Would you raise the baby that ate your siblings? - Francesca Barbero

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2024
  • Explore how the offspring of parasitic butterflies trick their way into ant colonies for food and protection.
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    You might not guess it, but Alcon blue butterflies are just one of over 200 parasitic butterfly species, all of which target ants. And their offspring live highly unusual lives, tricking their way into ant colonies using mimicry. So, how do these butterflies do it- and why? Francesa Barbero explores the strategies caterpillars use to survive among ants on their journey to become butterflies.
    Lesson by Francesca Barbero, directed by Raghav Arumugam, Jagriti Khirwar.
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Комментарии • 431

  • @nicholasweaver2374
    @nicholasweaver2374 4 месяца назад +1988

    And the award for weirdest RUclips title goes to TedED!

  • @sreelakshmimurthy2914
    @sreelakshmimurthy2914 4 месяца назад +1227

    Reminds me of "would you raise the bird that killed your children"!

    • @lazyboi4824
      @lazyboi4824 4 месяца назад +21

      It was 2 years ago, time really goes by fast

    • @KateeAngel
      @KateeAngel 4 месяца назад +9

      I would. Birds are a superior life form

    • @bunk95
      @bunk95 4 месяца назад

      Humans dont willingly do. Did you learn about making and keeping human slaves (that are marketed as citizens)?

    • @bunk95
      @bunk95 4 месяца назад

      Humans don’t willingly make and keep human slaves.

    • @dareolumide8287
      @dareolumide8287 4 месяца назад +5

      I knew the title sounded familiar

  • @kinesy1878
    @kinesy1878 4 месяца назад +2251

    I don't know why that title sounds so wrong

  • @danielvillalba5375
    @danielvillalba5375 4 месяца назад +1190

    One parasitic butterfly went extinct.
    Ants: Hoorayyy!!!
    Before being reintroduced a few years latter.
    Ants: Damn you humanity.

    • @theplaymaker4392
      @theplaymaker4392 4 месяца назад +31

      That's exactly what I was just thinking 😂

    • @christophersamson621
      @christophersamson621 4 месяца назад +20

      How does scientists reintroduce a specie that was one extinct? Got me wondering. Thank you😊

    • @DevoteeOfAergia
      @DevoteeOfAergia 4 месяца назад +73

      ​@@christophersamson621They went extinct in the UK. So they were probably existing in other regions nearby and some of them were brought over to the UK. This is what is usually meant by reintroducing a specie.

    • @chrism2516
      @chrism2516 4 месяца назад +24

      @@christophersamson621 It could be "extinct in the wild" but still alive in labs and in containment units

    • @Tokuijin
      @Tokuijin 4 месяца назад +3

      ​@@chrism2516 , the alcon blue was extripated in the UK is what they mean.

  • @AkilaAriyathilaka
    @AkilaAriyathilaka 4 месяца назад +1114

    I will never look at the butterflies the same way again, thanks TED ed! 😂

    • @bhaskar2ndacc230
      @bhaskar2ndacc230 4 месяца назад +12

      Same😂

    • @Brythnoth_of_the_Void
      @Brythnoth_of_the_Void 4 месяца назад +20

      The crazy thing is; I learned about these things like a week or 2 ago, because a book I was reading had the main character help a psychic ant colony by finding a blue butterfly imposter

    • @Brythnoth_of_the_Void
      @Brythnoth_of_the_Void 4 месяца назад +8

      To clarify, I am agreeing with your comment, and I find all this fascinating; I just express this through anecdotes; and it’s kinda funny learning about something a few weeks before you find something doing a deeper dive.

    • @tamannamanger5399
      @tamannamanger5399 4 месяца назад

      Which book?​@@Brythnoth_of_the_Void

    • @fedan2012
      @fedan2012 3 месяца назад +1

      Fun fact: some species of butterflies purposefully make the eyes of large mammals irritated, releasing so the butterflies can drink them.

  • @ThatOneGuy-gd8jm
    @ThatOneGuy-gd8jm 4 месяца назад +544

    I love how the narrator talks about horrible parasitism in a calm and wholesome sounding way.

  • @a_weird_mess3
    @a_weird_mess3 4 месяца назад +895

    When I read the title, I did _not_ expect ants and caterpillars.
    Anyway, quite an informative and interesting video with awesome creative animation like always :)

  • @tenow
    @tenow 4 месяца назад +268

    I'm just happy there is no animation of what wasps and then their larvae do to caterpillar.

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  4 месяца назад +95

      What if we told you... there is: bit.ly/TEDEdWasps

    • @leebulger7112
      @leebulger7112 4 месяца назад +27

      ​@@TEDEdPlease don't!!😂.

    • @Smeck-gq1rj
      @Smeck-gq1rj 4 месяца назад +7

      @@leebulger7112 They just did.

    • @leebulger7112
      @leebulger7112 4 месяца назад +7

      @@Smeck-gq1rj I know they already did that video and I thought it would be hilarious if I said that.

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion 4 месяца назад +2

      ​@@TEDEdThis video reminds me of the kids movie A bugs life , and I'm getting the feeling that this would make a great inspiration for a movie of that genre . Horrific and a shame about the butterfly 🦋 as a larvae , what it does to the ant colony . ♑️✍️🇳🇴🇦🇺

  • @grimtygranule5125
    @grimtygranule5125 3 месяца назад +53

    The ant queen: I have a problem in my home.
    Parasitoid wasp: And you're not gonna like my solution.

  • @twishar9717
    @twishar9717 4 месяца назад +364

    How does ted ed get such perfect quotes every time

  • @leo785587
    @leo785587 4 месяца назад +92

    Me as an ant: “Is anyone going to say something about this butterfly coming out of our nursery?”

  • @kiranyadav3623
    @kiranyadav3623 4 месяца назад +132

    The title is weird at first but accurate one..the queen lays eggs in batches, the earlier batch become workers after some time and then they tend for the later ones..because they came from the same mother,the queen ant, hence siblings.

  • @michalpicker6934
    @michalpicker6934 4 месяца назад +158

    This story sounds really crazy...but I had no idea caterpillars like those would do such a thing!

    • @linpoetry8332
      @linpoetry8332 4 месяца назад +1

      Watch the BBC Planet. It has an actual footage of this bizarre Butterfly in an ant colony

  • @theplaymaker4392
    @theplaymaker4392 4 месяца назад +93

    Everyone talking smack about the title, lets not forget this video is actually so awesome. Animation and narration were perfect, content was delivered very well and made lots of sense. One of the better teded videos ive watched personally, keep it up teded yall are amazing!!

  • @nishtha392
    @nishtha392 4 месяца назад +124

    The animation is too cute
    One clever caterpillar😼

  • @ZeoViolet
    @ZeoViolet 4 месяца назад +23

    Ah yes...the good 'ol, "Fake it till you make it" strategy. XD

  • @circuloviciosamente
    @circuloviciosamente 4 месяца назад +36

    Remember this when admiring the butterflies in your backyard.

    • @DBT1007
      @DBT1007 4 месяца назад +3

      Not all butterflies are like this.
      Also, butterfly is not a beauty, cute insects 😅.
      Jumping spiders are the true cute insect.

    • @thepsychedelicpineapple1171
      @thepsychedelicpineapple1171 Месяц назад

      ⁠@@DBT1007 jumping spider are the true cute insects, ….wow.

    • @kade-qt1zu
      @kade-qt1zu 8 дней назад +1

      @@DBT1007 There is no way you unironically called jumping spiders insects.

  • @skywalker63855
    @skywalker63855 4 месяца назад +33

    this could be a short Pixar movie, well done! 🎉

  • @sketchyskies8531
    @sketchyskies8531 4 месяца назад +58

    In a parallel universe: "Would you eat the baby that raised your siblings?"
    So butterflies are terrifying now-

    • @poenpotzu2865
      @poenpotzu2865 4 месяца назад +3

      Always have been

    • @hwizell7478
      @hwizell7478 2 месяца назад +1

      Dragon flies can’t have ALL the scary

  • @bawesome4527
    @bawesome4527 4 месяца назад +38

    I think you guys should do a video about the various defense mechanism that defend against parasitism. Surely some must exist?

  • @mr.jitterspam9552
    @mr.jitterspam9552 4 месяца назад +16

    The baby in the thumbnail is straight up Darwin from tawog

  • @KAI_420
    @KAI_420 4 месяца назад +23

    This is just spot the imposter 😂

  • @yushawn7388
    @yushawn7388 4 месяца назад +6

    1:40 So cute to have K.545 for background music!!

  • @cheaterxl243
    @cheaterxl243 4 месяца назад +5

    I actually expected a moral discussion but this video is more calming to think about.

  • @moblinmajorgeneral
    @moblinmajorgeneral 4 месяца назад +6

    I was sort of expecting this video to be about Sand Tiger sharks, but this was way more interesting

  • @MrsJudithWright
    @MrsJudithWright 4 месяца назад +36

    Wow, action-packed lesson, also hilariously done. Thank you TED Ed.

  • @ellie-snow
    @ellie-snow 4 месяца назад +8

    Wait these butterflies only live as a butterfly for a week?!?

  • @gretaweiss6802
    @gretaweiss6802 4 месяца назад +22

    The animation is awesome! I love the style and colors!!

  • @Coconutsandbananas
    @Coconutsandbananas 4 месяца назад +5

    One of the most whiplash inducing Ted Ed videos ever and I absolutely love it and as always the animation is a perfect match

  • @relax_chiguire
    @relax_chiguire 4 месяца назад +6

    4:54 „The astonishing adaptations they inspire“. TED slipped some of its hidden morals to the public.

  • @akaros96
    @akaros96 4 месяца назад +7

    We want more videos like these ! We need to learn more about nature. Maybe a series about insects / animals etc.

  • @callmehriya7925
    @callmehriya7925 4 месяца назад +19

    Ted-ed is wild for this

  • @Sunflowersarepretty
    @Sunflowersarepretty 4 месяца назад +41

    These caterpillars be living the sweet life pretending to be someone else. There's a bird that does the same lays its eggs in other birds nests and those innocent unsuspecting birds raise its chick at times caring more about those chicks than their own. (I forgot their names tho 😭 I'm)

    • @TEDEd
      @TEDEd  4 месяца назад +20

      Never fear, we can refresh your memory on who those crafty little birds are: bit.ly/TEDEdBird

    • @y0url0calb1n
      @y0url0calb1n 4 месяца назад

      Cuckoo

    • @chingizzhylkybayev8575
      @chingizzhylkybayev8575 4 месяца назад +7

      It's a cuckoo

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 3 месяца назад +1

      Cockatoo, should be called a Changeling Bird

  • @VisualVoyages08
    @VisualVoyages08 4 месяца назад +7

    Ted Ed always nails it with perfect quotes, and this seemingly crazy story about ants and caterpillars was unexpectedly fascinating! The informative yet creatively animated video kept me hooked from start to finish. Kudos to Ted Ed for consistently delivering such engaging and enlightening content!

  • @-JA-
    @-JA- 4 месяца назад +19

    🤔 The title needs a little more clarification, but I guess it depends on the siblings and the reasons behind the action.

    • @thelemurofmadagascar9183
      @thelemurofmadagascar9183 4 месяца назад +5

      Lmao you're taking it way too seriously. The title is just meant to be a hook to get people to click the video.

    • @-JA-
      @-JA- 4 месяца назад

      @@thelemurofmadagascar9183 I apologise. It was not my intentions for it to come off so seriously. I merely wanted to create a comment vague enough to cover most of the potential interpretations of the title... I should really just stick with emojis. 🙇‍♂️

    • @thelemurofmadagascar9183
      @thelemurofmadagascar9183 4 месяца назад

      @@-JA- What do emojis have to do with this? And why are you apologizing? I'm just going to assume you're trolling, in which case, good job lol.

  • @felineboy1586
    @felineboy1586 4 месяца назад +9

    Yet another master piece bravo

  • @animationtv426
    @animationtv426 4 месяца назад +4

    This is the wildest Ted Ed I've seen

  • @Zero_Chaos
    @Zero_Chaos 4 месяца назад +3

    Reading the title:
    "Is this birds or Gods?"
    Seconds later
    "Oh, butterflies"

  • @sayanchakraborty2619
    @sayanchakraborty2619 4 месяца назад +15

    Wow...didnt knew butterflies can be parasitic. I only knew about cuckoos 😅

  • @user-qj8eb3yv3v
    @user-qj8eb3yv3v 4 месяца назад +8

    "Which parasite is the most shockingly sophisticated?"
    Probably Bong Joon-ho's

  • @christinea.a.a
    @christinea.a.a 4 месяца назад +6

    This is so terrifying

  • @rami0036
    @rami0036 4 месяца назад +4

    It remainds me of that one gumball episode were they rise the muddy monster thing lol

  • @Ragna_Boy
    @Ragna_Boy 4 месяца назад +3

    What the F!! The BIG GULP made me jump in shock.
    You got me. Hahahab

  • @Walter_black2209
    @Walter_black2209 4 месяца назад +26

    Came for the title, stayed for the documentary

  • @KINGBADASS100
    @KINGBADASS100 4 месяца назад +2

    This video has such cute animation for such gruesome subject matter

  • @JazmineHarris
    @JazmineHarris 4 месяца назад +3

    Long live Antonia 😭🙏🏾 RIP

  • @mulaffarabdullah2900
    @mulaffarabdullah2900 4 месяца назад +2

    Let's be real, if you go around squishing butterflies, you're basically the supervillain.......

  • @adalhuertacarrillo293
    @adalhuertacarrillo293 4 месяца назад +6

    Noooooo!!!
    Antonia se murió!!! 😂😂

  • @mikemesich2572
    @mikemesich2572 4 месяца назад +2

    A great interview!

  • @GOOD_FARMER
    @GOOD_FARMER 4 месяца назад +1

    That's the one of the cutest animations you made 😻

  • @Illustratedinformationcenter
    @Illustratedinformationcenter 4 месяца назад +6

    Ted Ed always crafts thought-provoking content with quotes that linger in the mind. Like the profound question, 'Would you raise the bird that killed your children?'-a powerful metaphor for facing challenges. This butterfly revelation adds a fascinating twist to nature's wonders.

  • @Shivrajchopra
    @Shivrajchopra 4 месяца назад +4

    Everyone was expecting a horror story 😂 that's how people are getting attuned to zombie psychomotor 😎🙅

  • @imperiallarch7610
    @imperiallarch7610 Месяц назад

    Very cool! Would love to see photos of the animals in the video. I can look them up but it would be convenient to see them as they're introduced.

  • @user-bp4nv3qp4d
    @user-bp4nv3qp4d 4 месяца назад +3

    Ted ed animation is very marvelous

  • @static_kaen
    @static_kaen 4 месяца назад +3

    1:52
    I was not expecting that

    • @2hot1
      @2hot1 4 месяца назад

      lmaoooo i was shocked too😭😭😭😭

    • @Austin_Playz27
      @Austin_Playz27 Месяц назад +1

      its almost 5 am and i just died there

  • @Stratelier
    @Stratelier 4 месяца назад +1

    3:29 be like: "Wait, please tell me one of us is a REAL ant larva?"

  • @lauraanne341
    @lauraanne341 4 месяца назад +2

    Well that was a wild and informative ride!

  • @user-ck2ht6uv1l
    @user-ck2ht6uv1l 4 месяца назад +1

    I remember seeing a documentary about this, it was quite good

  • @Creepy_Pastaa
    @Creepy_Pastaa 4 месяца назад +7

    I feel bad for those Poor Manipulated Ants, They even Sacrifice there own kids for someone else's. Those visuals representation are pretty good Ted-ed TeM👍🏻

  • @mar_ajo9686
    @mar_ajo9686 4 месяца назад +1

    Why the word "parasite" being represented by that cutest tiny thing 😆

  • @psychologybooks
    @psychologybooks 4 месяца назад +5

    This is mind blowing information.

  • @sashankp3250
    @sashankp3250 4 месяца назад +2

    Amazing animation as always😍😍

  • @Richard_Nixon-mr6rq
    @Richard_Nixon-mr6rq 4 месяца назад +2

    Sweet mercy, the thumbnail, and title

  • @Thecutecyanbird
    @Thecutecyanbird 4 месяца назад +2

    How cute caterpillar is so fun! 😊

  • @justwaiting5744
    @justwaiting5744 4 месяца назад +1

    This is so fascinating! I wonder how many years it took scientists to learn all of that.

  • @roelienchik6887
    @roelienchik6887 2 месяца назад +1

    Aunt Antalena: NOOO why must you do this * dies *! Jimmy the larvea: TIS MY DESTINY MMMWWWAAAAAH HHAAAA HHAAA * kills Antalena *!!!!!!

  • @sutejasastra
    @sutejasastra 4 месяца назад +1

    those flying insects life schedule were crazy!

  • @starcherry6814
    @starcherry6814 4 месяца назад +6

    I’ll never understand why animals do the things they do
    But that’s life 🤷‍♀️

  • @crummmycheese
    @crummmycheese 4 месяца назад

    TedEd has the best documentaries..❤❤❤❤

  • @stars_of_destiny
    @stars_of_destiny 4 месяца назад +2

    The title is wild bro 💀💀

  • @manavsaboo9610
    @manavsaboo9610 4 месяца назад +6

    While the video was loading and an ad was playing, I cant tell you how confused I was. I was speculating what the video was about.
    A moral dilemma? A tricky puzzle? A mythical story? It turns out it was about a butterfly 💀

  • @captainlevi657
    @captainlevi657 4 месяца назад +1

    The baby give boss baby vibes lol

  • @temporaladvisor3958
    @temporaladvisor3958 4 месяца назад +1

    Wow. Beautiful, carefree butterflies, that we adore, are actually ruthless predators. So much for judging a book by its cover.

  • @asherjobin9939
    @asherjobin9939 4 месяца назад +1

    Ants parasisiting on ants
    Wasp:i am going to ends its whole career

  • @quarteracreadventures855
    @quarteracreadventures855 4 месяца назад +1

    Fascinating!

  • @EccentricGentelman
    @EccentricGentelman 4 месяца назад +4

    We reintroduced a butterfly that feeds of ants? I don't think the ants would have appreciated that.
    When you think about it, conservation doesn't always seem to love animals. How do you think deer and gazelles feel about saving tigers?

    • @Noahed_
      @Noahed_ 8 дней назад +1

      It’s focused on ecosystems typically, not individual animals

  • @ma.lowelasalarda5835
    @ma.lowelasalarda5835 4 месяца назад +1

    **Sits On Baby**

  • @maxbowen8925
    @maxbowen8925 21 день назад

    Quite easily the highest but risk highest reward scenarios there are

  • @hanispeace8006
    @hanispeace8006 6 дней назад

    Okay I need these butterflies to take care of the invasive ants at my home

  • @elaineh3
    @elaineh3 2 месяца назад

    The animation is so cute 😊

  • @theall-fn2yc
    @theall-fn2yc 7 дней назад

    i love how the caterpillar has its cartoony face, which makes it feel alive and light hearted, but once it becomes a butterfly, it loses its face, which makes it look completely lifeless

  • @_Justme_227
    @_Justme_227 4 месяца назад +8

    the title is crazy

  • @quickSilverXMen
    @quickSilverXMen 3 месяца назад

    Wow! I never heard of this!

  • @dira.v
    @dira.v 4 месяца назад +9

    This is quite clever , nature is amazing

  • @mecahhannah
    @mecahhannah 4 месяца назад +2

    Awesome as always thanks

  • @yippee_artz
    @yippee_artz Месяц назад

    dude looks like “looks like a cinnamoroll, could kill you”

  • @rosehead69
    @rosehead69 3 месяца назад

    This video is giving Deeplook vibe like " Mom where do baby jellyfish come from" 😂

  • @marvinochieng6295
    @marvinochieng6295 4 месяца назад

    beautiful content

  • @steveyi2859
    @steveyi2859 4 месяца назад +1

    Yes

  • @Ele_The_Alpha_Wolf
    @Ele_The_Alpha_Wolf 4 месяца назад

    The animation in these videos is so good ❤

  • @ScaredLight
    @ScaredLight 4 месяца назад +3

    There are so many types of parasites that prey upon ants, parasitic wasp being the number one threat they face. It is not a pretty sight to behold, so kudos to Ted Ed for making this cute... ish.

  • @rom-ps2uo
    @rom-ps2uo Месяц назад

    „He could be any one of us”
    He could be me, it could be you”

  • @AutoDisheep
    @AutoDisheep 4 месяца назад +1

    I am having fun with these animations

  • @azzakandil1482
    @azzakandil1482 4 месяца назад

    Amazing

  • @naruto12270
    @naruto12270 5 дней назад

    Even little bugs and insects got their own beef

  • @shybean4life240
    @shybean4life240 26 дней назад

    A real Changeling situation here

  • @faharlida8643
    @faharlida8643 4 месяца назад

    This would make a great studio ghibli movie

  • @violent-firefly
    @violent-firefly 21 день назад

    11 months in of torture and he only loves for a WEEK IN THE WORLD!

  • @PaulPlaystheLegend
    @PaulPlaystheLegend 7 дней назад

    It’s like if someone burst into your house as a baby just to feed on your loved ones

  • @906087
    @906087 4 месяца назад +1

    Parasitoids and brood parasites? What a combination