Ants Attack Termite Mounds | Natural World: Ant Attack | BBC Earth
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The final instalment of Ant Attack sees the colony take on a 100,000,000 year old enemy - the winged termite. They infiltrate their foraging tunnels in search of food - and find a hostile party lying in wait.
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Natural World: Ant Attack
In a quiet patch of forest, life is about to be turned upside down for its animal residents - the ants are coming. Spiders, scorpions and even forest crabs don't stand a chance. As food runs out, the ants, driven on by the ever-hungry grubs in the nest, have no choice but to attack the not so easily defeated termites. Armed with chemical weapons and fearsome jaws that could crush an ant to pulp, they're the ants' toughest adversaries. From the raw terror of battle to the inner-workings of an ant colony, this is television as you've never seen it before.
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The winner is... The chimp with a long stick who hit the jackpot that day
@yoquinwakabo8405
4 жыл бұрын
Bruh 😂😂😂
@carles0460
4 жыл бұрын
Aswr guy😂😂😂😂see party
@Deo12345Redhead
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
Imagine being at war with an entire other genus of insects across multiple species with fronts on every single continent except Antarctica.
@Taospark
4 жыл бұрын
And just for fun, the ants are at war with each other too right down to the subspecies. They really are like us.
@nczioox1116
4 жыл бұрын
@@Nemopoly humans are stupid
@mreverybody1150
4 жыл бұрын
You've just described the game 'Empires Of The Undergrowth'
@Zaxares
4 жыл бұрын
@@Taospark Some ant species also farm (fungus), rear livestock (aphids) and take slaves from other ant colonies.
@flacovila123
3 жыл бұрын
@@nczioox1116 yah its not like we're on top of the food chain and smartest beings in this world.....oh wait
0:52 Ants and Termites have been enemies for over a hundred million years. Like ants and hornets And ants and spiders And ants with other ants DAMN ANTS, THEY RUINED THE SWARM
@travismacpherson3318
3 жыл бұрын
You ants sure are a contentious people.
@hiredmi9557
3 жыл бұрын
@@travismacpherson3318 YOU JUST MADE AN ENEMY FOR LIFE
@Knightstruth
3 жыл бұрын
They're a pretentious species.
@judyhopps9380
3 жыл бұрын
Have yer got any sugar? Yes. Yes, we do THEN SUGAR ME UP, TERMITE! Okie dokie
@erskinepatton3247
3 жыл бұрын
@@judyhopps9380 50 points for the keen #Simpsons reference
"A soldier termite confronts the invaders with a threat display" Termite soldier: bangs head on the floor
@malachi9821
3 жыл бұрын
Me
@pcrana1
3 жыл бұрын
All termites gangsta until they hear one ant say "hey BigHead, bring me his soul"
@randompheidoleminor3011
3 жыл бұрын
It's actually pretty intimidating when they're all synced up.
@Betojnava
3 жыл бұрын
This is gold I can’t 😂
@marccamp6376
3 жыл бұрын
It reminded me the Terror Birds, clapping their beaks to make threatening noise
"So these termites, they're, they're pushovers, right?" "Not really, kid. They're five times our size, and they shoot acid from their foreheads." ....
@kobehayes4827
4 жыл бұрын
What movie is this from
@padoody324
4 жыл бұрын
@@kobehayes4827 "Antz"
@nazz2406
4 жыл бұрын
Antz was a good movie!
@jonathanguillen4152
4 жыл бұрын
When you said that I automatically remembered Antz LoL
@angeleyesjr9676
4 жыл бұрын
Ambush!😠
"Stick with me kid, and you'll be alright." Famous last words.
@zes3813
Жыл бұрын
wrr,idts
@MrZigma
Жыл бұрын
Whose words
@exiledwolfch
Жыл бұрын
@@MrZigma Barbatus
@ivankawnartist
Жыл бұрын
@@exiledwolfch RIP
@puebespuebes8589
Жыл бұрын
This is what antz would look like in real life
WHY THE HELL DID THE VIDEO END AT THE MOST EXCITING PART??!!!!!
@bbobbytorres
4 жыл бұрын
X2!
@valenesco45
4 жыл бұрын
@@Anthony-du5uf blocked...
@edwardeyvyn963
4 жыл бұрын
The cameraman get bitted by the ants
@lucasvanroemburg2478
4 жыл бұрын
@@Anthony-du5uf thnx
@Anthony-du5uf
4 жыл бұрын
No prob
"Hey Flick, where are you going?!?" *"War, I've been drafted."*
@maxhooper4319
4 жыл бұрын
Harry64278 woosh, that’s the joke dumbass
@vanessawhittaker6818
3 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't join the draft as you can see it's a war that cannot be won 😁
@vanessawhittaker6818
3 жыл бұрын
For every one of you is about 15 to 20 of them 😳 when you see that many it's time to push that button like that movie starship troopers nuke them all 😂
@anthonymort5202
3 жыл бұрын
@@Harry64278 okay let me put this into terms that you can understand flick was from a bug's Life but oh my God can you believe it he's an ant
@anthonymort5202
3 жыл бұрын
Into*
Ants are beyond fascinating
@JEMurl
4 жыл бұрын
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8
@i_am_dementia9926
4 жыл бұрын
I agree. There's no other animal/insect that intrigues me like the ants
@AimsLooker
4 жыл бұрын
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@someonesomewhere605
4 жыл бұрын
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@i_am_dementia9926
4 жыл бұрын
@@AimsLooker dude Wtf
So this is the live-action remake of the war segment of “Antz” then.
@whereskentuckybruce8245
4 жыл бұрын
“The Antz films really embellished the actual events of the 13th Formica-termite skirmish. Hopefully a more accurate depiction will be shown in the remake
@flacovila123
3 жыл бұрын
@@whereskentuckybruce8245 lol
@VoxTheUkrainianComrade
Жыл бұрын
Antz is trash tho
@mromneyobama
Жыл бұрын
Underrated comment.
What we see : siege of termite mounds, 2019 What the ants see : siege of Constantinople, 1453
@VLCBK
3 жыл бұрын
A man of culture I see
@mannyphantom0
2 жыл бұрын
ahhh true man of culture indeed
@jerry12314
Ай бұрын
To me this is more like Iwo Jima.
TERMITE GENERAL: “Gotta’ hold ‘em till all transports are away...”
@erskinepatton3247
3 жыл бұрын
Prepare to open shield...
@mohsdef
3 жыл бұрын
Standby ion control
@nehiyawwolf9284
2 жыл бұрын
"The 1st transport is away."
@supereddify
2 жыл бұрын
Our first catch of the day
Props for the tiny camera man that filmed inside the termites n’est!
@fatdaddyeddiejr
3 жыл бұрын
It was Ant-Man that shoot that footage.
@generischerkanalname1879
3 жыл бұрын
It was an ant with a go pro.
@deotic
2 жыл бұрын
No, there was an ant live streaming and BBC stole its video
@typingcat
2 жыл бұрын
N'est pas mal.
@xdsmastermia
2 жыл бұрын
lmao, never have that much thought
The way ants communicate and move as a unit are incredible.
@underlordd
Жыл бұрын
suck my unit !
@AngryCrayfish
11 ай бұрын
Same for termites, I had no idea they communicated with taps. That’s a whole language.
@covenawhite4855
10 ай бұрын
Maybe they communicate by smell. I heard they spray theramoned out of their exoskeleton for other ants to smell.but I could be wrong
"A worker gingerly explores the gaping hole" Me: heh.
@IgnatiaWildsmith1227
4 жыл бұрын
Jon Carr lol
@lawrencecarr4973
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@michelveilleux1275
3 жыл бұрын
Damn right they do 😏
@TehUltimateSnake
3 жыл бұрын
*G A P E*
@CMRJD
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I had the same reaction. They don't call it the BBC for nothing.
2:19 I'm the only one impressed by this shot of the ant shadows on the wall.
“So these termites, they're, they're pushovers, right?” "Not really, kid. They're five times our size, and they shoot acid from their foreheads."
@Casper999x
2 ай бұрын
Stolen comment your a virgin
@jerichomartin254
Ай бұрын
whats happening why there's so many ants in my recommendation
@JEMurl
4 жыл бұрын
Hahahaah!
@ahaaha84
4 жыл бұрын
Ant week
@Herbie11
4 жыл бұрын
KZread MODERATOR here. We are sorry for the misunderstanding. Starting today we'll send "Aunt" videos to you.
@UnknownMe321
4 жыл бұрын
Your getting overrun by ants, your first line of defense lol
@mdualeali6190
4 жыл бұрын
Because you are Ants
Imagine being a termite getting some fresh air on the top of the mound at 1:03 and THAT is coming at you.
@JAYDOG1337A
3 жыл бұрын
fuck this shit I'm out *runs opposite direction*
@brycewalker3726
3 жыл бұрын
It’s like D-Day
@UGNAvalon
2 жыл бұрын
Considering how termites are blind… “…..why do I hear rumbling?”
@Shagamaw-100
2 жыл бұрын
Funny considering how termite mounds are basically massive ventilation systems for the nest.
@Navesblue
2 жыл бұрын
Termite King: “I want every able-bodied man and strong lad to armed and ready for battle by nightfall!”
"We will need thousands to conquer the nest!" "Tens of thousands" "But my lord there is no such force" 0:04
@devitcardx
3 жыл бұрын
*Saruman goes out in the balcony of Orthanc *Wormtounge: *gasps
@solidgator123
2 жыл бұрын
And you hear the ant horn and chants "the world of termites shall end".
@aminhaekal5709
2 жыл бұрын
"A new power is rising. Its victory, is at hands!"
@joemorris3146
Жыл бұрын
“There will be no dawn for termites”
@patriot459
Жыл бұрын
To war!!!
Oh no, it's Antz all over again!
@poisonkiss201
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I thought about when I saw this😂 started singing "the ants go marching 1 by 1 hoorah hoorah, we slaughter termites just for fun hoorah hoorah....."😂😂
@T2266
4 жыл бұрын
That movie is a lie, Termites soldiers are weak as hell in comparison to that of the ants .
@cintronproductions9430
4 жыл бұрын
@@T2266 Those were mutant or alien termites for all we know. I mean, they shot acid from their FOREHEADS.
@T2266
4 жыл бұрын
@@cintronproductions9430 they really are like something come oit of Starship Troopers. Though some species of termites cna shoot glue out of their head, but it's the ants who can shoot acid, only with their asses.
@abmlr_productions9801
3 жыл бұрын
Barbatus: Heh, l like ya kid, you got a sense of humor.
Man that battle was rough! I was one of the survivors in the war, my workmates were sent to war through force and some of my friends during it. If you want I will describe the war
@tailspikes
2 жыл бұрын
How did you survive the termite soldiers?
@theant4184
2 жыл бұрын
@@tailspikes I stayed back and be a coward, though I have killed a termite that strayed too far from the termites
@equalist6282
Жыл бұрын
@@theant4184 😂😂😂
@matheuspessa2359
Жыл бұрын
@@theant4184 "Joke"...🤦
@theant4184
Жыл бұрын
@@matheuspessa2359 yeah no shit it's a joke, I'm playing a character
The ants used the termites as a decoy. The actual target was the camera man. Suddenly, he realized that over 1000 ants had crawled up the inside of his pants legs heading straight for the family jewels. I'm sure he will be okay, the camera man is the only person that never dies. Ever !
when you only have like 3 guards defending the nest
respect to the termite guard who held on for so long
@juanarocha8629
Жыл бұрын
Whose side are you on?!
@matheuspessa2359
Жыл бұрын
@@juanarocha8629 I of termites
@matheuspessa2359
Жыл бұрын
@@juanarocha8629 Better no one die anyway...
@matheuspessa2359
Жыл бұрын
@@juanarocha8629 A draw is better for these two, who practice their earthly natures, which is to attack each other...
What a brave ant, to go down there and record all that. Kudos to you
@DPRX99
11 ай бұрын
Needed the footage for war propaganda
@Lavendeer201
8 ай бұрын
Cool username 👍
i used to think war was exclusive to humans (and maybe other intelligent life) but i was proven wrong, and now i am absolutely fascinated by insects like ants, bees and termites.
3:09 "now all of china knows you are here"
Video: **ends** Me: "Impossible. Perhaps the archives are incomplete."
At 0:29 Seconds you can see Z from the movie Antz. you can tell he's not ready for war.
Im always fascinated at how they filmed these.
What gets me is nobody gives the cameraman any credit for all these fantastic pictures. Just amazing camera work
@Reefiemon
7 ай бұрын
Nah this is David Attenborough is seeing rn. He’s just narrating what he is seeing at this exact moment.
Hats off to whoever was around 100 million years ago to document the feud..
How they got cameras inside the termite mound is what I’m wondering
@whitechili4168
4 жыл бұрын
Jdsman 31899 ahh, I see. Thank you for explaining. Makes sense
@The2ndCow
4 жыл бұрын
little man with a camera , duh
@whitechili4168
4 жыл бұрын
XxZero117xX That’s not right, there’s no way that’s possible. The ants would see the little man and eat him before he could record.
@asmodeusasteroth7137
4 жыл бұрын
Makes me think this is a reenactment using a bunch of paid actors
@njharris27
4 жыл бұрын
asmodeus asteroth best underrated comment
2:34 “tunnels are narrow” narrow for the ants not the camera man
1:40 is that a carpenter ant in the hole? What is she doing there? 🤔😂
@Ilikepotatoes067
3 ай бұрын
Mercenaries paid by the termites maybe
These ants are like the Dothraki: they take what they want and have thousands to help them.
"That's how you get ants." - Sterling Archer
@someonesomewhere605
4 жыл бұрын
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@silverstrike5904
3 жыл бұрын
Lana: yay
The cameraman even go to the smallest cave just to film this, shout out to him.
Anyone else see that MASSIVE soldier Ant at 0:20??? Or is that just me…
@GiygasNightmare
2 ай бұрын
nah i definitely see it too. bros the gigachad of the ants
Crazy how they can film something like this
@MrstevetheDonator
4 жыл бұрын
No the ants are acters
@MrOner07
4 жыл бұрын
how is there a camera inside an ant colony??
@kartikpoojari7066
3 жыл бұрын
They have many fake ant looking robots that record all of this and sometimes they even put a small camera inside those nests and film it.
Don't end your filming at the crucial moment of war :Sun Tzu the art of war
3:34 Captain : [on terminte hill] Bangalores up the line! Bagalores up the line! Sergeant: Heads up, bangers comin' your way. Captain: [shouting] Bangalores, clear the shingle!! Private : Fire in the hole. Sergeant : Fire in the hole. Private : Fire in the hole. Private : [lights his bangalore] [Bangalores blow up and the ordinance is gone] Sergeant: We're in business..
"a soldier termite confronts the ants with a threat display" Soldier termite : cracks head open on floor. Ants : w-w-why'd you do that ? Soldier termite : FOR THE QUEEN 👑 !
3:21 *“COME GET ME!!”*
Thanks to the creators of this film. It must be a hard work to show us the insect world
I saw this movie when I was a kid. I had no idea there was a live-action version
@TerraficTV
3 жыл бұрын
antz?
@Kovugamez
3 жыл бұрын
@@TerraficTV Yup
@Pilot_Whale
3 жыл бұрын
I liked that movie
When those termites started their threat display: I mood that
The ants go marching one by one. Hoorah! Hoorah! They slaughter termites just for fun. Hoorah! Hoorah!
@v1v10rnitier
4 жыл бұрын
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah hurrah. We'll all be dead before we're through, HURRAH HURRAH!
@abmlr_productions9801
3 жыл бұрын
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah hurrah We're off to face our destiny, Hurrah! Hurrah!
@lordmegatron7359
3 жыл бұрын
FORWARD
@ianbruce1745
3 жыл бұрын
The ants go marching five by five, Hurrah. Hurrah. There's too many of us, Termite, more than a hive. Hurrah. Hurrah.
@silverstrike5904
3 жыл бұрын
@@lordmegatron7359 come on let's kicks some termite butt
Driver ants are a devastating force but they do have a weakness: their attacking strategy is pinned on overwhelming the enemy with superior numbers deployed all over the place, thus they are not as effective in narrow spaces where they are forced into 1v1 fights. Plus, they are not specialized termite hunters like the Matabele. So, I’m calling this fight as a win for the termites.
@matheuspessa2359
Жыл бұрын
This is rare for termites to win...
@matheuspessa2359
Жыл бұрын
And still ′′ everyone ′′ hopes that termites die... 🤦
@killerkirby366
Жыл бұрын
Sorta like the Persians
@bornonthebattlefront4883
9 ай бұрын
They actually do win this I rented the full documentary like 5 times as a kid Termites save the queen and push out the ants, of course to severe losses on both sides
Can we appreciate filming these tiny creatures?
Way better than anything I've seen at a theatre and this was free 🙁
Can we just appreciate that they stuck a camera threw a mound of dirt to get this footage
2:05 “a worker explores the gaping hope and lays a scent trail for others” 😉😏
@BryleMilan
11 ай бұрын
hahahahah
The question is How did they film inside the tunnel ?
@JamesCraigWhoop
4 жыл бұрын
YES and how they manage to get lighting which likely benefits the ants more than termites
@American-Plague
4 жыл бұрын
@@JamesCraigWhoop They did clearly say at the beginning that the ants are completely blind.
Isengard has been unleashed.
Can we just take a moment to consider how astonishing that Camera work was!? Holy fuzzballs.
The ants go marching one by one, Hoorah! Hoorah!
"the ants go marching one by one hoorah hoorah".
makes me remember the fight from the movie ants
Well tomorrow's video better be the rest of this battle. My money's on the Termites.
@switeatul
4 жыл бұрын
I bet on the ants then
@contentinmotion
4 жыл бұрын
It's ants workers vs termite soldiers.
@oreooreo1998
4 жыл бұрын
Content in motion only some of them are worker ants most of them are soilder and major ants and the majors are just the really big soilder ants.Also I bet that ants will win because they are just a little bit stronger than the termites but the soilder termites are probably evenly matched with the ants
@tedytarrify
4 жыл бұрын
Usually the ants raid the termite nesting chamber to steal eggs and larvae and then just withdraw. Termites are herbivores and ants are carnivores. Termite mounds are rarely wiped out by an ant attack. Usually just harvested, to recoup until the next attack. I always feel a bit sorry for the poor old termite... they rarely win these struggles.
Ants and Termites need their own Peace Treaty.
Those antz in the front lines were chosen because they were the most loyal to the queen.
@alfatazer_8991
4 жыл бұрын
The Vanguard!
Amazing to me how the cameraman crawled all the way in there to film this. Bravo!
A well-written, dramatic & compelling nature drama.
Funny to think that one human with a flamethrower can end the ants whole career
This live-action remake of Antz is looking great!
Truly amazing how this is filmed
Am I the only one that got the heebie jeebies?
It blows my mind that all those ants start the same and some of them just get chosen to be soldiers, get fed specific nutrients, and then grow like 5x larger then the workers
That ants and termites are enemies, I already learned in the animated movie "Antz".
Amazing how they can film these tiny things like that
The ant whit the go-pro is my favorite How the hell does he stay out of trouble 😳
Props to the Camera Man who shrunk himself and survived the war
I would love to watch a movie where ants plan attack on humans
The camera work.. wow The patience.. Excellent
It's amazing as to where and how BBC Earth recruits the Smallest cameramen on the planet
ah yes *100000000 termites vs 100000000 ants royale battle war*
Nooooo! Why you leave me hanging like that! Lol
Thank you to the all people in BBC Earth team and their supporters for sharing these amazing, awesome, incredible, miraculous inspiring recordings.
I would love it if they put full episodes on here
This is why fire was discovered.
Love how that one ant is like watching over the army
I miss Sir David Attenborough 😢
Where is Barbados when you need him !
Termite: HALT, YOU SHALL NOT TREAD ANY FURTHER *Violently slams head into floor*
Next on BBC Earth: Ants Attack Small Town
Imagine accidentally walking into the trail of ants barefoot.
@TeamLegacyFTW
4 жыл бұрын
You would only get bit if you stopped walking right on their trail and just stood there though😒 You can step on ant piles barefoot and be fine btw.
@valenesco45
4 жыл бұрын
You get a beautiful ants jam
When i see ants i see Zergs from starcraft
@BothHands1
4 жыл бұрын
omg right!! always good to see another SC fan out in the wild i wanted to see those ants completely merc those termites termites are closely related to cockroaches 🤢
@tedytarrify
4 жыл бұрын
@@BothHands1 ants evolved from wasps...
@daboormero
3 жыл бұрын
@@BothHands1 AYE DONT BE RUDE TO TERMITES THEY ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE INSECTS JUST BECAUSE THEIR ANCESTORS ARE HATED plus like termites dont carry diseases AND ants evolved from wasps
@BothHands1
3 жыл бұрын
daboor mero i hate roaches more than wasps. i've encountered many many wasps in my lifetime, and while they terrify me, i've never been stung by one. but roaches... they're horrible creatures. when living in apartment buildings, you can get them (german cockroaches) just because your neighbor is dirty. and the palmetto bugs, they come in your house when it rains, even if your house is immaculately cleaned. and they CAN FLY, and they can and will fly DIRECTLY INTO YOUR FACE, and can be TWO INCHES LONG. horrifying
2:49 Bro was like “OH SHIT!!!”
War, war never changes.
I want to see a (making of) to this. It’s gotta be awesome!
Imagine if these ants were as intelligent as humans and had access to high technologies.
@SirBeast1992
2 жыл бұрын
Do you want Tyranids? Because that's how you get Tyranids!!!!!
@nela5250
2 жыл бұрын
Lmao I think we all know the human personification of ants are... they just haven’t realized what The melanin means.
I like the battle tune at the back there really gives the feeling of a war
Are we not going to talk about the ant with an HD camera?
Yo I had no idea they made a live action version of the movie antz..
ohh god, This is Amazing.
GO ANTS GO!
The termites knocking their head on the floor is NOT a threat display. It is vibrational communication to alert other termites.
Looks like the final battle in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ;-)