Fungus cultivated by leadcutter ants is considered one of the very few, if not the only case of a species being domesticated by something other than humans.
Ngl people are more beneficial to them since the tilled farmlands and forest clearings we make are prefect nesting sites and several crops are viewed as prime veg material for their fungus, so they are more of a pest than actually threatened
On Animal Planet (probably) I watched the same story but instead of eating all tree leaves it showed that, when ants have cut more than enough amount of leaves, the tree starts to produce a certain kind of enzyme in the leaves. When ants bring it to the fungus, fungus start to die. Hence ants get a signal to leave that tree alone and to move on the next one!
What a work of art! The animation is incredibly good! I am in the design industry and I know how much time and effort has been put into making this fabulous video.
So freaking cool man. Nature always blows my mind away. Also exchange the character of ants to humans and you got yourself a very very creepy sci-fi story.
I’ve always loved ants and their colonies. I always feel so bad when people kill them. I’ve always tried to convince people to leave them be if they aren’t in the house or causing problems. Poor little creatures
Leafcutter ants are so fascinating! Our crew managed to get on camera Leafcutter ants in the heart of the amazon, the footage shows in reality what you guys described in the video. We followed the ant's path and explored their underground farming grounds. It's so incredible to see how they actually use the leaves to sustain this fungus that they grow in their nests to help feed them and their young. One of the most incredible things is to see them transporting their haul to underground nests-the equivalent of a human carrying more than a tonne between teeth- and then crushing and cutting the leaves and even discharging faecal liquids to break them down into suitable pieces for their fungus farms.
I own a leafcutter colony, if you give them enough substrate they would bury the fungus (as that's how it's in the wild) however, people that own them (captive) want to view the fungus. so they tend to leave them without substrate. I personally own atta mexicana colony.
They grab a piece of home. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)
Narration, Animation and Information aside: The Music on this one is amazing! Subtle, unique and still supporting the narrative. Is it a custom Soundtrack or can I listen to it by itself somewhere?
Wow, what a remarkably refined and efficient civilization! Presented with TedED's characteristic clarity and comprehensiveness and -- dare I say it? -- love for the object of its study.
Freaks me out how similar they are to humans. They have organisations, jobs, cities, agriculture, soldiers, leaders, nurseries, even a chamber for waste disposal.
Well, I guess it's good to know that even tiny cockroaches can find love and a place to call home in this world. Who knew that all they needed was a fungal garden and the ability to mimic the scent of leafcutter ants?
This farming your own food trait is highly beneficial, especially in very harsh places like deserts where food is very difficult to find. And fungi are also much hardier than plants,by living in areas with less sunlight.
You know this all started cause when the meteor that killed the dinosaurs struck, the ants bunk went into hiding with a patch of fungi being their only food supply:
1:08 consuming the infertile ones… hmm that’s a bit interesting considering ant genetics where an unfertile egg STILL hatches, unfertile eggs hatch into male ants… though males are often killed routinely in terms of ant behavior.
So while hiding underground all she has to eat is her offspring that did not hatch ? Is not there something about thermodynamics that says this shouldn't be possible?
Fungus cultivated by leadcutter ants is considered one of the very few, if not the only case of a species being domesticated by something other than humans.
But what domesticated humans? ;)
@@TEDEd Definitely cats.
@@TEDEd Corona virus
@@TEDEd humans :/
@@nutzeeer exactly.
The animation on this one is just incredible. Everything from the style to the way it matches the music is so artfully done
What software was used in creating this stunning animation?
The weird thing is that nobody asked "how did ants distinguish that leaf are needed for them.
Amazing ❤❤
I saw the title and thought Ted-Ed posted a meme
That's how you know our sense of comedy is absolutely broken via internet sh*posts.
"Broken" is relative in this sense
They changed it
@@soralee1910 Don't play mind games you know what I mean.
What was it?
Now that was a amazing study on the growth of a colony and the expansion of their fungus tycoon!
Its pretty crazy and adorable how ants can make tiny farms. This book illustration style is pretty neat too.
Charles Wallace went from being an interdimensional traveler to talking about ants.
For a moment, I thought the fourth species that threatened them all would be humans. I was shocked when I found it who it was!
Ngl people are more beneficial to them since the tilled farmlands and forest clearings we make are prefect nesting sites and several crops are viewed as prime veg material for their fungus, so they are more of a pest than actually threatened
The poetic nature of these species paired with TED-Ed's amazing animation, writing and narration is a blessing to humanity.
On Animal Planet (probably) I watched the same story but instead of eating all tree leaves it showed that, when ants have cut more than enough amount of leaves, the tree starts to produce a certain kind of enzyme in the leaves. When ants bring it to the fungus, fungus start to die. Hence ants get a signal to leave that tree alone and to move on the next one!
the animation on this is incredible. amazing job to the team!
Turning on all notifications was one of the best things I’ve ever done. Thanks for another good video Ted 👍
One of the finest farmer
I took an SAT yesterday and one of the articles was literally about this species of ant farming fungus
Hope you got a great score! 🙏
What makes me love these Ted Ed videos are just the wide variety of animation styles to match each topic. Kudos to the animators.
What a work of art! The animation is incredibly good! I am in the design industry and I know how much time and effort has been put into making this fabulous video.
Do you know what software was used in creating these stunning animations?
A combination of the art style (incredible as always) and the ants and fungus working together reminds me so much of Hollow Knight
The production quality on this one is off the Charts!
The animation, color themes, sound design 😱
So freaking cool man. Nature always blows my mind away. Also exchange the character of ants to humans and you got yourself a very very creepy sci-fi story.
The graphic style of this video is just amazing.
I’ve always loved ants and their colonies. I always feel so bad when people kill them. I’ve always tried to convince people to leave them be if they aren’t in the house or causing problems. Poor little creatures
I made a home for them before . . .
The animation was so unique.
Ted-ed never fails to impress me with fresh new animation with every new video.
i did not knew that life in an ant colony would be one of the best dramas ive seen in my life.
Leafcutter ants are so fascinating! Our crew managed to get on camera
Leafcutter ants in the heart of the amazon, the footage shows in reality what you guys described in the video. We followed the ant's path and explored their underground farming grounds. It's so incredible to see how they actually use the leaves to sustain this fungus that they grow in their nests to help feed them and their young. One of the most incredible things is to see them transporting their haul to underground nests-the equivalent of a human carrying more than a tonne between teeth- and then crushing and cutting the leaves and even discharging faecal liquids to break them down into suitable pieces for their fungus farms.
I own a leafcutter colony, if you give them enough substrate they would bury the fungus (as that's how it's in the wild) however, people that own them (captive) want to view the fungus. so they tend to leave them without substrate.
I personally own atta mexicana colony.
They grab a piece of home. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)
Narration, Animation and Information aside: The Music on this one is amazing! Subtle, unique and still supporting the narrative. Is it a custom Soundtrack or can I listen to it by itself somewhere?
Wow, what a remarkably refined and efficient civilization! Presented with TedED's characteristic clarity and comprehensiveness and -- dare I say it? -- love for the object of its study.
All praise to the artists and animators behind this piece. Outstanding!
Kudos to the cameraman who recorded the ants activity to the underground.
This isn't ted - ed this is animal nature!
Nature is amazing, what teamwork, fascinating learning.
The animation is outsanding👍🏻
Freaks me out how similar they are to humans. They have organisations, jobs, cities, agriculture, soldiers, leaders, nurseries, even a chamber for waste disposal.
Well, I guess it's good to know that even tiny cockroaches can find love and a place to call home in this world. Who knew that all they needed was a fungal garden and the ability to mimic the scent of leafcutter ants?
Does the cockroaches help in any way to the colony?
This farming your own food trait is highly beneficial, especially in very harsh places like deserts where food is very difficult to find.
And fungi are also much hardier than plants,by living in areas with less sunlight.
This was awesome!! I had no idea all this went on....and this video was well done from start to finish. I LOVED learning this today!
Complicated way of saying. "The babies need food, the Queen makes food, the Queen makes babies!"
Thank you!
The animation wow! It looks so real
This deserves a million views
You know this all started cause when the meteor that killed the dinosaurs struck, the ants bunk went into hiding with a patch of fungi being their only food supply:
I like the treecutters who make those leaf castles
The art style they used in this episode is so realistic :O
This is a very interesting symbiosis between species. They didn't mention though what's the name of the fungus the ants are cultivating?
Omg i miss that sick voice, welcome back addison.
Okay, so the animator deserves a raise.
I love leafcutter ants they are amazing they my most favorite ant
ME, WHEN A HOUSEPLANT DIES: It's okay! Gardening is hard.
ANTS: 👁👄👁🍃
Beautiful animation. Loved every frame of it. Good job
Thank you, Ted Ed, interesting videos!
SO BASICALLY EVERYONE FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL
Gr8! Now, can anyone suggest how to get rid of these pesky ants, in a way where it destroys the queen? I have tried sprays.🤔
Take SimAnt, SimFarm and the Tycoon games and combine them into Fungi Tycoon
Fantastic animation. Love the q-tip sequence 3:28
Just goes to show tycoons are born, not made.🐜
1:08 consuming the infertile ones… hmm that’s a bit interesting considering ant genetics where an unfertile egg STILL hatches, unfertile eggs hatch into male ants… though males are often killed routinely in terms of ant behavior.
It ain't much but, it's honest work.
This was interesting and amazing. I love the narrator's voice. He has been on multiple videos. Outstanding work #TEDEd
god the animation caught me off guard its so good
THAT'S SO AMAZING
Imagine if the ants have bigger body, brains, and have two hands for manipulating tools.
This is exactly what I thought. Little did you know, I already knew about leafcutter ants and their... ANTics
This absolutely awesome... I felt like i was watching a movie
“The queen’s kingdom” sounds so weird.
It's about time we delve into Cordyceps... don't you think? Ted-Ed
Great video
Ants!
That animation! 👏
so many things that humans tend to think are ours only! What a cool video.
When will we get a RTS leafcutter ant game go mainstream
the more i learn about ants and bees the more impressed i am. Hope they inherit the planet once the mammals have driven themselves to extinction
Wow! Beautiful !👍💜
Awesome 🤩
woooaaah, cool animation
I Love all of your videos❤
Suddenly, a molten aluminum poured into the anthill by a curious RUclipsr
This graphic designer can make a battleground royale better than bgmi,, not chinese edition though
I was hoping to find out why ants take away finger/toenail clippings?
i keep a few species of fungus growing ants, they are really cool.
Cool, I own a leafcutter colony...
It was exactly what I thought😊😌
cool
Tanajura
Do these Cockroaches help preserve the fungus or are they only parasites?
Hint: It's basically what a lot of people that watched the video thought ;)
But still interesting and great animated video
I wonder if that is the same fungus on our toes?
👣
Hey thumbnail, It was what we thought.
And a square-headed person comes and says: Oh, all these activities, precision and order have come by chance, without a creator (stupidity itself)
As amazing content as always 😊
HXH Chimera Ant arc, in a nutshell
excellent animation and content
OMG AESTHETIC
Funny how they are small but they don't use atomic technology.
We've finally found intelligence on Earth.
Wow, very interesting video!
So fantastic and Impressive ♥️
Literally "we stan a self made ✨queen✨" moment 🤣
Fungus tycoon...sounds like a shrewd business ant
So while hiding underground all she has to eat is her offspring that did not hatch ? Is not there something about thermodynamics that says this shouldn't be possible?
I thought it would be somehow related to the ant becoming a zombie 😂
Different fungus, but I hear you!
So did our observations of these ants lead to early agriculture ?