do?!
Love you dude!
idk
you should make like a separator to hold the whole alate inside the terrarium, as i know fire ants are solitary, so those alate will be killed by the main colony
You should get a praying mantis It would be cool
You probably should not let the flying ones get outside since they are not native so it's your decision on what to do with them
Suggestion- give the ants a half cooked chicken, see if they go after the fully cooked or raw part first. I gave my ants raw chicken and they devoured it but haven’t gave them cooked
too expensive lmao
ya
Pretty sure its gotta be the same bc they will prolly treat both food the same.
@@dudesayshi2191in the ph, chicken is one of the cheapest meat, in conversion around 2-4 usd per kg
@@Skidibapbap i know i live here but i wont lie inflation fucked me over
If you’re worried about the reproductive ants flying out just get like a temporary mesh to put over the top for when they do their nuptial flights. Or something like that.
kinda what I was thinking also putting a light nearby since they are attracted to the lights and won't go far away.
more "worried" about this fool being so cringe (overly dramatic) and taking so long to start the vid. Repetitive perverse nonsense and rhetoric. Best thing in the vid was the visuals. Audio was cringe.
Yes do that but make a 20 minute video about it, where only the last 2 are relevant
As someone with alot of family in Texas, dont make it a removable mesh, dont risk this invasive species getting into you're state or province. Make the mesh permanent unless you take off the whole top.
As a native Texan, I've had to deal with fire ants my whole life & to me, a good fire ant is a dead fire ant. If the fire ants could, they'd try me as a war criminal.@@keeganfreese1013
I'm 70 years old and have been amazed by ants, especially fire ants, my whole life.
Nice
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I'm not sure how viable this is, but if a livestream could be set up maybe once a month of the ants eating something cool could be really neat! It'd be cool seeing how long it takes for your colonies to finish a meal, and the process they go through in real time !
oh yeah and viewers could vote on what they eat
I would like to see them handle a coconut (on the side of course as it would be a long project.)
Shhh! 🤫 This is top secret, but you should know! If you look in the description of some older colony videos, there’s secret videos! Welcome to the ac inner colony, full of ant lovers! Happy ant watching friend!
There is nothing better than the Saturday 🐜🇨🇦 video drop while I tend to my weekend tasks. I feel one with the ants working nonstop for my “colony” ❤. Thank you!!!!!!
I’ve followed this channel for a long time and this is my favorite ant colony. The enclosure, the history, and the size are truly amazing. Really wondering how large this colony can get!
Mikey: Yay, many Supermajor larvae!!
Queen and male alates: Sup big papa.
Mikey and everyone: Oh crap.
11:43 amazing how the swarm changes colour from a dark camouflage pattern to a bright orange threat pattern so quickly
It's so heartwarming how far we've come after so many years. AntsCanada Forever
107 likes and no replies? Lemme fix that
I will not let this chain continue
@@turtle2774 wasn't trying to start a chain
I love ants! It's my second year of keeping them! Keep it up Antscanada!
How’re they doing? And what species do you house??
@cabriskus4700 they are doing great! I'm actually watching them right now and I just gave them some pepperoni. My queen has 4 workers but many more on the way! Oh and she's a pavement ant queen. I also have thief ant queens that I caught 3 days ago they have about 7 eggs right now. Also I am still new since it's my second year so I had to start new colonies since I failed first year sadly.
any tips? I just started but I’m having trouble keeping my queen ants alive.
Depends on the species ...
@@Senyai0 what species are they?
Gods I love this channel. Still true to its roots after all these years. Ants Canada, never change my friend!
Thank you! Ant love forever!
@@AntsCanadagive your fire ants a cooked pork chop🐜🔥🍖
@@koala-g7f6ryes he has to do that
Masterpiece my friend
Bro you killed a mouse baby
I fed MY foot to a fireant colony. Montgomery, Alabama over 50 years ago visiting pops family. About 9 years old from Bronx N.Y. riding a bike. One foot in an anthill. Notice 50 years later I still remember that like yesterday.
That happened to me in Florida when I was visiting my aunt. Lol. I was filming a caravan of tadpoles (millions of them) and stepped into a nest I didn't see. Turned a few shades darker. Lol. I love fire ants. Nasty little creatures, but absolutely amazing to watch.
this channel actually taught me english and after all these years the quality content hasnt changed. love you ants canada
While I love the energy and charisma you have for you various colonies. This video churned a lot of emotion in me. Some 35+ years ago, as a young child, I had the unfortunate experience of stepping on a fire ant hill. And proved to be very allergic to their sting. My foot and ankle quickly swelled to at least 3times it's normal size, and even though very medicated, I had trouble breathing. To the point I had to miss school for over a week. The distant memory of the pain, still deters me from various yard work activities, and now as a father, I worry about my kids, and their explorations and adventuring in the yard. Kids will be kids, and yes, some lessons need to be learned the hard way. So what happens, will happen... but I can still be fearful. But every coin has two sides... I do also remember having an ant farm in one of my elementary class rooms, and I remember being enamored by it. So should my child ever take an interest, I will likely reach out to AntsCanada for equipment and resources to help foster my kids interest... Even if it makes my skin crawl. So please keep the content coming!
You should get more timelapse footage of feedings. That would look super cool.
Totally second that!
Make that a THIRD!
And a fourth!
And a fifth!
And a sixth
Okay i must say watching these videos just saved a black 🐜 running by 😂
Lol
Lol
my sister called you a freak but man is she wrong! go on my fellow ant keepers!
I always wondered what you would do if they had a nuptial flight in your ant room 😂 I felt you were tempting fate quite strongly here with all your open setups 😬
I mean, none of them could start a colony in other open setup, like the Marauder would decimate the new Queen
@@khangle6872 oh yeh of course that's true, but I bet enough elates in one foreign tank could cause some level of noticeable destruction
You said it, I was wondering the same thing... Kinda been expecting it and so happy to witness the drama ensue.
@@quinzoprojects I'd be scared of that one ant that got away unnoticed
It happened at least once with his last colony of fire ants in his apartment in manila.
They did their nuptial flight thing, a lot of them ended up in other set-ups and got eaten by his other ants. Presumably somebody made it through the window...
Because you’re almost at 5 million subscribers I think it’s safe to say that me and a lot of other viewers are hoping for a special episode when you hit 5 million subscribers
I want to see a "look back through the ages" video
I think it would be amazing a review of the ant colonies, a small compilations of all the major steps and achivements of the channel and to put the cherry in top of the cake the presentation of a new colony wich is a good way to say that the channel will keep going hopefully for many years to come
for 5 million subscribers you should take some of your ants from all your coliones then make them do a huge battle royale!
It’s always a good day when AntsCanada posts
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we know lol
I keep thinking the chicken foot is your hand 😅
I appreciate that you give such love and attention to the miniscule. Beauty on a small scale doesn't equate to a small amount of beauty, and you certainly have given us all a glimpse of your lens which appears to radiate a true and genuine love for ants. If we can all learn to love the small things properly, perhaps we'll once again learn to love each other.
You know it is a good day when you see a AntsCanada video🙂
I love when people feed fire ants
fire hot molten Aluminum . They
seem to like it.
i do this in my free time
@@albertjr7928 - Amdro is very effective, too.
Just found out about this channel. Very Interesting! I wanted to share a little story about ants. They've always fascinated me. One day at work, a buddy of mine was going for a break outside and he saw a trail of ants going in and out of a glue trap that pest control put just inside the building near the door. The little bastards were putting small grains of sand to form a road over the glue in the trap. A road. A paved one. Respect.
Crazy how smart they can be sometimes!
Thanks for watching!🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
This dude starts a new fire ant colony every two years
I watched this before bed & had the worst nightmares.
I’d love to see a timelapse during feeding!
I’m going to say it’ll take at least 24 hours.
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I live in amarica
What part of New Jersey? They are mostly known for rats, not so much ants
In ten years: I gave my ants a entire human
I got to say it was interesting and you were weirdly fascinating
Saturday morning is always awesome because Ant's Canada is in the house! 👍💯🐜♥️✌🇨🇦
You should do Timelapse videos too during their feeding time! Who’s with me!
Uh oh Mikey!!! How are you going to stop/catch all the fliers when it happens?? I can't wait to see that 😁 Thank you for this awesome channel Mikey!! Much love ❣
i think it will take 2 weeks for the crimson knights to finish this and love your channal so intresting i never knew how deep the world of ants go you have inspired me so so so so much in eaxh and everyone of your videos
my mom always kills ants with ant traps but i trow them in the trash lol🤣
You have red yellow black green gold vampire ants heart abdomens but no blue one!
This reminds me of when you fed the og fire ant colony a chicken head
I love the trail that these ants make!
me, too
Your fire ant colony grow so fast, i hope they will continue to be an incredible colony, like fire nation and phoenix empire used to be.
what happend to them?
@@Sonicgottagofast-h8w I Think Phoenix Empire Is Still Here, But The Fire Nation Sadly Died.
aww i thought they didnt@@Plushietopia
@robloxkid243 This is the playlist for the Fire Nation. It was a great colony.
ruclips.net/p/PL5vZEY2A9f_hb-xCUcqDi5z1NDYq8LMcZ
WOW I haven’t been here for a long time, I remember the start of this colony after the weaver ants disappeared and the break of termite based content. Can’t believe how much it’s grown!
I give it a month before Mikey feeds this colony a mouse.
The ants are trapped?....Life uh uh finds a way!
OMG, time has passed so quickly.
I remember discovering your channel around the time when you introduced us to the Fire Nation and just acquired the Yellow Crazy Ants, The Golden Empire? or Kingdom?... (I can't quite recall). Anyway, during that period, I found ants intriguing, even though I didn't knew much about them. Your channel became my primary source for learning more about these little heroes, and it also helped me improve my English skills. Thank you for that. ^^ (I even remember that I translated a significant portion of the subtitles into my native language for one of your videos.) Around the time you uploaded videos about your Vivarium life unfortunately became busy, and I completely lost track of your channel. Fortunately, this video was recommended to me again, and I immediately had to watch it.
Thank you for sharing your passion and excitement for such a long time.
Well, I suppose the good news is that I now have quite a backlog of content to catch up on. ^^
You should totally try and start a leaf cutter ant colony for your ant house. Their fungus gardens are so cool!😊
Build another home for the new Kings and Queens Red Crimson offsprings like condos or tiki huts 😂😂😂
Bow
Bow
I love the Forrest Gump-like music while a billion arthropods mangle a vertebrate body part.
Bees get all the love because they are the sweetest…ants we could not live with or without…well some of us live with ants… and you sir have given them a fine home.
Just stumbled across your channel. Your enthusiasm is highly contagious. Your formicarium is beautifully crafted and captures the imagination. Your video shots and audio are of tge quality expected from a highly trained professional. Congratulation.
Never thought id have such a ppreciation for ants eating chickenfoot video but here i am and i thuroughly enjoyed that. Kudos to you
I'm irritated that he's dragging it out.
Hi AntsCananda i love your videos your pet ants are so cool keep up the good work❤❤❤
First it was a head, now it's.... *A foot.*
This guy really goes overboard with these fire ants I think he might be acting weird again
Absolutely one of the coolest videos I’ve seen in some time. Beautiful camera work, very cool volcano. You’re overselling the fire ant sting a little bit. I’ve had hundreds of them up my pants, and it was unpleasant but not precisely painful. More itchy than fiery
Umm, at 17:50 I saw several ants crawling on the black outlining beams of the nest, they escaped… also love your vids! You have changed my ways and shown me the true side of ants and are helping me to rightfully respect them, at appropriate times of course.
At a glance, I think the actual barrier isn't in frame. The flat back is just for observation but isn't the actual end of the container
I have a question, for the brood/eggs. Do nursery ants move them based on temp/humidity? Cause it would seem odd that it looks all the brood chambers are near the entrance.
They do
@jadedesigns6171 ah ok, cause it seems so strange to have them where they are, I assume queen just lays em whereever she is or whatever chamber and then the ants send them off? Cause it would seem rather weird to have what is basically the life of the colony so close to potential preds
GREAT CHANNEL thanks for all you do mikey
This is a good first step to training the ants to eat the flesh of your enemies.
You can guess the day I'm having when I resort to watching fire ants devour a raw chicken foot.
As someone who regularly handles chicken feet (I eat them, cooked, and my dog & cat eats them raw) its really impressive to see these ants go at it given how tough the skin is. Far tougher then then the skin on other "more impressive" meals like whole mice etc.
AYE I am a raw feeder for my cats, dog is a bit too expensive right now to switch - but she gets a lot of raw stuff, chicken feet and hogs feet too. I wished my cats would eat chicken feet! I am a bit jealous of you! Haha.
I though you said you eat raw chicken feet 😂
I’ve never had chicken feet before what would you say it taste like?
@@BedrockBoiYT I used to sell them to a guy, he said they taste like chicken.
@@BedrockBoiYT if cooked "correctly" really good. I cook them Chinese style (like Dim Sum and sometimes finish them off with light frying) and if you do it that way all the tendons etc breakdown into like a gelatin thing. You just bite onto it and suck. All the meat/tendons get sucked up off the bones which you just spit out afterwards.
It tastes like roasted chicken skin but more intense.
I've also had "Central band African style" done by some mates who moved over from Nigeria, Gambia, Uganda and won't lie I wasn't a fan. As they blanch it to clean then rub on spices and then just grill them. So the tendons etc didn't break down so you're just crunching through a mass of cartilage with not a lot of flavour.
My mate said it was pretty much the same when he was in Papua New Guinea just without the spices and found it pretty grim so was scared to try the ones I did. Though fell in love with them when he did try the ones I did 🤣
It’s crazy how the Crimson Knights have already begun producing alates! As far as what to do, I would say nothing accept make sure all windows are closed during their nuptial flight so there is no way the alates can escape and populate your yard with invasive fire ants. I would also suggest to find and capture as many alates as you can in your house and humanly euthanize them or feed them to other separate colonies. If I recall correctly in your past videos the nuptial flight for your fire ants was very beneficial for your other ant colonies as the alates that fell into their enclosures provided them with a natural source of food. My only concern is a fire ant colony being established in one of your ant terrariums, tho I see this as being unlikely as a starting queen would surly be found and eaten by the resident ant colony. Plus it is also very unlikely a queen alate would even be fertilized as their should be no way other outside male alates would even be able to get into your Ant House. But as we all know ants are very unpredictable and adaptable so just be prepared and be extra careful when the nuptial flight happens. Other than that I’d say you should have nothing to worry about AC. Ant Love Forever! 🐜❤️
They can't crossbreed. No new fire-ant colonies will form unless there is a different fire-ant queen nearby, which is highly unlikely.
@@fantasystaplesuwu1554 Oh thats interesting. Sensible move for genetic stability i guess, so it does make sense. Thanks for the new Info, to you as well @huntercool2232
Outstanding video as always. Just love your videos with narration. Well done 👏
Why was my heart beating at his discovery at the end?
You should try making a time lapse video of your ants eating various stuff
Looking forward to see what you do about the queens, I know its a sign that your colony is super healthy but I know you don't like to spread invasive species. always look forward to your content over the past few years i have grown a massive appreciation for ants/bugs as a whole. ❤🔥❤🔥
I love the ants they’re so cool🎉❤
You’re sooooo right
Wow no one would think something like that can happen in nature
You didn’t even watch the video yet tho
@@Sweaty690 wdym
@@Sweaty690 I did for some reason I get videos before everyone
7:40 looks like lots of children rushing to see what gifts Santa Claus (claws lol) has brought for them (even the accompanying music sounds ‘Christmassy!!’ Lol
I love the beautiful AC music
I feed ants gasoline.
"Looks how excited my fire ants are!" Hits fast forward button.
If you want the skull of a small animal for something, just put it’s head on an ant bed for a few days.
This Channel need more members, it clearly need money for shirts
I just fed my ants for the first time and the feeling I got is amazing.
It’s just really wholesome.
we need like a 24 hour timelapse of the crimson knights eating! ant love forever
Wow you wont belive that ants act like ants. So smart and creative.
Bro, I can't 😂😂 the way the ants were like SCATTER after he gently blow lmao
“They can’t escape, they can’t jump and they can’t fly but you’ll never guess what I find in their nest! ……… I honestly thought you’d caught them building a glider. 😂
When they were around the chicken I thought it was fire for a sec and I went “oh cool editing”
4:47 am I the only one concerned of where he got a raw chicken foot from? Like is that something you can just go out and buy? Lol
I enjoy watching the first ant to discover the food and run back to let them know there is food.
Thanks for watching!
I can't believe you built your ants a volcano with no SACRIFICIAL ALTAR! Imagine placing that chicken foot on an altar at the volcano's base.
you should narrate every ant documentary
>watches video while eating salmon pasta
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>saves small bits to feed to my colonies instead of roaches
Not an ant person but your knowledge and enthusiasm made for great viewing.
BYE BYE chicken foot you will never be remembered probably tho
It has been years! So when I finally found it again it is really cool. Tho I just can’t get the thought out of my head that if a single piece of glass breaks bro is screwed.😢 he probably has precautions tho
Awesome voice acting, writing & video editing.
As a person who was bitten by a swarm of fire ants once in North Carolina…. I never want to be near them again.
Skip to the 4:50 mark if you want to get past the filler
You ought to set up a 24 hour high resolution cam site for one of the colonies. Would be fun to watch as well
Heads up for potential viewers: this video has non-stop commentary for the entire runtime.
I guessed right with 48 hours. I live in the south and I've seen these fearsome insects in action. They are a vital part of the ecosystem. They take decay and turn it into life.
This just got recommended to me randomly. I don’t care for ants, but I don’t regret watching this video. Pretty cool to see them eat the foot!
I'm like sponge when it comes to leaning new things.
Antology is really interesting and you are a perfect narrator.
Your enthusiasm is what makes your videos so enjoyable.
Glad you enjoy it!
“How could anyone hate ants?” Whenever an animal becomes a pest, it’s easy to want it gone. This is my preferred method of appreciating ants: through a screen. I can properly appreciate them without getting annoyed by their interference in my life (I hate getting any insects on my food or myself).
I think they'll devour the foot in 5-10 minutes
I really overestimated 😂😅
I would love to see you attach two large and terrariums together and see them battle it out
Ants ARE quite a feat of evolution. Evolved from a flightless wasp species they conquered the world.