Greetings, AC Family/Ant Lovers! This video was super fun to make but extremely gross to film. Hope you enjoy this week's episode, and if you did, hope you can LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE to the channel to join our ever growing AC Family! Thank you for watching! Love you, guys! Xoxo PS - Keep on watching until the very end for the hidden surprise... Q: What other things should I feed our fire ants? Been thinking of a good Halloween episode this month!

@EnchantedEcho1

7 ай бұрын

love ur vids dude

@Bobenbacon

7 ай бұрын

you’re the goat

@chandlerjj20k

7 ай бұрын

Remember the memories from fire nation when he fed the ants an entire turkey head

@EnchantedEcho1

7 ай бұрын

a: FEED THEM AN ENTIRE RAW TURKY

@drstone3418

7 ай бұрын

Ants should be on list of animals that use tools

10 years from now, "I will now be feeding the Crimson Knights my left arm."

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Hmmm....

@worabunhengyodmak5112

7 ай бұрын

?

@Ilikepotatoes067

7 ай бұрын

Dont give him ideas..😂

@ryanbuilder6886

7 ай бұрын

​@@AntsCanadadon't you dare

@user-mh4jh4yf3r

7 ай бұрын

@@AntsCanada yeah don’t

I work at a local pet supply and wellness company. There has been an increase in kids and adults who have an interest in any keeping, and many of them specifically have mentioned your channel. I have been watching myself for a couple of years now and you are very informative, it helps me with my job and also helps these up-and-coming ant keepers.

"In my freezer are corpses that i found im a bit weird" 100% relatable

Doves and pigeons are my favorite birds😔 rest in pigeon you will be missed

Hey, Mikey, I found this dead animal and I thought of you...

@imreallybadatnamingthings

7 ай бұрын

Were you the one who gave him the bird?

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Hahaha! That's pretty much how it goes...

Now I’m just terrified on what he’s gonna feed those ants next.

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

You should be. I have a great idea for the Halloween episode! Ant love forever!

@TheKatarinaGiselle

7 ай бұрын

@@AntsCanadaoooooo I can't wait! Btw, I really really hope to make your October meetup in NJ! Idk if I can afford the tickets, but I'm one of your first subscribers and have always hoped an event like this would happen near me, so I'm doing everything I can and keeping my fingers crossed! My son's would love to meet you too! 😃🤞🏼😁

@TheoddLedgend

7 ай бұрын

Awesome

@Kyenta

7 ай бұрын

​@@AntsCanadacuriosity piqued 🙂

@lightningandorn9818

7 ай бұрын

A peni-

literally a 'dead dove, dont eat' moment

Yay! We are both weirdos!

@Archon_of_Freedom_

11 күн бұрын

Same here! I have six lizards, so I sometimes have mice in a cup or bowl. I wouldn't put them in the freezer, cause they're alive.

5 Years from now: Today we will be feeding the Crimson Knights a human! Edit: Wow that is a lot of likes never had that much before!

@SolarBallFan

7 ай бұрын

*whale

@adriani9432

7 ай бұрын

Exponential growth is a cruel mf.

@minodore5176

7 ай бұрын

Or a Mammoth meatball-

@ZayneANTboy

7 ай бұрын

20 years later ANTS NOW RULE THE WORLDD

@GIGACAT573

7 ай бұрын

Donated by You Guys !

This channel has me teaching my students about ants and their sisters. We put crumbs down and followed a trail the kids thought it was so neat.

@NatureAustralia-Avvie2011

7 ай бұрын

you should get them a colony!

@RibbitRibbit721

7 ай бұрын

If was teaching entemology and a kid decided to step on an ant, I would trip him and step on him

i just have to applaud your level of video production it always feels like I'm watching a little documentary or movie. I just get lose in it and time flys by thanks for all the awesome content over the years.

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Happy you enjoy the videos. Ant love forever!

@magshdz

7 ай бұрын

Ant love forever :D

@WilliamLim-wb2tr

7 ай бұрын

ANTTTTTTTSS@@magshdz

@davidgillilan3313

7 ай бұрын

I need to buy a Queen ant here in the Philippines please sir

Hey @AntsCanada thanks for the pigeon - fire ant worker

Your ants are fed better than me and many others. They should thank you for this. :D

@callmekai4941

7 ай бұрын

You gotta a craving for dead pigeon?

@chrisXlr8r

7 ай бұрын

​@callmekai4941 you don't?

@TeaEmpirme123

7 ай бұрын

​@@callmekai4941These ants eating pigeons was like me eating caviar.

@mackrol458

7 ай бұрын

@@TeaEmpirme123good point

@adrianesmith138

7 ай бұрын

If that’s the case, I just ate the whole thing a pork

Just letting everyone know that I am having a Meet & Greet in NEW JERSEY, USA this Oct 22! Visit www.therchild.com for tickets. All attendees get a FREE AC Ant Keeping Ebook. Hope to see you there! Can't wait to meet you, guys! Ant love forever! ❤️🐜✨️

@TheBioExplorer

7 ай бұрын

💖That would be so awesome... and an early birthday treat for me (October 24th)... but sadly it's a bit too far from South Carolina... and of course it's in the middle of the school term... so hard to get away. One day though!!! One day!!! :-)

@suarez6613

7 ай бұрын

*whoever finds this god bless you ❤️and I hope you have the best life ever and accomplishment your dreams 🤝wish u all luck 👍❤❤* *Read more*

@suarez6613

7 ай бұрын

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@QuirkySmirkyIan

7 ай бұрын

I'm interested but the website says it's targeted for people

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

​@@QuirkySmirkyIanIt's open to all ages. Hope to see you there! #AntLoveForever

I'm torn between what scares me more: how quickly they cleaned out their feast (I betted 5 days) or their disappearing act.

I have to admit, this isn't normally my favorite genre of video. But you have such a fun flair for storytelling! Making something as "simple" as a colony of ants into a full-blown drama is fantastic! I can't wait to see what happens next!

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it! Ant love forever! 🙏

@mookinbabysealfurmittens

7 ай бұрын

Ant love forever! ╭ ͡₍❤︎₎͡ ╮

@universal_26

7 ай бұрын

@@AntsCanadathe best ants to run in this ground🎉

@esmeraldagreengate4354

4 ай бұрын

My son was watching the video where the fire ants started making reproducers(?) And now I have to know what happened to them. I can't believe how many times my mind wanders to those damn ants 🤣

@mookinbabysealfurmittens

4 ай бұрын

@@esmeraldagreengate4354 Cool! P.S. The winged "reproducers" are called alates, from the root word for "wings". Cheers :)

I'm so glad you were able to obtain a source of nutrients like this to show us how the ants might deal with it when they come across it in the wild.

You should clean the pigeon skull and place it in Volcania as a decoration and reminder of what they have eaten.

@thefox7938

6 ай бұрын

Yes

@ianfighters5603

6 ай бұрын

Yes

this is like holding back a swarm of zombies

I love how Antscanada refers fire ants as “tiny velociraptors” cuz of their aggression behavior 😅 and definitely your content quality is almost surpassing National Geographic

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@OXYNIZED

4 ай бұрын

Lets be honest....this ant colony will never die and when Antscanada passes or somthing they are going to be terrified by his colonies if i saw this in someones home i would honestly be terrified these things could litteraly overwhelm a person by this point

@abocado121

4 ай бұрын

@@AntsCanada No problem dude! Love from the Philippines 🇵🇭

@abocado121

4 ай бұрын

@@OXYNIZED i agree dude

That's just amazing how quickly this colony grew from one queen to a veritable army of fire ants 🐜! It's surely due to the huge amount of food that you provide them. So lucky. Can't wait to find out where they moved to. 🐜 love ♥️ forever ♾! 👍💯✌🇨🇦

Not the cliffhanger 😭 Good video as always! Love from one Canadian to another!

@Pr0phetless

7 ай бұрын

I have a feeling the colony either broke out, or moved into the bird carcass

@Poseidon_the_greekgod

7 ай бұрын

@@Pr0phetlessI’m guessing the bird carcass

@lyndzierugg1242

7 ай бұрын

​@Pr0phetless he got rid of the car carcass, they burrowed into the rock mountain

@lyndzierugg1242

7 ай бұрын

They burrowed INTO the rock mountain

@twinottter2825

3 ай бұрын

Where did the ants go? Can't find the sequel.

"I have corpses in my freezer," "or my friends gave them to me." What kind of friends do you have?

It's not a coincidence they started at the feet. Your hive has swarm intelligence experience dealing with avian feet processing...fascinating as usual thanks, AntsCanada

Rip to the pidgeon 😢

You are not weird. You are giving your lovely little pets that all natural diet!

Ants Canada, your videos have inspired me to raise my own for 8 years now. I love your content and I couldn’t ask for a better ant KZreadr, coming to you from North Carolina.

So nice seeing AntsCanada sharing his lunch

You should leave the pidgeon skull in there, along with the skull of every other big animal you might feed them in the future, as some kind of trophy

I think the gelatinous blob when you turned the bird over, above the tail, was its oil gland. I'm sure alot of fluid seeped out of that pore over time and then congealed

He the kind of dude to keep pigeon corpses in his freezer i bet

It’s so cool seeing ants eating different animals and see how they deal with it.Keep it up AC

Wow I love this species, I can't wait to have it among my colonies

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Oh man! Good luck! 🔥🐜 Ant love forever!

@cato_2862

7 ай бұрын

​​@@AntsCanadaI am feeling sad for that dove

@galaxyzrblx

7 ай бұрын

@@cato_2862 it was already dead

@galaxyzrblx

7 ай бұрын

@@cato_2862 the ants didn't kill it

@ColdPalmer-200

7 ай бұрын

@@AntsCanada🐜🐜🐜

I actually have seen local pigeons and doves with similar wounds on their throats and chests, that’s the sign that they were attacked by another bird like a hawk or falcon. Surprisingly enough they can typically survive the encounters provided that it’s not too deep of a gash , doves and pigeons are very resilient.

7 years from now: *“Today, I will be feeding an entire zoo to my Chimera Ant colony!”*

@snowr7806

7 ай бұрын

😂 was not expecting the hunterxhunter reference

@justaponyyy

7 ай бұрын

chimera ants are just the next natural step tbh 😞

I wonder what other animal this dude casually has in hes fridge

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

You would NOT believe! Ant love forever!

@organichotchoco

7 ай бұрын

​​@@AntsCanadaThat is the worst possible answer you could have picked lol. Do. Do you have a human in there?

First year as an ant keeper and I just fed my lil pavement ants their first cricket head! Super satisfying to see your girls thrive and expand!

"This lucky package will be digested by freaking fire ants"

I love how he treats all his fire ant colonies like real Lava

@mimolettemoon1790

5 ай бұрын

They practically are lava tbh

Amazing how your videos are scheduled at my dinner time

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Bon appetite!!! 🤣 Ant love forever!

you made me start ant keeping i’ve been watching you for so long i saw your vids in 2014 and i’m still watching today you are the best. it’s and love forever ❤ 🐜

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Awesome! Best hobby right?! Ant love forever!

@Bobenbacon

7 ай бұрын

@@AntsCanadait is the best hobby

@Leah_Garnett

7 ай бұрын

@@AntsCanada i love your content, its soothing. It helps me calm down during my disconsolate times. Thank you, your one of my idols and i look up to you

I just found this channel recently. It's quickly becoming a favorite of mine.

I love how Mikey can feed his ants anything, but when a leopard gecko KZreadr feeds her Leo a pinkie people go crazy

@justaponyyy

7 ай бұрын

the audience for ants and geckos might be different. one cares more about the cutesie-ness and other just wants to watch nature

@thegamerguy1790

7 ай бұрын

Well it depends is it alive

So proud to have my first queen colony after following you for so long

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Congrats! Ant love forever!

@robertbeke1170

7 ай бұрын

nice! what kind of ant is it?

@aroundtheworldwithjamii8021

7 ай бұрын

@@robertbeke1170 got a queen Camponotus aeneopilosus n easy starter

aww poor pidgeon :( but i know its for a good cause, for your ants to eat.

@azuradawn5683

7 ай бұрын

it was already dead..

@HumanwingzOfficial

7 ай бұрын

@@azuradawn5683 i know👍 lol

6 years later, today we are going to feed them a WHOLE COW, A ENTIRE CORPSE, AND 16 POUNDS OF INSECTS, LETS SEE HOW LONG IT WELL TAKE THEM!!!! *finishes in 3 days*

@susannahgaunt4879

6 ай бұрын

lol

You're not weird, every single person reading this at least in the states has a fridge or freezer (unless homeless or something) as right now my freezer is full of dead stuff. Chicken breasts, pork loin, sausage, hamburger etc. Also potatoes (they're not growing anymore so are "dead") in the fridge, eggs (they're dead too) all kinds of dead stuff. Too much to count, a fridge is like a corpse or cadaver storage unit. You're supposed to keep dead things in there. If not, _then_ it would be weird.

The Crimson Knights big feast of the year so far Nice Job Antscanada you inspired me to keep ants and I enjoy it

Lets thank Mikey and the pigeon for the delicious food that he has fed my royal kingdom, the Crimson Knights, thank you kind Creator of Worlds. We have enjoyed your suprise.

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Any time! Ant love forever!

Honestly, I think they should take about two weeks

Mikey: "Guys...don't freak out..." Me: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

We’d love to know what happened with the teaser you left previously about them producing winged ants to spread new colonies. And what ever happened to the ant riding face huggers?! We never found out what species they were, if they were just passengers or some form of parasite.

@cynthia9

7 ай бұрын

I've been thinking about this too. Maybe it wasn't as big a deal as he thought so there's no full video?

@justaponyyy

7 ай бұрын

o maybe its still in production

didnt miss today, pretty cool! Never expected pigeons, thought it would be something like a feeding montage. This also gave me an idea, what if you made a feeding montage type of video, that is just watching the ants eat live(like streaming videos of them eating, this could also mean that you can have multiple cameras).

bro makes it sounds a lot cooler than it actually is

>AC about to place dead bird in fire ant palace. >Cat food ad.

I can’t wait for the cow video I’ve worked with them all 14 years of my life but to see how long it takes ants to devour them would be cool with a intro similar to this coming up “welcome AC family in this video we will be giving my fire ant colony the crimson knights a treat which is a cow carcass donated by my neighbor, the cow died of natural causes and did not suffer any pain during death so rest well my friend”

@cynthia9

7 ай бұрын

lol

@cynthia9

7 ай бұрын

I just watched the one with the eyeballs, technically its beef 😅

That was pretty amazing, it is not really that gross. I've never seen that pigeon before, I learned some new things.

12:07 that ant is doing a headstand

Hearing someone else say i keep corpses in my freezer was truly good to hear. Glad im not the only one doing this

Oh yes, thanks for reminding me, it is pigeon hunting season where I live.

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

You hunt pigeons?!!! 😲😲😲😲

@luisemoralesfalcon4716

7 ай бұрын

@@AntsCanada oh yeah, legal hunting actually helps species in the danger list as it allows to cull the population so endangered species can have more food and space versus the invading species. Money that the government (local and federal) gets through taxes selling hunting gear and licenses goes to projects in protection of the environment (example the Puerto Rico parrot). There are some doves to not hunt and doing so may incur in fines of a few thousand dollars.

Wow this amazing antsCanada I have been watching your videos for YEARS I’m pretty sure the first video I saw of yours was when you put pitcher plants in your ant colony to reduce there numbers. And now you have an entire building of ants and land for ants you have come so far and never failed to teach us and entertain us.

“I’m keeping a corpse in my frigid” so relatable

I have to admit, you got really got at leaving cliff hangers ever since the video you made about your Carebara diversa when they myseriously disappeared, then followed up with your fire ants disappearing as well (TWICE) and now being the third time to leave all of our minds waiting to find out what happens next

Who else be watching ant forever

@Player-5543

7 ай бұрын

Me but i wont be able to always watch cuz i has school

@AndriaTezelashvili

7 ай бұрын

School yes

@DaCostaRica48

6 ай бұрын

unless if he dies or the internet dies or we all die

I think it will take about 100 hours for them to finish it. edit- close enough can I get likes for absolutely no reason

@Galaxy8187

2 ай бұрын

Sure

I randomly met a fellow AC family member today. I was waiting in a medical facility's waiting room when I heard a familiar voice from an audio device at the reception desk. The voice while familiar didn't click until I heard that voice say "Crimson Knights."

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Haha! Awesome! AC Family Unite!

Imagine if you actually touch it and they just slowly feed off your arm

you know when he brings the birds out its going to be a banger of a video!

I’ll be honest, there really was quite a few surprises in this video, I don’t blame people for thinking it’s both disgusting and surprising! As for an idea of a Halloween feast for the fire ants, or maybe even the marauder ants, I suggest 2 or 3 mice covered in both honey and jelly. That would surely be a great idea! Also, you know how ants can’t see the color red? Well to make the ants be able to eat the jelly I suggest giving them orange or black jelly that of course have different flavors, if you ever have them that is… I hope you do though… I’m not sure what flavors of jelly you have. 😅🫤 Side note: If anyone is reading this comment my goal is to get 150 likes because why not! 😉🤞

AC: "Dare me to touch it?" Me: "You better tf not!"

*dead dove, do not open* The Crimson Knights: "Hold our volcano"

5 videos later: So today guys we're feeding my firstborn child to my ants! Can't wait to see how they react!

@Cat_willstealyourfish

7 ай бұрын

that's a lil overkill

I very recently binged the last four years of your channel.😊 ❤ Love how wholesome you are. Thank you for making me look at ants in a whole new way. 💪

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

#AntLoveForever

Bird in heaven: dude really? At least make a grave for me

Next video: "Well AC family today i will be feeding a burglar that tried robbing me today"!

Love this story line!!! The ending was epic!! Great job!🎉

I just thought that maybe the next thing you could feed one of your ant colonies could be some regional fish? As in those native to the ants' area in question, just in case a type of fish might be unhealthy to a species of a different location; we wouldn't want to risk doing that to them. I think it would be pretty interesting to see how they might like some fish meat. 👍

This was a perfect opportunity to put "do not open. Dead dive inside". Maybe next time

Ants Canada's freezer literally being the real life "Dead Dove. Do not eat."

Good day AntsCanada. I always enjoy your videos and it's amazing to see how the ants go on with their lives and reveal their unique behaviors. I'm from South Africa and have an idea of what you can do to prevent escapes. We have an insecticide called Fendona 6 SC, which we sprayed around our door and window frames. Any incest that walks over that barrier dies within minutes. 9 months was passed since my father sprayed it and the barrier was still active enough to kill a scorpion before it got into our house. We also don't have any ants crossing that area where we applied the Fendona. But feel free to investigate more about this insecticide and if you are able to find it in your stores. Hopefully it will prevent future ant escapes and prevent unwanted ants to enter.

Loved this video like every other. Your videos are very unique, and that’s what I enjoy about them. Great job!

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

Thanks gldor watching #AntLoveForever

No one is crazy enough to come at the fire ants. Armadillo "hold my beer"

The start of this video is so cursed out of context

as a long time viewer bro Is feeding his fire ants anything now

Your formicariums are sooooo epic, how do you even make them?

@TechHug

7 ай бұрын

Money

Fahrenheit 451 type logic. Keep them happy and interested, and they'll never think about real issues.

i dunno what it is about these ants but i always keep coming back to them

Imma guess a week or so

I would like to know how you plan to move this colony if it were necesary. It wouldnt be easy to take out the queen from the volcano if the colony get sick or you just need to move them out because a problem in the terrarium Edit: well, i guess my question was sort of answered

Mmmmm, decomposition at its finest as soon as you flipped that bird over. Yum.

@AntsCanada

7 ай бұрын

🤮🤮🤮🤮

@pointerprideaviationandtra4751

7 ай бұрын

​@@AntsCanadaA lot people think thats the end, but just like how the stars have an end to their lives, what's left over always get recycled into something else. Everything will always be recycled into something else. It's all just energy in one form or another, which can neither be created nor destroyed, just transformed. In this case: dead bird = food for other creatures.

This is episode 20 of Mikey finding out that dead animals fed to ants start to stink after a few days.

wow extra video

I vote 4 days? Heh I was right

My father was also "a bit weird" i used to open our freezer and find a bag full of gofer snake on the shelf below the eggos he didnt feed them to anything tho he'd just stuff them and donate them to the wildlife museum

incredible ant paludarium 👏

rip the dead pigeon ;-;

Did it have dead breadcrumbs inside?

16:00 oh bro u already got maggots on the top left of the bloody pool

5:27 this guy emotes so well i could see his shocked face from behind.