Self-Sacrificing Ants Refuse Treatment of Their Wounds | National Geographic
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- Опубликовано: 19 фев 2018
- A new study reveals that after a raid on a termite nest, the injured ants are cared for by their comrades.
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Navy Seals abide by a code that no man is left behind. Termite-hunting ants abide by a similar code. A new study reveals that after a raid on a termite nest, the injured ants are cared for by their comrades. If kept by themselves, 80 percent of injured ants died. But if cared for by their nest-mates for even an hour, only a tenth died. Another finding of the study reveals how the ants prioritize who gets cared for and who doesn’t. In human health care, doctors decide which patients need to be helped the most. With ants, it’s the exact opposite. The injured ants themselves decide if they should be treated or not. When no help was in sight, injured ants made a beeline for the nest. But when nest-mates were near, they stumbled and fell, appearing “more injured” as a way to attract aid. But the ants play up their injuries only if they sensed that their problems were minor enough to be treated. If ants were mortally injured, they refused to cooperate, flailing their legs around when probed or picked up, forcing their helpers to abandon them. The mortally wounded ants choose to die rather than have energy and resources wasted on their futile rehabilitation. This discovery marks the first time non-human animals have been observed systematically nursing their wounded back to health.
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Self-Sacrificing Ants Refuse Treatment of Their Wounds | National Geographic
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These termite-ants have their own unique health system where they care for each other's injuries, even if it sometimes means you refuse care. What similarities and differences do you find between this relationship the ants have with each other and the patient-doctor interactions humans have?
National Geographic As someone who is a chronic pain patient, the similarities are striking. 😮
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excuse me, the term sacrifice here is not accurate, this is WILDLY misleading. It's not a conscious "sacrifice", how dumb is that. Ants feel pain. when they lose too many limbs, they thrash around like any other animal would. Would you be calm and easy to transport if you were missing both your arms and a leg? Even if you had tourniquets?
I think not, I think you would panic and go crazy. Which means the medics wouldn'tt waste time with you.
"sacrifice?"
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"Run forrest, run!"
Ants are just so incredible...
When you see ants sacrificing themselves, you must think.. Salam
would jesus have wanted this? What is the jesus thinking. of this situation now?d
Super sky kids
kailash verma hi
Yep!
There's like a bunch of supercolony of ants in like 5 continents I think
So basically *Ants have medics on Deck just like soldiers in real life. Amazing dominant species.*
Viewing
Everyone is medic and everyone is Soldier.
More or less. They are polymorph. That means there are bigger and smaller ants. The bigger ones are those who carry wounded and termites back to the nest. I would consider them more as "soldier" even if there is no real "soldier" caste in Megaponera
@zxc zxcv don't insult ants 😑
@@frizzledg All ants are BLS-Qualified.
The likes are at 666 and i am the 666 like dont mess it up
"Tis merely a flesh wound."
You fool you have no arms left
Justin Owens
haha le funnie british movie reference xDDDD
isn't that from ................. the holy grail
I will never stop being amazed by how spectacular these creatures are.
So small and yet so big at the same time.
one of biggest proofs of a creator most high, God is real, And God is one, that have no son or partner
"Antonio, it's okay, I'll heal you."
"No LeGrant, it's too late for me. I'll just slow us down."
"Antonio, no! Don't say that!"
"Go on without....me...."
"ANTONIOOOOO!!!!!!"
Ag Jr "Come on soldier. We have to keep going"
That pretty much sums it up lmao
"ANTONIOOOOOO!!!!"
*then they heard a sound wave of explosion*
*some text showing slowly on the screen*
*DIRECTED BY MICHAEL BAY*
paweh samli
I'd pay money to see how Micheal Bay slams explosions on Ants
Sadder than Antony
War... war never changes
I-i made that joke right bow
*now
- Fallout narrator
Ants are amazing when it comes to family care.
Wow. Really makes you think.
In our (western) societies death is a taboo topic. Many humans decided to die when there was no real help or chance at hand. Not only old people, but during war times too. Self sacrifice for others isn't unknown for humans either.
When you see ants sacrificing themselves, you must think.. Salam
would jesus have wanted this? What is the jesus thinking. of this situation now?When you see ants sacrificing themselves, you must think.. Salam
would jesus have wanted this? What is the jesus thinking. of this situation now?
It's because ants and bees are commies...
"Really makes you think." No it doesn't? It's pretty interesting, but it's nothing more than instinctual resource management brought about by eusocial evolution.
I can never read this specific combination of words without it sounding really sarcastic.
Very inspiring, not waisting recourses on the more critical injured and they choose to be aided or not
truth is gods will my peasant
When you needlessly destroy an ant nest, an entire society falls to ashes.
I got emotional a little bit 😭
Rene Simmons me too
Chill out they're just ants
alpatr0s simp
i never thought i'd cry because of ants, this is very touching😭
Wow this was powerful,what anime is this ?
When you see ants sacrificing themselves, you must think.. Salam
would jesus have wanted this? What is the jesus thinking. of this situation now?df3 is an anime? then waht fo fthe sacrifies of jesus.
Terraformars.
Top 10 anime sacrifices.
OMFG :D
Hunter x Hunter
Never thought a clip of ants could be so emotional
So in other words... The ants choose honor and glory rather than to live with shame.
No, they just die because they would waste resources the colony needs otherwise.
"Miss, just take this IV"
"No, it would... Be wasted on me...
Herg Blegh."
Wow. Only one word. Amazing ... such thing happened on this tiny creature. Truly a lesson.
I dont know if its just me but i feel like national geographic could litterally tell us *ANYTHING* and we wouldnt question it....Let that sink in.
Hmm... if the doctor tell you of an illness or the police informs you of the law... do you question it? Coz that’s their job to be good at it. Always do your own research also. 👍🏻
Why is this particular subject so hard to believe? Being critical is one thing, but this falls under cynical. At least find a Nat Geo article that's more worthy of your skepticism.
emma kai this.
+Gluesniff Piff Same question, why? This isn't an NG original as it's based on a 3rd party study. YourhHuman ego getting in the way of learning about the nuances of nature.
emma kai i was quoting you as a sign of agreement but whatever
I have ants in my backyard, I've always been impressed that they even lift the dead ants to try to help them. They're so small but so intelligent creatures
Who knew you could make such an emotional video about ants.?!
(There are a few other videos like this.)
You can put sad piano music over a guy eating pancakes and make some people cry 🙄
It brought tears to my eyes!
"Just go on without me!"
- The ants.
Better love story than twillight
Doesn't really apply here. Especially when they're all sisters. I mean unless you're into that kind of stuff. I don't judge, but hey it's your kink not mines.
Mantiz s that's Joke has gotten old but it still passes for 2018😁
bobsagget823 art thou a failed troll?
Dead meme stfu
Normie af
I dont know if it was because of the music or the incredible species called ants....but i cried
How exactly do they heal them? By amputating limbs? Its not like ants carry around med-kits.
Probably they use some type of saliva-like fluids from their bodies to heal them.
Black magic
They dont amputate limbs. Those get amputated by the termites. Erik Frank is still working on the way the treatment works and probably he will publish something about it soon. But for example ants with heads of termite soldiers sticked to their legs get treated just by other ants biting off the soldiers head in the nest.
Principal Skinner I think the ants saliva helps heal wounds, so like partially missing limbs or the soft joints between "bones" are treated and licked like a dog
zerg regen passive. the only thing these "helpers" are actually doing is providing moral support.
I am going to admit that as a child I used to kill ants to watch their comrades save them, and carry the injured ant back into the nest. Ants were fascinating to me.
... I slowly stand up with one tear running down right my cheek and i salute these soilders 🐜 👏🏽
The thought of every ants i sprayed when they raided my food is unbearable 😯😮.. I got lots of blood in my hands..
The photo capturing is just amazing...and the knowledge imparted is great. Learning is all around us and comes in all shapes and sizes
Thank you
When you see ants sacrificing themselves, you must think.. Salam
would jesus have wanted this? What is the jesus thinking. of this situation now?c
u r welcom
I love life a lot of natural and take care of birds
Special Goldvinch
I enjoy his singing, relaxing the nerves
I am also welcome to you
bobsagget823 ants are products of evolution there remains date back to millions of years ago no god made them there is no god.
This is really touching. Thank you for your story, mr ant.
Love how you threw "comrades" in there😂
Thank you for the silent narration. Really powerful and helps carry the meaning behind the story rather than a performance. It allows the music and the message to harmonize. Dark5 does this to great effect. I'd love to see more in this style from you. c:
Ants are truly incredible insects.
Whenever someone finds it weird that I'm so fascinated with ants of all things, I explain the amazing things they can achieve, but somehow it rarely works. I'll try showing them this video from now on.
"Go on without me" means alot to an ant
Spectacular scene. I am amazed by the life and the system of these ants. This is the time for humans to understand them and make our society better.
I feel bad now that I usually bug-sprayed them whenever I see an army in my house :(
10/10 wouldn't do it again
The only thing that annoys me, If I forgot a food lying around somewhere and the ants are there so quickly!(I'm annoyed at myself for forgetting and the ants are so quick to the foods!) lol
Other than that, I let the ants alone.
Thank you
I usually just wipe the stains or clean the mess and try my best not kill them. Once it is clean, they will leave the place (but it will take some time) and I don't have to use the bug spray.
dont worry... they are more ants on earth than human.. you kill 1000 ants, another 1 million ants libe some where. i dont kill them whem i see it. but when they start to immigrate with large number and carryng egg and their new queen (its scared me), i sprayed them with bug spray. they are every where in my home. some of them nest behind the tile of my bath room walls. +Kamote Tops, i ussulaly make a defense line with anti ant chalk under my table.. they will eat that chalk and die.. and they comrade dont cross the line after some of them die eat that chalk line.
I read somewhere that their lifespan is 8 years, so you can feel more guilty about killing them.
I felt every bit of this!! Crazy what videos and music can do to the soul!
We are all the same one way or another....we came from this Earth just everything else..we all learn how to survive and help one another one way or another
This broke my heart
That's what I call ant-ertainment!
Now we need an ant suicide prevention line
*Respect.*
That was awesome. I love how nature can leave me gobsmacked every day of my life.
This is Feudal Japanese like, but I cannot believe how sophisticated they are for themselves, oh my god I respect the people who documented and scientifically researched on this.
What does this have to do with japan, like at all?
It doesn't. It's just someone with no grasp on context or history romanticizing something they know literally nothing about.
Love you ants
Thank you for your service
wow, i never thought a video about ants would make me cry
George: I’ll help you!!
Phil: Do not deny me my warrior’s death!
George: It doesn’t have to end like this...
Phil: WOULD YOU HAVE ME DIE IN A BED?!
George: Till Valhalla brother
Phil: WITNESS ME!!!
Phil charges the enemy
🌸~~~
Came for the knowledge
Stayed for the feels T~T
Same
I am actually in tears because im so touched
They're not as bad as we think they are. Now I got a deeper understanding about these insects and they have my respect.
That's a good find
thats a d o p e find., fresh and exciting as kids say. today it is "" LIT" of the ants. great special naturing, today an tomoro.
When you see ants sacrificing themselves, you must think.. Salam
would jesus have wanted this? What is the jesus thinking. of this situation now?
Doctor: Its time for your vaccine. Just don’t move and you’ll be fine
Non-Vaccinator:
Ants are so humble.
This is touching.
Wow..🤗😊😊
wow, is great. real garsi. real powerful, iknspired nature. great vidoe, national treasure i s truly a beauti.
When you see ants sacrificing themselves, you must think.. Salam
would jesus have wanted this? What is the jesus thinking. of this situation now?
Thats y eusocial insects are s-tier in the current meta
Ants truly are amazing creatures!
So touching...
The Lt. Dan of the Ant world.
XD
Please feature AntsCanada. He takes care of ant farms and his videos are really informative and interesting.
I forgot about him. Really nice fellow
Ac family!
the Golden Empire !!
I love AntsCanada!
Kimberly Sanchez
The walking dead about ants, bloody Cliff hangers at the end of the video.
The music made this much more dramatic and tear inducing
So heroic.
Engaging as always.
Why am i crying ? 😭😭😭
I love ants!! The more i learn about them the more bloody interesting the get...they are like a treasure trove of cool abilities and habits. from species to species its like the awesome new behaviors being discovered are never ending!
wow this is beautiful , thank you for the research.
who is antscanada fan here?
Maybe they are not sacrificing themselves but simply freaking out because they are in so much pain from there legs being bitten off.
good point but they did test the theory with minor injury. unless the researchers can force an ant to be healed i don't see how this hypothesis can be proven.
Another point to make is that unattended injured ants die 90% of the time they say in the video but now they're saying ants with major injury are refusing treatment...so doesn't this skew the data. i hope they separated these two variables.
Perhaps. Perhaps its just humans applying our social constructs to other creatures. Also creatures like Ants don't really feel 'pain', its starts to get more and more complicated the deeper in you go but basically ants don't feel pain but they are aware of being damaged. So why would ants be lashing out when coming into contact with other hive members, doesn't make much sense unless they're doing it deliberately.
A hive mentality is a difficult concept for us humans to understand because we're largely self serving but Ants are not, they place the hive above their own lives. So it'd make sense for them to refuse treatment if they believe themselves to be too damaged, its not like the other ants have diagnostic tools to determine chance of fatality on other ants, but they can certainly tell themselves if they're dying.
They wouldn't be lashing around because they're freaking out, they haven't got the mental capacity for that. They are just acting how they feel they aught to, which is driven by their genetics, and it works out in the best interest of the hive.
kerry reopel it’s actually been proven that insects cannot feel pain, don’t get me wrong that doesn’t make them dumb only they never cry, where as crustaceans like crabs and shrimp do feel pain
I thought that it was established that ants lack the nervous system complexity or whatever to feel pain?
When it goes wrong: Sir you have a small dust mite stuck on your hea-
Ant: AHHHHH GO ON WITHOUT ME YOUR ONE SINGULAR BITE WILL TAKE TOO MANY RESOURCES
everything in nature is truly amazing
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bobsagget823 co
I cried over this. What is wrong w me?
Hibari Tomlinson Nothing is wrong with you
Everything is right with you. Never lose your humanity! 😊
music
just a facinating creature
Ants are amazing creatures they fascinate me and that's why i keep several colonies ,just stunning to watch.
once I made myself a sandwich and didnt notice that ants infested my bread, so I ate a lot of them till I saw them running over the bread I almost puked.
anybody knows the background music?
I'd like to know as well.
ya what is it
Probably custom made :(
Darude Sandstorm.
How can a ant treat another?
They clean the injured areas and help them to heal.
natgeo stain the inteligence of the book of script. nature is told by god stori, not by shameful picture. repent peasanat. praise alah
bobsagget823 - What does that mean?
they also use spit on the wound. some ants have natural antibiotics so they probably use that as well.
I heard that ants can pinch the open wound and "stitch" it back up.
Truly inspirational
Simply stunning
Top 10 Anime Sacrifices
Greetings Earthlings! 👋👽 I brought Pizza 4 everyone. Enjoy! 🍕
bobsagget823 Greetings Fabulous hostile Earthling! 👋👽 It's no wonder why your specie is consider the most dangerous and violent specie on planet earth. You fill in that statement quite well. I offer you pizza 🍕 and you offer me threats. I don't think thats an even trade. However, I will not engage here with violent or ill comments towards you because I don't know you, and that is not part of my character. I offer you pizza (AGAIN) and blessing towards your spiritual path. I now depart in peace Earthling ✌👽✌
Thanks for the Pizza off-worlder! From whence do you come and what type of Pizza do you bring?
Gorilder You're very welcome! 👋👽👍 The pizza is pepperoni and cheese, plus thin crust so we can keeps our carbs low. 👍 Have a nice day! 😉
i want pineapple on top
francis avenido Pineapple you say..? No problem consider it done! 🍕
this is incredible
Wow that's incredible, thanks for sharing..
I hope ant's save me if I get badly injured🙆🐜😃
cannot to do that, because ants avery small. if u iinjuure- its god plan 4 u 2 b injure. nothin ant can do, not the way of nature. When you see ants sacrificing themselves, you must think.. Salam --- would jesus have wanted this? What is the jesus thinking. of this situation now?
and you go to think about this now u stupid fok
they will eat you
and bobsagget stop trolling u aint funny
Sarah Redwood u know that's impossible,right?
🙆♀️🐜😃
36 termites disliked this
The heroes we need
This hit me in the feels
I'm a Roman Catholic, but Jesus H. Christ these religious comments are everywhere here in this video about ants... A N T S.
It's true that these ants are loyal to their soldiers but why the religious comments?
"Excuse me, but do you have time to talk about the Hive Mind?
Do you serve a queen?
How do you treat your 1,000,000 sisters?
The Great Devourer is coming, and the chosen Star Children shall join it when it comes! Why wait?"
I'm sorry
The Quran spoke of the community of ants as an advanced one. 1400 years ago. There is a chapter in the Quran named after 'ants'.
thenk u bruder. When you see ants sacrificing themselves, you must think.. Salam
would jesus have wanted this? What is the jesus thinking. of this situation now?
Not really.
A lot of people, the West included, appreciated the society of ants, and how they worked together to do some pretty epic stuff.
Then communism rolled around, and capitalists used ants as an example of how communism is actually terrible, because ants are "ugly" and "...red!".
WHAT IS THE NAME OF BACKGROUND MUSIC AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to know too. :(
Incredible and informative. Thank you for sharing this video.
Absolutely amazing
Absolutely amazing...
This is so moving!
Incredible.
That is incredible!!!
One of the coolest things Ive seen in a while!
So good to watch this...best episode for me.thank net geo
Why did this make me tear up?