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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2019
  • In the final days of empire, the colony is at its most vulnerable; and the Queen meets her final grisly end.
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    Natural World: Empire Of The Desert Ants
    Against the Chiricahua Mountains of southern Arizona, Empire of the Desert Ants takes an in-your-face look at the violent world of desert honey ants by charting the fate of a single colony over several years as they battle all-comers for survival and dominance over the small patch of desert that is their world. Both the big picture and every minute detail are captured in this dramatic and fascinating film using the latest camera techniques and visual effects. Macro-photography shows the heart of their epic confrontations and the very core of life in the honey ant colony. Battle plans, defensive strategies and 'team' tactics are presented using the latest battlefield technologies. Also revealed are parallel worlds dominated by hidden forces - chemical weaponry, ultra-sonic sound, pheromones, ultra-violet and polarised light - as well as detailed characterisations of the different members of the colony.
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  • @eriana1147
    @eriana1147 4 года назад +5141

    Me: Having a nice picnic.
    Ants: Battling over water, Beheading the queen, taking children for later consumption.

    • @atario7824
      @atario7824 4 года назад +67

      „Beheading the queen“
      Where have I seen this before?

    • @Liuhuayue
      @Liuhuayue 4 года назад +179

      @@atario7824 Basically European medieval history in a nutshell...

    • @Humanaut.
      @Humanaut. 4 года назад +53

      Well, all of this happens to humans as well and we are connected to it via geopolitics and the global market.
      E.g. Displacement of war zones, human exploitation for resource extraction for western/indulstrialized countries use. Slavery/sex trafficking of refugees. Power struggles by corrupt governments/cartels etc.
      There is no cruelty in the animal kingdom that we do not find mirrored in the human realm.

    • @slicedlemons5925
      @slicedlemons5925 4 года назад +34

      Ants are fucking ruthless

    • @sondrasue1855
      @sondrasue1855 4 года назад +18

      OFF WITH HER HEAD

  • @alinelks2599
    @alinelks2599 4 года назад +9608

    Opened the video for curiosity, stayed for the dramatic narration.

    • @sharondalewis1620
      @sharondalewis1620 4 года назад +46

      Yeah, I like the slow mo wing flapping lol

    • @Penelope416
      @Penelope416 4 года назад +53

      I know! Dude got a good voice. He sounded so into it!

    • @Caramelnapkin
      @Caramelnapkin 4 года назад +26

      You know it’s about to be good when there’s dramatic narration

    • @kimlane7157
      @kimlane7157 4 года назад

      @@Caramelnapkin don't assume.

    • @masterchief4189
      @masterchief4189 4 года назад

      Yah

  • @HeyBusterLuke
    @HeyBusterLuke Год назад +3071

    As a kid in Australia I remember sitting watching an ant fight in the garden between groups of red and black ants. Next day I went to look again, and there was a big neat pyramid of dead black ants, and red ants dragging more dead black ones from holes in the ground and adding them to the pile. It seemed fascinatingly brutal - as I’d slept in my bed just metres away, this whole bleak and terrible night of tiny but merciless warfare and carnage had played out, and next day they were silently tidying up

    • @adu9422
      @adu9422 Год назад +192

      Should have dropped in some ait support twigs lol

    • @sonic176yt7
      @sonic176yt7 Год назад +58

      No black ants should win, that's what grounded told me

    • @costco_pizza
      @costco_pizza Год назад +27

      Why didn't you HELP them????

    • @I_Eat_Lemons
      @I_Eat_Lemons Год назад +80

      @@costco_pizza Why the hell would they help ANTS?

    • @historysyourbestfriend5500
      @historysyourbestfriend5500 Год назад +210

      @@I_Eat_Lemons because the black ones are the nice ones. I don’t need red ants biting me every second they get.

  • @kaelo1447
    @kaelo1447 2 года назад +951

    What kind of Game Of Thrones lives are these ants living?
    Holy shit that was dark.

    • @xseajin2055
      @xseajin2055 2 года назад

      This sort of things happens today between humans, too. Particularly funded by the West, aggressively funding terrorists for imperialist gains.

    • @Alejandro-fr9jc
      @Alejandro-fr9jc 2 года назад +55

      Look up hornets vs bees nest the entire insect kingdom is living in a GRR Martin novela lmao

    • @slvrshore5300
      @slvrshore5300 Год назад +5

      welcome to editorializing and emotional conditioning. most sound effects, music and lightning/colors have been manipulated to enhance the drama and cinematicity.
      enjoy your stay :)

    • @gabrielpar3519
      @gabrielpar3519 11 месяцев назад +3

      Have you ever heard about human history?

    • @AJARyan-yn2uv
      @AJARyan-yn2uv 10 месяцев назад

      One where two idiots don’t fuck the writing up.

  • @brandonxiongd7031
    @brandonxiongd7031 4 года назад +2761

    ants: *fight underground*
    camera men: "lemme just noclip through this real quick"

  • @frankmorin9803
    @frankmorin9803 4 года назад +3589

    “Her empire still lives”......
    Boi I can’t wait to get recommended for the second part....

    • @CountDooku0
      @CountDooku0 4 года назад +4

      Right

    • @SignalCorps1
      @SignalCorps1 4 года назад +76

      Part 2 entitled, ‘Empire Strikes Back’. Sounds vaguely familiar tho

    • @tomaslozada9397
      @tomaslozada9397 4 года назад +14

      Empire of the desert ants 2: electric bogaloo

    • @ThatNerdAlbert
      @ThatNerdAlbert 4 года назад +4

      damn a sequel

    • @cloudsoflilac9731
      @cloudsoflilac9731 4 года назад

      this shit gonna get its own show 😭💀

  • @Medieval_Dead
    @Medieval_Dead Год назад +1037

    I had two small black ant colonies around my house. One lived within the cracks of the driveway, the other near the side of the house. They lived in relative peace with one another for over 10 years until one night I came outside and discovered a full blown war involving tens of thousands of ants was taking place.
    It was near impossible to see what was going one or who was winning. The battle consisted of two giant mounds fighting with smaller amounts fighting around the perimeters. Due to neither side having a physical advantage the strategy was 2v1 to eliminate a fighter. 1v1 fights were stalemates until another came along, checked to see which one was on their side and then the kill would happen. It was a war of numbers. Once a fighter was dead or disabled they would let the body go and the process would continue on throughout the night.
    I came out early the next morning eager to check on the progress of the war and a clear winner had been decided. The driveway ants came out victorious. They had now broken into two groups. One group was on body recovery while the other group was deemed the invasion force, driving into the nest of the defeated side house colony to kill off any straggles, clear out their stores and eliminate their queen. No quarter was taken, it was pure annihilation. This was about 4 years ago now and the driveway ants are still thriving to this day. Their story of struggle, famine, war and perseverance unknown to all but them. RIP to the side house colony, your energy lives on through the victors.

    • @frederickvanhelsun9315
      @frederickvanhelsun9315 Год назад +16

      Stories

    • @mikesmith-wk7vy
      @mikesmith-wk7vy Год назад +7

      get the amdro out

    • @StonerKitchen
      @StonerKitchen Год назад +64

      You should write ant short stories

    • @isaiahferreira5267
      @isaiahferreira5267 Год назад

      Write a book you goof

    • @KahluaBomb
      @KahluaBomb Год назад +62

      You should write this tale, print it, and leave it with the house if you ever leave. It is deserving to note the deeds of the driveway clan of ants, history favors the bold.

  • @bozoforce
    @bozoforce Год назад +61

    The camera ant never dies. He always gets the best footage. Crawling past the front lines to document and record the brutality of War.

    • @berniethekiwidragon4382
      @berniethekiwidragon4382 Год назад +3

      Trough ants: You! Document this all for posterity.

    • @Hacckfort
      @Hacckfort 7 дней назад +1

      I really wonder how they filmed that all, if it isnt just a glass container in a studio

  • @Benskie
    @Benskie 4 года назад +4661

    You: Relaxing and chilling outside.
    Ants: *SILENTLY STARTS WW3*

    • @teamvlcn6820
      @teamvlcn6820 4 года назад +161

      They're at WW300 at this point.

    • @Gavolak
      @Gavolak 4 года назад +95

      Team VLCN ants have existed as a species for 92 million years. It’s at least world war 30,000,000,000,000

    • @errorsans6208
      @errorsans6208 4 года назад +9

      I can start war world
      100000000000000000 with the ants

    • @milkywater5531
      @milkywater5531 4 года назад

      I literally just died

    • @potsy5263
      @potsy5263 4 года назад

      Reee!

  • @justins7796
    @justins7796 4 года назад +4026

    this is how Game of Thrones should've ended

    • @Arshika792
      @Arshika792 4 года назад +9

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @leohawkins4734
      @leohawkins4734 4 года назад +105

      Imma tell my kids this was season 7-8.

    • @bballClipss
      @bballClipss 4 года назад +26

      This is how Hong Kong is going to end, if no one resists China

    • @gh0st_proxy
      @gh0st_proxy 4 года назад +14

      All that's missing is a CGI dragonfly.

    • @cloudsoflilac9731
      @cloudsoflilac9731 4 года назад +12

      I'd accept any other way than the original ending, that sucked ass 😭

  • @andrerichards7808
    @andrerichards7808 10 месяцев назад +26

    While watching this I can't help but feel that there are entities out there watching us humans in a similar way that we watch these ants and their stories.

    • @eggheadusa9900
      @eggheadusa9900 10 месяцев назад +1

      Most humans used to think this before the dawn of atheism

    • @greggstrasser5791
      @greggstrasser5791 10 месяцев назад

      @@eggheadusa9900
      Glad these douchebag Atheists were able to usher in a new day and make this place less of a shithole.

    • @user-ov9hk6vk9s
      @user-ov9hk6vk9s 9 дней назад

      But they're coming back thanks to the idea of 4th dimensional beings.

    • @ramdejin8426
      @ramdejin8426 2 дня назад +1

      Unless we discover ants watching videos on youtube for bugs i think we’re good

  • @chubbbyninja
    @chubbbyninja Год назад +43

    That’s crazy that they live side by side for years with no problem whatsoever yet as soon as they find out about their existence they’re just not having any of it

    • @danielwu7238
      @danielwu7238 11 дней назад +7

      Your assuming the narration is 100% accurate. A lot of times with nature documentary they stitch together what ever story they can that matches what ever they caught on film. Sometimes the story is real, sometimes its fake, and sometimes the story is exaggerated/half true to hook the audiences attention.

    • @Corey-mq1kr
      @Corey-mq1kr 3 дня назад +1

      @@danielwu7238 Yeah the whole time this is what I was thinking. Most of the time they aren't even in the wild, they build the set and bring the animals/insects. And if you REALLY look and ignore the narrator, you can't tell who is who and what is what. You think the company in charge, bbc or whatever wouldn't order an insane amount of ants just to record the war? Ofc they would.

  • @rohankurani4974
    @rohankurani4974 4 года назад +17349

    Let’s be honest, no one searched this.

  • @micycles1200
    @micycles1200 3 года назад +7957

    "Humans are the only beings that have war."
    Bugs: Annihilate a whole kingdom because a couple dudes got lost.

    • @maxtyler8993
      @maxtyler8993 3 года назад +184

      @Jack Reacher Perhaps there is emotion. We just don't know.

    • @alexlopez515
      @alexlopez515 3 года назад +29

      @@maxtyler8993 maybe

    • @FailedCommentator
      @FailedCommentator 3 года назад +422

      They are basically cogged hiveminds...they are machines with only one purpose...
      "FOR THE COLONY"

    • @alexlopez515
      @alexlopez515 3 года назад +16

      @@FailedCommentator Pretty much

    • @InsongWhang
      @InsongWhang 3 года назад +42

      So, The Great Britan?

  • @SeekGrace
    @SeekGrace Год назад +13

    I wonder what they're saying to queen in ant language while ripping her apart.

  • @drungaodys5610
    @drungaodys5610 Год назад +35

    The narrator nailed himself with the ending, making it sound epic as hell. "A storm marked their beginning and now its end"

  • @Treflip22
    @Treflip22 4 года назад +3048

    But they stand no chance against my sharpie circle

    • @lemonke7522
      @lemonke7522 4 года назад +17

      Lmao

    • @TazHall
      @TazHall 4 года назад +7

      😂😂😂

    • @michibmoon
      @michibmoon 4 года назад +3

      😂

    • @nursenatedawg
      @nursenatedawg 4 года назад +44

      Treflip and my magnifying glass on a sunny day

    • @ryan.j113
      @ryan.j113 4 года назад +29

      This man out here with straight war tactics

  • @leonesenpai
    @leonesenpai 4 года назад +12976

    So the Empire is going to strike back is what you're saying.

    • @mitchmurray6323
      @mitchmurray6323 4 года назад +510

      Execute order 66

    • @shengloongtan229
      @shengloongtan229 4 года назад +146

      @@mitchmurray6323 messa call jarjar binks

    • @smuk123
      @smuk123 4 года назад +197

      Antwan learns the power of the force after being the last survivor

    • @annjulee500
      @annjulee500 4 года назад +23

      Leone Senpai
      Yeah...but no Yoda! :)

    • @arielsastre3899
      @arielsastre3899 4 года назад +22

      Star Wars Ep. 99

  • @funnocap1092
    @funnocap1092 2 года назад +106

    “The queen may be dead, but the empire lives.”
    Literal goosebumps 💀

  • @judgementkazzy7172
    @judgementkazzy7172 10 месяцев назад +3

    "Man is the only species on earth that wages war with itself"
    Ants: *sees another colony and proceeds to rip the colonies queen limb from limb just because*

    • @greggstrasser5791
      @greggstrasser5791 10 месяцев назад +1

      Lies we are told.
      “All men are created equal.”

  • @jsthecanuck6804
    @jsthecanuck6804 4 года назад +3664

    you’d think the title overdramaticised it but the invading ants literally executed the queen medeival style

    • @buggeta694
      @buggeta694 4 года назад +119

      Nobody:
      Marie Antoinette: First time?

    • @otomackena7610
      @otomackena7610 4 года назад +39

      Beheading as a capital punishment is still practiced in Saudi Arabia

    • @thegoodfather1177
      @thegoodfather1177 4 года назад +10

      @@suprememasteroftheuniverse how is it fake?

    • @MadGameHouse
      @MadGameHouse 4 года назад +6

      They even had an ant-sized guillotine !

    • @qawsqnick1217
      @qawsqnick1217 4 года назад +12

      @@suprememasteroftheuniverse I'm sorry it's fake? Source on that? I think you may be the defeated ants trying to save face

  • @Arklay_98
    @Arklay_98 4 года назад +7039

    The brutality of war isn’t just a human thing.

    • @chadachi1353
      @chadachi1353 4 года назад +164

      @@DeusVult87 you need to see my cats... They are washing eachother and after a hour total war on the exacly same spot they were on, beating the shit out of one another

    • @Arklay_98
      @Arklay_98 4 года назад +4

      Nathan Breedlove true that

    • @Arklay_98
      @Arklay_98 4 года назад +5

      Deus Vult it’s an art really lol

    • @jumpstart55million
      @jumpstart55million 4 года назад +70

      @@DeusVult87 @Deus Vult Your sisters dogs were probably competing for your sisters attention and affection. Female dog's are known to get very territorial and jealous against other female canines in a household.

    • @kneegar7369
      @kneegar7369 4 года назад +11

      Thats makes human are no different with animals...

  • @guilhermeleite3470
    @guilhermeleite3470 9 месяцев назад +6

    7:30 “The queen may be dead, but her empire lives on” wow 🔥

  • @jesusceballos7277
    @jesusceballos7277 9 месяцев назад +13

    I’ve never seen something so thrilling.
    This wasn’t a recording of ants.
    This was ART.

  • @GameboySX04
    @GameboySX04 4 года назад +18859

    Imagine doing all this work to kill this colony and then some kid comes and jumps on you or pours water on you

  • @meritdavey8732
    @meritdavey8732 2 года назад +6996

    “Some dead workers are carried off for processing.”
    Amazon Corporate: “Write that down! Write that down!”

  • @XxSOULLESSxX
    @XxSOULLESSxX Год назад +24

    I lost my family in this attack. We will never forget. An ant never forgets.

  • @MovieMuscle
    @MovieMuscle Год назад +1

    "Retreat!"
    'FORWARD!"
    All that because they needed a drink.

  • @wy4553
    @wy4553 4 года назад +2538

    These damn character designs are so similar you can't tell who's on whose side!

    • @angelaabrams9108
      @angelaabrams9108 4 года назад +107

      You gotta turn on smell-o-vision.

    • @hypermodkid
      @hypermodkid 4 года назад +33

      Right!! I'm like. Aren't you guys on the same team?

    • @Santiago-5107
      @Santiago-5107 4 года назад +13

      To an untrained eye they all look the same. Not to the camera man and director of this epic movie.

    • @arcadejunkie3930
      @arcadejunkie3930 4 года назад +16

      Ant Racist!

    • @1don468
      @1don468 4 года назад +12

      Frl bruh at one point I was like they winning and then I'm like wait which one is which , then the narrator "oh what a brutal end "

  • @justsomeguywithasurprisede4059
    @justsomeguywithasurprisede4059 4 года назад +2824

    *_"Everything was fine until the Desert Nation attacked"_*

    • @neondisguise1587
      @neondisguise1587 4 года назад +20

      *Everything was fine, until that fateful day...*

    • @hranghlei
      @hranghlei 4 года назад +14

      What do we call the ant Avatar?

    • @justanothermind9449
      @justanothermind9449 4 года назад +8

      @@neondisguise1587 you must be one of those who wipes standing up then throws the dirty toilet paper into a garbage can next to your toilet. oh thats me nvm

    • @ashishnair1659
      @ashishnair1659 4 года назад

      Spice is power!

    • @toso69420
      @toso69420 4 года назад +1

      @@hranghlei *Avatar Ant*

  • @anaditullio
    @anaditullio Год назад +3

    The epic soundtrack adds a special touch to this gruesome war documentary

  • @mastertoki1
    @mastertoki1 Год назад +7

    Queen: oh god please somebody help me!
    cameraman: whatta scoop!

  • @champ2.546
    @champ2.546 4 года назад +1550

    A bugs life: honey isnt always sweet
    Rated-R, coming to a theater near you

    • @IvyG-C
      @IvyG-C 4 года назад +3

      champ 2.5 oooOoooOooOooooOoOooo

    • @champ2.546
      @champ2.546 4 года назад +1

      @@IvyG-C what is that?😂

    • @plugboijohnny
      @plugboijohnny 4 года назад +4

      Lmao

    • @thepanman8
      @thepanman8 4 года назад +24

      This is a great storyline. Pixar needs some violence to shake it up

    • @5065ca
      @5065ca 4 года назад +4

      🤣

  • @mannhattannight2587
    @mannhattannight2587 3 года назад +3637

    Imagine an ant coming home to his whole colony eaten.

    • @shyyzy7492
      @shyyzy7492 3 года назад +156

      Ant that came back from foraging:imma pretend I didn’t see that

    • @srikarprayaga2534
      @srikarprayaga2534 3 года назад +47

      Aight imma head out

    • @acoolpotato3243
      @acoolpotato3243 3 года назад +122

      GUYS GUYS I FOUND WATE- guys?

    • @svyt
      @svyt 3 года назад +7

      Day of the Condor

    • @nileshmeshram4708
      @nileshmeshram4708 3 года назад +38

      That sounds like an anime plot😯

  • @valleriplumley5563
    @valleriplumley5563 Год назад +95

    I am emotionally invested in the lives and wellbeing of these ants.

  • @DrFouFou
    @DrFouFou 10 месяцев назад +7

    It’s insane how ants have strategized raids and pillages all the time

  • @Seraphinus112
    @Seraphinus112 4 года назад +5392

    Game of thrones: ant edition

    • @intialmayhem6973
      @intialmayhem6973 4 года назад +124

      Game of thrones wish it had a epic ending like this

    • @qwerty842
      @qwerty842 4 года назад +53

      better ending than season 8

    • @vinayakchavan3941
      @vinayakchavan3941 4 года назад +1

      Arya is still alive.

    • @sosmooth13
      @sosmooth13 4 года назад +15

      I sense betrayal. One of those coral ants sold out the colony lol

    • @toastcrunch9387
      @toastcrunch9387 4 года назад +3

      The ants were doing it first. And better.

  • @ruchshanewilliamson5697
    @ruchshanewilliamson5697 4 года назад +828

    Imagine playing dead and hear the ant leader say "EAT THE DEAD ONES ON THE SPOT"

    • @babyree2901
      @babyree2901 4 года назад +17

      Not Snivy this needs more likes 😂😂

    • @ruchshanewilliamson5697
      @ruchshanewilliamson5697 4 года назад +6

      @@babyree2901 😂😂😂

    • @Shineynsparkles
      @Shineynsparkles 4 года назад +1

      That’s crazy

    • @pebble8978
      @pebble8978 4 года назад +1

      hahaha

    • @didiash4583
      @didiash4583 4 года назад +18

      @Max1982 yup. Until the cap said "Cut off her arms and legs! We just need her holes!"

  • @Rubicon904
    @Rubicon904 7 дней назад

    The fact they filmed this is crazy. Never been able to witness this type of thing

  • @Sarobi
    @Sarobi Год назад +6

    The fact that ants do this and also know how to coordinate and perform team executions is really blowing my mind.

  • @dadshoe7607
    @dadshoe7607 3 года назад +3082

    I feel like I’m watching a medieval war documentary, but with ants

    • @crongnaktheannihilator2341
      @crongnaktheannihilator2341 3 года назад +5

      What do you think of Kawhi Leonard’s new balance shoe mr dad shoe

    • @xepiloguex
      @xepiloguex 3 года назад

      Lol

    • @TheOrangeRoad
      @TheOrangeRoad 3 года назад +48

      Medieval? No, this shit is even darker. We're talking Khan, or Viking style warfare.

    • @Janine.Najarian
      @Janine.Najarian 3 года назад +1

      Yup

    • @ilikecod6758
      @ilikecod6758 3 года назад +13

      @@TheOrangeRoad the queen had a medieval torture devices style death.

  • @stevennatera8876
    @stevennatera8876 3 года назад +2965

    Those few ants that started a fight got his whole colony annihilated

    • @syphonfilterhitgaming6945
      @syphonfilterhitgaming6945 3 года назад +154

      Remind you of any other species...?

    • @SrRurik
      @SrRurik 3 года назад +104

      Don't start none won't be none. - Invader Ants Prolly.

    • @jacobherring7736
      @jacobherring7736 3 года назад +93

      Shouldn't have been talking shit

    • @orven_lou
      @orven_lou 3 года назад +36

      No, I think the colony's end is inevitable, but they made it sooner though. It's the drought that decided their fate.

    • @randompheidoleminor3011
      @randompheidoleminor3011 3 года назад +15

      @@syphonfilterhitgaming6945 reminds me of pretty much all members of Kingdom Animalia

  • @insecurefro9398
    @insecurefro9398 2 года назад +19

    this is singlehandedly the most gruesome and traumatic thing I've ever seen...and the fact that the narration makes this even better and adds that dramatic flair! Great stuff, incredible channel.

  • @jtbush
    @jtbush Год назад +4

    It’s stories like these is what makes me so fascinated by ants.

  • @dum1127
    @dum1127 4 года назад +1772

    Them ants be acting out
    “Daughters what are you doing!?”
    “Succeeding you...”

  • @natejpc
    @natejpc 4 года назад +4172

    Nobody:
    Ant-survivor with a camera: The people need to know what happened here.

    • @phil8516
      @phil8516 4 года назад +11

      Memes been killed to death

    • @graphite7898
      @graphite7898 4 года назад +47

      Can the nobody meme just die already

    • @C0ND3V1L
      @C0ND3V1L 4 года назад +4

      CGI

    • @ollyaintjolly1249
      @ollyaintjolly1249 4 года назад +21

      @@graphite7898 I know, the joke usually works just fine without "Nobody:"

    • @ennieminymoo6675
      @ennieminymoo6675 4 года назад +5

      Can we just appreciate the funny joke? There are people who also use the meme and are not even funny

  • @dontcaredidntask.
    @dontcaredidntask. 9 месяцев назад +4

    I was just thinking..! How talented! We are so lucky some people spend their time working on giving us the best images . It's a privilege to see the world of bugs from such a close angle. Thank you

  • @alexhb12333
    @alexhb12333 Год назад +1

    Can we appreciate the foley artists that had to make tons of mini ant footstep sounds?

  • @lionheart7762
    @lionheart7762 4 года назад +2543

    Me: **is thirsty** **walks to the sink**
    Ants: **are thirsty** **get massacred by a tribe of cannibals and thrown from their throne and dismembered**

    • @michaelmathews4103
      @michaelmathews4103 4 года назад +5

      Suspicious Ned Flanders Do u rly think that. Humans were never like ants lol. We have a conscious.

    • @zachg2410
      @zachg2410 4 года назад +51

      Michael Mathews If you mean humans were never cannibals than your wrong, much of Africa, and South America, as recently as the last few decades, have practiced some form of human consumption. If you mean humans have never tried to wipe out another group of people, then I point out the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide. If you mean humans never fought over resources, then I point you to nearly every conflict in world history. If you mean people never fought over different monarchs or rules like the ants, then I point you to Europe for the period between 900-1940CE. Most of human history is filled with examples of barbarism in the extreme, and it is only in the most recent century or so that much of the world is now civilized or making strides towards civilization. A conscious doesn’t exactly separate us from the ants behaviorally for most of history, it just makes us realize that it was immoral to treat others like that.

    • @zachg2410
      @zachg2410 4 года назад +38

      Michael Mathews I can tell you are very educated for using examples, actually answering all those points I made, and not insulting me randomly. Thank you for being a good person and not one of those online idiots we see so often. Sincerely, “bitch”

    • @splitdragon3004
      @splitdragon3004 4 года назад +9

      *CoughsinAztec*

    • @michaelmathews4103
      @michaelmathews4103 4 года назад

      The Insequent AHa np bitch

  • @ar4imond
    @ar4imond 3 года назад +4423

    Humans: "Cannibalism, massacre, genocide!"
    Ants: "Tuesday."

    • @Raison_d-etre
      @Raison_d-etre 3 года назад +7

      It was not a genocide, not this video anyway.

    • @toserveman9317
      @toserveman9317 3 года назад +118

      @@Raison_d-etre
      If the queen was killed it was literally genocide since survivor drones can't pass their surviving strategy /reflex on.

    • @justinflowers9380
      @justinflowers9380 2 года назад +37

      @@toserveman9317 It was also technically Regicide. If you think about it.

    • @bsw6315
      @bsw6315 2 года назад +7

      @george ivory. Underrated comment

    • @tiny99990
      @tiny99990 2 года назад +6

      @@toserveman9317 it says at the end that the queens daughters were still alive and facing their own struggles.

  • @Orc-icide
    @Orc-icide Год назад +1

    4:00 WAIT, SO THEY JUST PULL EACH OTHER APART? Mother nature never ceases to amaze.

  • @redstonepig0850
    @redstonepig0850 Год назад +2

    I love how the birds make it sound so peaceful but the music is like DUN DUN DUN.

  • @slash3503
    @slash3503 4 года назад +20067

    crazy to think that battles like this happen every day just outside your house.
    It's been a long war for over a full year now, these are war torn battle grounds. Enter at your own risk for you have been warned.

    • @mohammedqadir1913
      @mohammedqadir1913 4 года назад +129

      s l a s h lol

    • @joesmith5159
      @joesmith5159 4 года назад +141

      when people say there is a god i tell them to watch these crazy animal/insect videos

    • @Axxxel_in_Harlem
      @Axxxel_in_Harlem 4 года назад +402

      @@joesmith5159 ...And? They further prove that GOD exists. This is sooo intricately designed, there's no way all of this came out of nowhere.

    • @danielcastaneda2983
      @danielcastaneda2983 4 года назад +32

      @@Axxxel_in_Harlem which God? Or is it THE GOD?

    • @Axxxel_in_Harlem
      @Axxxel_in_Harlem 4 года назад +150

      @@danielcastaneda2983 There's only 1 GOD. It's pointless to use "The" here.

  • @pwareham61
    @pwareham61 3 года назад +4252

    Utterly compelling, the narrator made it sound like the fall of the Roman empire, or world war 2.

    • @muzankibutsuji7377
      @muzankibutsuji7377 3 года назад +90

      I am surprised how do they flim these.

    • @lordofwhip
      @lordofwhip 3 года назад +58

      @@muzankibutsuji7377 looks like those tube cameras that they usee in medicine

    • @lga9436
      @lga9436 3 года назад +58

      Like how the aliens observe us thtoughout our history lol

    • @switch-no-comply778
      @switch-no-comply778 3 года назад +2

      Anyone know the opening music?

    • @anshul9462
      @anshul9462 3 года назад +36

      How the hell the camera went so deep inside without disturbing and disrupting. Wonderful job.

  • @8383kathy
    @8383kathy 2 года назад

    This is the most intriguing clip I have watched in years. The sound is also amazing

  • @snapman218
    @snapman218 Год назад +1

    If there’s any I learned it’s that a high resolution camera, a British accent, and some dramatic music can make anything interesting

  • @MrDboi1236
    @MrDboi1236 4 года назад +3202

    I’m going outside to feed my ants right now. We aren’t going to lose to the neighbors. Dropping care packages as i type.

    • @kaiohitsuji287
      @kaiohitsuji287 4 года назад +28

      Ant friends

    • @MrDboi1236
      @MrDboi1236 4 года назад +6

      kai ohitsuji shoulder shrugs

    • @MrDboi1236
      @MrDboi1236 4 года назад +5

      Kim Jong-Un El Glande lol just a little

    • @blessethishe
      @blessethishe 4 года назад +66

      I just gave my ants the ultimate weapon. I sneeze covid 19 into the ant colony.

    • @justyouraveragehumans22
      @justyouraveragehumans22 4 года назад +23

      I occasionally bring out some sugar for the local yard ants

  • @antnewsreporter5752
    @antnewsreporter5752 4 года назад +41332

    If you're wondering who filmed this, it was me.

    • @lilholm9446
      @lilholm9446 4 года назад +2707

      Great job

    • @salimabdulhakim405
      @salimabdulhakim405 4 года назад +750

      How

    • @jacobbaker2316
      @jacobbaker2316 4 года назад +2335

      You were the traitor

    • @antnewsreporter5752
      @antnewsreporter5752 4 года назад +3866

      @@jacobbaker2316 the only way to survive is being the camera man ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @antnewsreporter5752
      @antnewsreporter5752 4 года назад +2041

      @David Kurkowski nothing much, one male ant was caught flying over our colony. We took it down with our R.A.I.D.S (Radio Active Insect Defence System) and ate it. Nothing was wasted.

  • @faraam7111
    @faraam7111 2 года назад +17

    "The Queen might be dead... But her Empire lives on..." chills man

  • @tobbe1980
    @tobbe1980 4 года назад +5648

    My nightmare is to be born as an ant in my next life.

    • @tobbe1980
      @tobbe1980 4 года назад +103

      @Logan Vonderhaar true, Only instincts. But they must feel pain right?😏

    • @naimablanc8519
      @naimablanc8519 4 года назад +30

      I want to be born as a girl again

    • @waspoppin4784
      @waspoppin4784 4 года назад +40

      Torbjörn Ljung hey you ever heard of Hunter X Hunter Chimera ant arc

    • @xineraliouse9848
      @xineraliouse9848 4 года назад +41

      Or any kind of animal, birds or insect, everyone is each other's food, you don't know when you will become someone food, but being born as Hyena would be nightmare for anyone wether male or female.

    • @abhishekpokhrel9658
      @abhishekpokhrel9658 4 года назад +5

      @@xineraliouse9848 what about hyena?

  • @samtheman7642
    @samtheman7642 4 года назад +1914

    When you go to grab a drink but accidentally lead an army back home

    • @metehantanis3406
      @metehantanis3406 4 года назад +22

      Lmfao I laughed more than I should💀💀

    • @spacecadetlostintransit
      @spacecadetlostintransit 4 года назад +21

      I’m now gonna pour buckets of water outside my house to help the ants

    • @samtheman7642
      @samtheman7642 4 года назад +13

      TheHollowEyed Comrade no don’t, you’ll start World War Ants

    • @--NOT-OKAY
      @--NOT-OKAY 4 года назад +4

      Oh yeah I hate when that happens

    • @grimreaper9939
      @grimreaper9939 4 года назад +1

      @@--NOT-OKAY oof your name I'm gonna call it lol.

  • @willsith9762
    @willsith9762 Год назад +3

    You can't convince me this wasn't made using no-clip.
    And dear Lord the world of insects is brutal as hell

  • @Pizzarizz
    @Pizzarizz 8 дней назад

    "wutah" THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WORD I EVER HEARD 😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤

  • @about80ninjas
    @about80ninjas 4 года назад +1508

    Corral Ants: * look for water *
    Angry Ants: So you have chosen *DEATH*

  • @opperred5804
    @opperred5804 3 года назад +6225

    Bruh can these guys wear like coloured shirts, I can’t tell whose who.

  • @floof1864
    @floof1864 Год назад +6

    Incredible photography, very well done.

  • @patrickantony4249
    @patrickantony4249 Год назад +1

    I remember. In my former student apartment i had two ant nests. Little black ants in the bath/toilet and orange/black ant in the kitchen. I only saw a few ant here and there.
    One evening i was watching TV and i saw in the corner of my eye something moving. i turn on the light and there was a huge ant battlefield in my room o.O

  • @j.ritter619
    @j.ritter619 3 года назад +5129

    It would help if each team didn’t wear the same uniform.

    • @TheLegendryZelda
      @TheLegendryZelda 3 года назад +61

      agreed

    • @Ysumbruh0
      @Ysumbruh0 3 года назад +116

      They probably know who’s who by smell and other things

    • @j.ritter619
      @j.ritter619 3 года назад +272

      @@Ysumbruh0 I appreciate that youre trying to expand my knowledge on ant tracking and recognition through the use of pheromones brother. I really do. But serious question for you...do you know what a joke is?

    • @kumasire4430
      @kumasire4430 3 года назад +59

      @@j.ritter619 fun fact: do you know floor is made out of floor

    • @j.ritter619
      @j.ritter619 3 года назад +87

      @@kumasire4430 Wait. For real? I had no idea that floors are made of the same stuff used for flooring floors. Wow. That floored me lol.

  • @jayfeezal8773
    @jayfeezal8773 4 года назад +2179

    *Bruh this New Bugs Life Trailer is not PG-13*

    • @Taystee
      @Taystee 4 года назад +9

      *live action bugs life*

    • @gothmommyshmu
      @gothmommyshmu 4 года назад +2

      *Can't wait till it's released*

    • @peachyroo1714
      @peachyroo1714 4 года назад

      Oof

    • @crowned2088
      @crowned2088 4 года назад +1

      @Tre So this isn't the new Call of duty trailer!!??

  • @percyjackson7651
    @percyjackson7651 2 года назад

    Thank you for filming this !!

  • @thomaslee420
    @thomaslee420 Год назад +1

    “This water is a life saver”
    YOUR VOICE IS A LIFE SAVER!!!

  • @ytmndan
    @ytmndan 4 года назад +3209

    Narrator: Ant genocide. No survivors. Total devastation.
    Audience: Yo, how’d you even film that?

    • @idisrxspect6584
      @idisrxspect6584 4 года назад +63

      1234567 probably a camera on a wire put into the nest or they have a glass wall to see into the nest from the side

    • @ruwibiduya9589
      @ruwibiduya9589 4 года назад +155

      They actually film these kind of video using an ant farm terrarium, they attached a fixed camera besides a glass wall to directly view the colony.
      The film outside the colony are pre-recorded videos of natural colonies while internal colonies are filmed with ant farms, pretty much this are just camera tricks to fool people to think they're still watching a natural events vs man-made events. Lol
      Edit: There used to be a documentary on how people do this at National Geographic and Animal Planet long ago, I think you guys can still see it if you google ;)

    • @yughesyugu2393
      @yughesyugu2393 4 года назад +1

      @@ruwibiduya9589 ikr

    • @seismicdisturbance1757
      @seismicdisturbance1757 4 года назад +7

      Just coat your camera so the ants will carry it home for you. Then you find their nest!!
      Track the device and root it in place. Start recording.

    • @nickpurnell2769
      @nickpurnell2769 4 года назад +1

      @@ruwibiduya9589 so the queen lives

  • @brenon1441
    @brenon1441 4 года назад +2133

    Imagine being the queen ant watching the cameraman do nothing while she's literally being torn apart.

  • @syedakram6934
    @syedakram6934 Год назад +2

    The biggest takeaway from this is, Be the cameraman if you want to suvive any war.

  • @danishnick2002
    @danishnick2002 4 года назад +1545

    This battle was better than any I've ever seen from Hollywood.

    • @KingBr33ch
      @KingBr33ch 4 года назад +5

      Avengers had some pretty cool fights but i guess

    • @chrishudson3798
      @chrishudson3798 4 года назад +8

      Have you seen lord of the rings?

    • @byob7728
      @byob7728 4 года назад

      Well you have bad taste in film i see

    • @mfanal5916
      @mfanal5916 4 года назад +5

      BR33CH HD
      Yeah sure... if you’re 5 years old

    • @superpaytonmars8852
      @superpaytonmars8852 4 года назад +1

      What about aliens?

  • @Cring3y
    @Cring3y 4 года назад +758

    I feel like I am watching a medieval action movie.

  • @cryzz0n
    @cryzz0n 2 года назад +3

    Imagine a person just seeing the fight and deciding to step on a couple of ant's not knowing they just changed an outcome of a war

  • @abcde_fz
    @abcde_fz 10 месяцев назад

    I have to keep reminding myself that all this action INSIDE the colony
    is taking place in near total darkness. Fascinating...

  • @GustavoLago
    @GustavoLago 3 года назад +3816

    My boring life would sound amazing with this narrator: "He feels compelled to sleep... The sofa looks like the perfect place to do so... "

  • @maddog3770
    @maddog3770 Год назад +1

    That was like a mini dark age movie. No one captures nature like BBC

  • @caryt59
    @caryt59 9 месяцев назад

    Never knew that one can get so much drama out of warring ant colonies! The music was perfect!

  • @cerealscerealscereals
    @cerealscerealscereals 4 года назад +1740

    the sound of the ants makes it 300 times worse

    • @walterwhite-dq6hz
      @walterwhite-dq6hz 4 года назад +23

      3000*

    • @nikibronson133
      @nikibronson133 4 года назад +27

      Right I started to itch so much

    • @camillemaez3819
      @camillemaez3819 4 года назад +32

      It was almost like an ASMR except I was freaking out thinking of all of their tiny legs. 😂😂😂

    • @jomelbaguio1933
      @jomelbaguio1933 4 года назад

      Search it, The magic of making sounds

    • @Dylandrawindog
      @Dylandrawindog 4 года назад +52

      What makes it cool is that they can’t actually record the sound of the ants it’s to quiet so it’s probably added in post by some bloke in a room with maracas and shit

  • @jacknoymer5093
    @jacknoymer5093 4 года назад +3663

    Can’t believe that BBC was able to hire an ant cameraman. Crazy stuff, but I’m glad they’re getting employed

    • @Joy-sp5mw
      @Joy-sp5mw 4 года назад +170

      I agree it’s good to see that they’re finally employing the black community

    • @yurif2884
      @yurif2884 4 года назад +100

      @@Joy-sp5mw black and red

    • @singggpi
      @singggpi 4 года назад +24

      Hi Hi and gray

    • @bigratswagginsswaggins6085
      @bigratswagginsswaggins6085 4 года назад +21

      @@singggpi and neon teal

    • @girlsdrinkfeck
      @girlsdrinkfeck 4 года назад +15

      @@Joy-sp5mw finally ? the BBC employ far too many non whites ,in their programmes there r more non whites than native brits ,its dumb ,im so glad i dont pay my TV licence , bbC are anti white racists

  • @deskmat9874
    @deskmat9874 9 месяцев назад

    It's so impressive how they get a camera into the queen's chamber and some sort of light because its completely black down there

  • @tomatogenesis
    @tomatogenesis 16 дней назад

    What shocks me the most is that this other clan was apparently so strong by comparison, that mere _workers_ were able to easily take on the nest by themselves, and just as the result of accidentally trespassing.

  • @subramaniamchintamani5366
    @subramaniamchintamani5366 4 года назад +1316

    Ants Canada won't be happy seeing this

    • @hgtvboi6255
      @hgtvboi6255 4 года назад +7

      Oh lawd stop noo

    • @jonathanstevens6825
      @jonathanstevens6825 4 года назад +5

      Lol

    • @Boxman5618
      @Boxman5618 4 года назад +36

      Subramaniam Chintamani HELLO AC FAMILY WELCOME TO MY ANT VIDEO

    • @overhealing7691
      @overhealing7691 4 года назад

      Lol

    • @BigBrainBrenda
      @BigBrainBrenda 4 года назад +8

      Yes, they would have to take this attack to the A.U.N (ants United Nation) to have a meeting of this unfair war

  • @alexschemel4027
    @alexschemel4027 4 года назад +2218

    This should’ve been the last season of Game of Thrones. Take notes HBO

    • @aswadj1
      @aswadj1 4 года назад +11

      Alex Schemel Facts‼️

    • @GAZAMAN93X
      @GAZAMAN93X 4 года назад +27

      Not HBO. They wanted it to be longer. Blame D&D

    • @razorlazer716
      @razorlazer716 4 года назад +3

      Jill's Sandwiches I wonder what bobby b would say about this video?

    • @lexx5313
      @lexx5313 4 года назад +7

      No kidding! Ants get better better lighting and story!

    • @DavidGarcia-oi5nt
      @DavidGarcia-oi5nt 4 года назад +2

      @@razorlazer716 GOD'S I WAS STRONG THEN

  • @Moo_RealHighlandCow
    @Moo_RealHighlandCow 9 месяцев назад

    Much beauty, yet much chaos in the wild.

  • @wholibah
    @wholibah Год назад +2

    either they observed those ant colonies for years or intentionally dropped corral ants into trough nest

  • @ginaverso
    @ginaverso 4 года назад +2961

    I demand a “Behind the scenes” of this live action film.

    • @tubbs8349
      @tubbs8349 4 года назад +30

      There is usually a behind the scenes section of most documentaries in the UK, so If you find the original you could probably also find it there

    • @UATU.
      @UATU. 4 года назад +20

      I don’t trust reality television, I second the demand.

    • @tigerlove441
      @tigerlove441 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @everready2903
      @everready2903 4 года назад +3

      Yes! With interviews!

    • @PatrickJamesMConde
      @PatrickJamesMConde 4 года назад

      @Vengeance * . . .

  • @kodiibearv
    @kodiibearv 3 года назад +2434

    this wouldn't have been nearly as interesting without this narrator. he made it sound like the damn romanov execution.

    • @gianmac3361
      @gianmac3361 3 года назад +10

      Lmai

    • @romdog1818
      @romdog1818 3 года назад +59

      @@gianmac3361
      Don't do that, you'll implode.

    • @sergiolares4285
      @sergiolares4285 3 года назад +7

      Don't say the Lord name in vain. Keep it Holy.

    • @gianmac3361
      @gianmac3361 3 года назад +2

      @@sergiolares4285 ok

    • @kodiibearv
      @kodiibearv 3 года назад +3

      @@sergiolares4285 my bad bro

  • @markanthony4546
    @markanthony4546 11 месяцев назад +2

    Shoutout to the narrator for giving such an amazing performance

  • @miguelrodriguez-pineroriva6713
    @miguelrodriguez-pineroriva6713 2 года назад +2

    This is some serious setup for a hero's journey where the last surviving young queen searches for revenge

  • @senpaiclangy2243
    @senpaiclangy2243 4 года назад +2698

    These ants were paid actors...

    • @memer8902
      @memer8902 4 года назад +10

      r/WoOsH

    • @dyslexicbatnam1350
      @dyslexicbatnam1350 4 года назад +10

      This comment is overused...

    • @al-nemer5063
      @al-nemer5063 4 года назад +14

      kaito did you just r/Woooshed yourself...? Huh 🤔

    • @stanlytherobot4933
      @stanlytherobot4933 4 года назад +8

      @@al-nemer5063 lmao we got em guys

    • @KatOnline
      @KatOnline 4 года назад +14

      Director: okay big ants I want you all to bite the smaller ants' legs off for more dramatic effect
      Big Ants: okay...
      Small Ant : wait... I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS! AHH NOOO!

  • @princejawfree447
    @princejawfree447 4 года назад +3320

    Can you imagine being like a scout ant, gone on a mission for hours or days or something, and then coming back to find that your home has been destroyed and your friends/family killed?

    • @itsjustme5097
      @itsjustme5097 4 года назад +517

      Sounds like the beginning of some crazy backstory where that ant seeks out his revenge but understands he isnt strong enough to take them on so he starts working out then gets abnormally strong and finally returns to his homeland and tracks down where the enemy ant colony lies He then brutally massacred all of them but leaves the larvae out of mercy He starts a family and a colony is built The larvae that were left behind then grow up to repeat the cycle

    • @A-small-amount-of-peas
      @A-small-amount-of-peas 4 года назад +152

      A bit like Ridley Scott's Gladiator. I am ANTimus Decimus Meridius. Father to a murdered son, Husband to a murdered wife and i shall have my vengeance in this life or the next 😂 🐜 ⚔

    • @Andy-kz7nu
      @Andy-kz7nu 4 года назад +60

      Sounds like Sasuke in Naruto.

    • @ryanjones9498
      @ryanjones9498 4 года назад +11

      Then like Rambo he drives into town and starts shooting buildings

    • @beanbag3769
      @beanbag3769 4 года назад +1

      OFF JACK bish turn it into a movie

  • @user-xl2ir1nv9t
    @user-xl2ir1nv9t 11 месяцев назад

    To the smallest to stay a swarm to be reckoned with a swarm Is a savage strong and smart

  • @bpexodus
    @bpexodus 10 месяцев назад +2

    that's why you always have a secret escape exit!

  • @livenotonevil8279
    @livenotonevil8279 4 года назад +848

    ALL inferior ants were harmed in the making of this documentary.

  • @zawarudo213
    @zawarudo213 3 года назад +2138

    Imagine the PTSD the ant camera man must've had while watching his brothers and queen die.

    • @andrewmitchell5807
      @andrewmitchell5807 3 года назад +20

      Kind of missed the definition of PTSD there

    • @lazwit5513
      @lazwit5513 3 года назад

      @@andrewmitchell5807 How so?

    • @lazwit5513
      @lazwit5513 3 года назад +5

      @@andrewmitchell5807 Nevermind, I see the error.

    • @ahmadkamil3713
      @ahmadkamil3713 3 года назад +1

      @@lazwit5513 please explain!

    • @lazwit5513
      @lazwit5513 3 года назад +22

      @@ahmadkamil3713 He says "Imagine the PTSD the and camera man must've had WHILE watching his brothers and queen die." You can't have PTSD while the thing that gave you PTSD is in the process of occuring. Considering PTSD is a trauma of the past and not the present.

  • @JesseTrapp66
    @JesseTrapp66 Год назад

    Greatest cameraman alive!! Spectacular simply Spectacular 👌