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A lone praying mantis picks off a few ants before the colony calls for backup.
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  • @ahsananwar3820
    @ahsananwar38203 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad that ants are the size they are

  • @zegolem3607

    @zegolem3607

    3 жыл бұрын

    EDF: tell me about it.

  • @Luc-1991

    @Luc-1991

    3 жыл бұрын

    if ants would get bigger they would get crushed under their own weight.

  • @Raison_d-etre

    @Raison_d-etre

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Luc-1991 It could adapt. Other insects got really huge hundreds of millions of years ago when the atmosphere was richer in oxygen.

  • @Luc-1991

    @Luc-1991

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Raison_d-etre I don't see a reason why it would happen tho. And even if they would get bigger they wouldn't be very strong so i wouldn't worry too much.

  • @Raison_d-etre

    @Raison_d-etre

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Luc-1991 It wouldn't happen now, because we've bacteria that digest wood.

  • @squilliamfancyson1080
    @squilliamfancyson10802 жыл бұрын

    Mantis didn't seem too bothered being eaten alive. He was just like "ah well, my future wife would have done the same thing to me anyways"

  • @cedriceric9730

    @cedriceric9730

    Жыл бұрын

    no, it was pinned, those ants KNEW exactly what they are doing. it had one chance to run. one large ant is more than enough for a full grown mantis to be immobilised. they know to bite nerves and they are very strong too

  • @johnathanderosa7769

    @johnathanderosa7769

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you know what a joke is

  • @guthax30

    @guthax30

    Жыл бұрын

    You live by the Mantis code, you die by the Mantis code.

  • @captnwinkle

    @captnwinkle

    Жыл бұрын

    That's why ppl like you got picked on in HS

  • @thatoneguy86493

    @thatoneguy86493

    Жыл бұрын

    why does everyone have an @ before their username?

  • @kittypost3929
    @kittypost39292 жыл бұрын

    “They gather lumps of mud and bury the problem” Wish I could do that with all my problems

  • @whimsicalvagabond6906

    @whimsicalvagabond6906

    2 жыл бұрын

    You can. That's why we have carpets. Mud is messy.

  • @lanafelix8649

    @lanafelix8649

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😂

  • @hisoros911

    @hisoros911

    2 ай бұрын

    Nah blud straight violated him 💀

  • @TheRoger205

    @TheRoger205

    Ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @dl30wpb
    @dl30wpb Жыл бұрын

    The dying ant's signal --- "avenge me brothers"

  • @Chimeraguard-iv6uc

    @Chimeraguard-iv6uc

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, sisters. Ant workers are female. All the males do is provide sperm for new queens IIRC.

  • @josephpham9078

    @josephpham9078

    Ай бұрын

    And sisters.

  • @adventurefighter7501

    @adventurefighter7501

    Ай бұрын

    “MIC UP MIC UP REVIVE ME NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW”

  • @kawaiipurplesaphire6163

    @kawaiipurplesaphire6163

    22 күн бұрын

    Their actually all girls

  • @shaider1982

    @shaider1982

    18 күн бұрын

    I think the worker ants are all non-procreating females.

  • @Styrophoamicus
    @Styrophoamicus3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine eating a granola bar then your granola bar calls for reinforcements and they all rip your head off.

  • @atomicreactor6033

    @atomicreactor6033

    3 жыл бұрын

    No. Just... if this were Reddit, I'd say "Take your upvote and get the fuck out." But this is KZread. So take your like and get the fuck out

  • @lawrencecarr4973

    @lawrencecarr4973

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😂😂

  • @celtc7875

    @celtc7875

    3 жыл бұрын

    This post was made by the living food gang

  • @livelystone9367

    @livelystone9367

    3 жыл бұрын

    Im eatin a Chewy granola bar at this moment & its worth being attacked by granolas

  • @johnbattles9469

    @johnbattles9469

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like something out of Farside.

  • @hectorberber6391
    @hectorberber63912 жыл бұрын

    reminder that the mantis has one of the best eyes in the insect world, he was seeing all that in 4k

  • @dandradawson2882

    @dandradawson2882

    2 жыл бұрын

    So he saw his death in 4K 🤣

  • @CheeseWater.

    @CheeseWater.

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @Cyrax4d

    @Cyrax4d

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

  • @ZainZanu

    @ZainZanu

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂💯

  • @quotient1685

    @quotient1685

    2 жыл бұрын

    He literally got caught in 4k

  • @TheStapleGunKid
    @TheStapleGunKid Жыл бұрын

    It's amazing that ants actually know how to identify poison insects and dispose of them. How could insect intelligence process something like that? It's really amazing.

  • @myrmiciex1889

    @myrmiciex1889

    Жыл бұрын

    Ant intelligence is weird. Think of ants not as individuals, but more like each ant as a nerve cell, able to send signals to the colony. These signals dictate how the ants perceive and react to the world around them. An individual ant is going to be killed and picked off by the mantis, but by releasing chemicals and pheromones upon its death, it creates a response in the swarm that tells soldier ants “threat here, eliminate it”. Basically the entire colony is one big brain, with individuals being small sensory receptors that process information and react to that info accordingly

  • @TheStapleGunKid

    @TheStapleGunKid

    Жыл бұрын

    @@myrmiciex1889 I get, but to do such advanced things such as recognizing what poison is (let alone recognizing which food sources are poison) and recognizing the need to safely dispose of poison food sources to protect everyone else is almost human-like.

  • @barryallen2440

    @barryallen2440

    Жыл бұрын

    I was Thinking the same thing

  • @sfb4144

    @sfb4144

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheStapleGunKid ikr, plus they don't just dispose of it, they actually grab mud and bury it so that future/other ants don't get miscommunicated and get poisoned, not knowing which poisonous insect the pheromones are alerting them of!!! Astounding!

  • @v-town1980

    @v-town1980

    Жыл бұрын

    @@myrmiciex1889 Yes, we watched the video.

  • @Allebas13
    @Allebas132 жыл бұрын

    0:15 Now that's a war cry after defeating enemy.

  • @totallyrealreactions5023
    @totallyrealreactions50233 жыл бұрын

    In terms of scale, this is pretty much the equivalent of you going hunting, and you catch a squirrel, but then all of a sudden you’re swarmed by squirrels until they literally bite your head off

  • @lost7149

    @lost7149

    2 жыл бұрын

    And theres a few dog sized squirrels that have massive jaws that just rip you in half

  • @timhoward5

    @timhoward5

    2 жыл бұрын

    You got 100 likes because your 💯.

  • @TP_Rockstar

    @TP_Rockstar

    2 жыл бұрын

    pretty sure I've had a nightmare like that

  • @JB777C

    @JB777C

    2 жыл бұрын

    You fucked with squirrels Morty!

  • @SF2036

    @SF2036

    2 жыл бұрын

    But imagine squirrel colonies who could defeat an entire pack of wolves.

  • @TenOrbital
    @TenOrbital3 жыл бұрын

    The mantis seemed fairly relaxed about the proceedings.

  • @djp8787

    @djp8787

    2 жыл бұрын

    He was like "ah well, gotta take the good with the bad"

  • @gmetayern

    @gmetayern

    2 жыл бұрын

    state of shock

  • @protocetid

    @protocetid

    2 жыл бұрын

    No, being beheaded is not relaxing. Nice try ant.

  • @untouchableMCs

    @untouchableMCs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mantis: I have no regrets

  • @guynorth3277

    @guynorth3277

    2 жыл бұрын

    He got confused and wasn't sure if he was eating or being eaten!

  • @cyber2cyke
    @cyber2cyke Жыл бұрын

    Mantis came for dinner but became the main course real quick.

  • @tazbehdjet7972
    @tazbehdjet797210 ай бұрын

    Nothing can beat team work you mess with one ant you mess with 1000s brutal

  • @mikenike038
    @mikenike0383 жыл бұрын

    Props to the ant who filmed inside of the nest!

  • @girlgetbeautiful7637

    @girlgetbeautiful7637

    3 жыл бұрын

    haha

  • @chengkuoklee5734

    @chengkuoklee5734

    3 жыл бұрын

    I guess that's Ant-Man's part time job.

  • @willemweijs3337

    @willemweijs3337

    3 жыл бұрын

    The praying mantis head was actually a spy cam

  • @fishnugget9450

    @fishnugget9450

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’re dumb af it wasn’t the ant cause ants can’t film. Lmfao I’m just meming but for real how tf do they record the ants lmao

  • @rumar4u

    @rumar4u

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Ant’s last name is Snowden. 😎

  • @littleslimedude123
    @littleslimedude1233 жыл бұрын

    why is nobody talking about the millipede at the beginning, like *evolves to become poisonous so it doesn't get eaten* ants: *slaughter it anyways*

  • @Themurderin

    @Themurderin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yea I didn't quite understand that. Is it poisonous to eat, or is it just a threat when it's alive? If it's the latter than there's no need to bury him in the first place.

  • @leonhardable

    @leonhardable

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Themurderin its both. if alive, the millipede endangers the convoi by distracting it and blocking its path, and if they kill i and dont bury it, its possible some smaller ants without the good sensors still carry it back to the nest, possibly killing the larvae.

  • @kefiksprite5912

    @kefiksprite5912

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was more surprised at the fact that it flipped over so easily. Bruh you have a million fuckin legs how do you trip? You did the one thing I thought you had under control.

  • @hounsdjentlow3074

    @hounsdjentlow3074

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kefiksprite5912 underrated comment bro 😅

  • @emmalion1976

    @emmalion1976

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kefiksprite5912 he ate too many cheetos man don't blame him

  • @waynescott-lp5pm
    @waynescott-lp5pm10 ай бұрын

    The Mantis is an apex killer in the bug world but as we all know, doesn't matter how tough you are there is always someone tougher!

  • @jennyfury4674
    @jennyfury46743 ай бұрын

    I hate driver ants, but it was still kind of cool how they buried the millipede like they made their own funeral for him

  • @jaylenware363
    @jaylenware3633 жыл бұрын

    Ants: Call an ambulance... Mantis: :) Ants: *But not for me* Mantis: :(

  • @umbraheart1

    @umbraheart1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ambalamps

  • @livelystone9367

    @livelystone9367

    3 жыл бұрын

    That was a suicide ant. They planned that the whole time lol

  • @hiimryan2388

    @hiimryan2388

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@livelystone9367 Ant: *choking through blood* yes, for the empire

  • @EagleHawk175

    @EagleHawk175

    3 жыл бұрын

    AmbulaANTS were called, alright...

  • @jaylenware363

    @jaylenware363

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@EagleHawk175 They should’ve preyed harder

  • @micahthebestfr
    @micahthebestfr3 жыл бұрын

    Mantis: Kills Ant Ants: You have yee'd your last haw.

  • @wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457

    @wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was not even able to kill the ant. If you look closely, mantis had to throw it. Ant either stung or bit.

  • @bzhzjbzhzj8809

    @bzhzjbzhzj8809

    3 жыл бұрын

    This comment is amazingly fantasticly fantastic !

  • @thebidstar26

    @thebidstar26

    3 жыл бұрын

    These are the red ants too. I hate them mofos. I promise you ants can kill even lions man Idk how they’ll do it but one ant being squashed by a lion might

  • @wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457

    @wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thebidstar26 these are driver ants only found in forests. All red ants are not fire ants. Also, driver ants are free pest control for farmers of Africa. They happily let them walk through the farms.

  • @mrmacedon
    @mrmacedon2 жыл бұрын

    Mantis: "I will F you all up bois!" Ant's: "We will drink from your skull! Take his head bois!"

  • @bigkid5226
    @bigkid5226 Жыл бұрын

    It has always fascinated me seeing ant work together the strength in there numbers is amazing

  • @RaynmanPlays
    @RaynmanPlays3 жыл бұрын

    Her ex-boyfriend: "Doesn't feel too good when it happens to you, now does it?"

  • @divyangana123

    @divyangana123

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is the comment of the day 😹😹😹😹

  • @erik7271

    @erik7271

    3 жыл бұрын

    Took me a solid moment haha but good one

  • @ltsallwood

    @ltsallwood

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but if she killed her exboyfriend THEN HOW CAN HE SAY THAT?!

  • @bensoncheung2801

    @bensoncheung2801

    3 жыл бұрын

    269 likes

  • @Moldylocks

    @Moldylocks

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ltsallwood Okay Buzz Killington, through a bug medium of course.

  • @galling2052
    @galling20523 жыл бұрын

    Grabing a bull by its horns. meh Biting a mantis in the jaws. real shit

  • @abetwabe

    @abetwabe

    3 жыл бұрын

    For REAL.

  • @seymourglass26

    @seymourglass26

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sure, but let me see you get that bull, haha.

  • @carsonrush3352

    @carsonrush3352

    3 жыл бұрын

    Watch a man wrestle a bull to the ground. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqOXqKtqZtepmZM.html

  • @Moldylocks

    @Moldylocks

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'd say biting a mantis in the jaws is the ant equivalent of grabbing a bull by it's horns for a human. It's not for the faint of heart!

  • @No-cc1fq

    @No-cc1fq

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Moldylocks what a madlad ant

  • @KobaAM
    @KobaAM2 жыл бұрын

    1:50 AUGH THEY’RE IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AUGGGH AHHHHHH

  • @jacobkusnerik8809
    @jacobkusnerik88092 жыл бұрын

    I used to see a few Mantis's at my old work and they were pretty big and a little scary, but this just shows that there are some things not even a boogeyman of the bug world can fight off.

  • @jacqueslin8178
    @jacqueslin81783 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad I wasn't born as a insect. What a brutal life it would be.

  • @shinobix4925

    @shinobix4925

    3 жыл бұрын

    Honestly a brutal life is just par for the course for anything that isnt/doesn't live with humans, and even if they do there's still a chance they'll suffer anyway

  • @maxchilla732

    @maxchilla732

    3 жыл бұрын

    24/7 war!

  • @israelcazares6975

    @israelcazares6975

    3 жыл бұрын

    Don't worry, you will be next life.

  • @Naz1Killer

    @Naz1Killer

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@israelcazares6975 reincarnation doesn't happen

  • @amatmc8319

    @amatmc8319

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Naz1Killer and you know this how?

  • @wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457
    @wildlifeisthewealthofnatur54573 жыл бұрын

    That's the first time I have seen any insect grabbing a mantis by jaws.

  • @fitt4393

    @fitt4393

    3 жыл бұрын

    ikr

  • @eh1600

    @eh1600

    3 жыл бұрын

    ants are ballsy

  • @frankeinstein1

    @frankeinstein1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating deduction of risk and reward….Ants continue to resonate awe with me…”

  • @melon-tz2bf

    @melon-tz2bf

    2 жыл бұрын

    The ant cartel takes no prisoners

  • @troyjohnson1186

    @troyjohnson1186

    Жыл бұрын

    Ants are amazing. An ant is the only bug I would root for against a mantis

  • @hanzomain6376
    @hanzomain63762 жыл бұрын

    Props to the camera guy for going into the nest for the footage.

  • @nightstriker3592

    @nightstriker3592

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think he might've used some mini cord with a camera attached to the end. It's amazing how our technology allows us to film stuff like this and the geniuses who came up with it

  • @pixelturtle5041

    @pixelturtle5041

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nightstriker3592no i think he just stuck his hand in and the ants just let him through. Cheaper tbh

  • @nightstriker3592

    @nightstriker3592

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pixelturtle5041 i sense your sarcasm nice try though.

  • @Alaryicjude

    @Alaryicjude

    Жыл бұрын

    Honey, I Shrunk the Kids style cameraman!

  • @drashkana4864
    @drashkana4864 Жыл бұрын

    My reaction to the millipede scene: "you couldn't tell it was poisonous BEFORE killing it huh? Little bastards"

  • @Guywiththesuitcase
    @Guywiththesuitcase2 жыл бұрын

    One minute your chillin out, having a snack, the next minute you're being decapitated. Such is life.

  • @rightchordleadership

    @rightchordleadership

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah just ask Kanye

  • @alvexok5523

    @alvexok5523

    2 жыл бұрын

    The praying mantis, praying didn't save this mantis. Of course they don't really pray, they're just called that because it looks like they're praying.

  • @partridge7341

    @partridge7341

    2 жыл бұрын

    By the snack

  • @bronzejourney5784

    @bronzejourney5784

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alvexok5523 Its surprising how much this applies to religious communities around the world as well.

  • @kaspervestergaard2383

    @kaspervestergaard2383

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bronzejourney5784 So praying for 500$ wont get me 500$?

  • @jfrank1882
    @jfrank18823 жыл бұрын

    The serial "decapitator" became the "decapitatee"..... *nature*

  • @fabiana7157

    @fabiana7157

    3 жыл бұрын

    Good point, but I also feel bad for the mantis because it's a really interesting insect too

  • @awalkingnightmare

    @awalkingnightmare

    3 жыл бұрын

    good one ☝️ lol!!!

  • @matchrocket1702

    @matchrocket1702

    3 жыл бұрын

    The mantis thought he was just going to have a little snack.

  • @TheBeemanblake

    @TheBeemanblake

    3 жыл бұрын

    Instantly thought of space balls

  • @user-tu4ib3dv3f

    @user-tu4ib3dv3f

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@fabiana7157 no ..good for him

  • @georgewbushcenterforintell147
    @georgewbushcenterforintell147 Жыл бұрын

    Ants have there own NBC unit on duty that is pretty impressive.

  • @Mr__Geno
    @Mr__Geno2 жыл бұрын

    Such amazing species ants are. I never thought much of them tbh but their intelligence and teamwork is so powerful it can be scary. I honestly thought the Mantis would have survived, but I was totally wrong.

  • @BersealiaDreamheart

    @BersealiaDreamheart

    11 ай бұрын

    They had to bring the mantis down. Especially if the driver ants are transporting their queen. Her life would have be in serious danger, and if she dies, the entire colony dies with her. She is the heart and lifeblood of her entire family.

  • @Mexicano1768

    @Mexicano1768

    6 ай бұрын

    mantis got jumped and sacrificed!

  • @Curtis_Fu

    @Curtis_Fu

    19 күн бұрын

    Apparently they eat more meat than lions hyenas and tigers combined I think

  • @gnimnuh6570
    @gnimnuh65703 жыл бұрын

    Mantis: *I knew my head would be decapitated but not like this*

  • @ethanc8130

    @ethanc8130

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol.... Died a virgin I guess

  • @bensoncheung2801

    @bensoncheung2801

    3 жыл бұрын

    69 likes

  • @bensoncheung2801

    @bensoncheung2801

    3 жыл бұрын

    Btw, that's a female.

  • @Squilliam-Fancyson

    @Squilliam-Fancyson

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bensoncheung2801 how to you know?

  • @bensoncheung2801

    @bensoncheung2801

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Squilliam-Fancyson On Google, male mantises are noticeably smaller and thinner than females.

  • @junyew1813
    @junyew18133 жыл бұрын

    Ants: Kill millipede That one soldier being Remy: Wait a sec this shit is poisonous Ants: *_B U R Y T H E P R O B L E M_*

  • @Purelax

    @Purelax

    3 жыл бұрын

    your profile picture reminds me of a element that came from a roblox game called "elemental battleground" or i might just mistaken ur profile.

  • @gilmourwanabe2958

    @gilmourwanabe2958

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Purelax isn't it Batman's logo ? :D

  • @havilavi472

    @havilavi472

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gilmourwanabe2958 exactly who could for get that

  • @negativentry

    @negativentry

    3 жыл бұрын

    Meanwhile in Fukushima. ... Humans: Wait a sec this shit is radioactive .... Also Humans: Let's dump it into the ocean

  • @117hellhound

    @117hellhound

    3 жыл бұрын

    What does being Remy mean ? :D

  • @phill13able
    @phill13able Жыл бұрын

    I’m here wondering how the cameraman did all this

  • @vivekjonnalagadda4948
    @vivekjonnalagadda49482 жыл бұрын

    Kudos to the cameraman. Astounding work.

  • @Em-td4kc
    @Em-td4kc3 жыл бұрын

    How kind of those ants to give the millipede a proper burial 🙏

  • @jadibdraws

    @jadibdraws

    3 жыл бұрын

    If it wasn't poisonous they would've eaten it. Its funny because if this documentary was done a couple of decades back the narrator would say the ants were being empathetic and practicing some kind of ant religion 😭

  • @juggiebonebrain3383

    @juggiebonebrain3383

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm actually surprised he didn't given the state of the world today

  • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860

    @brawmankerlexterminateurde860

    3 жыл бұрын

    Poor guy didn't do anything

  • @starmancrusader

    @starmancrusader

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yet they didn’t bury the mantis

  • @itsourlife

    @itsourlife

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jadibdraws Scientist have been studying and documenting behavior of ants for way too long. It's called Myrmecology and been on for at least two centuries. Ants are one of the best studied species in fact out in the wild.

  • @ashla4727
    @ashla47273 жыл бұрын

    That reaction to the poisonous insect was incredible, ants are truly impressive when it comes to their intelligence

  • @blazednlovinit

    @blazednlovinit

    2 жыл бұрын

    It *bugs* me that they implied the millipede was an "insect". It is an arthropod for sure, but it is no insect.

  • @dentyph5169

    @dentyph5169

    2 жыл бұрын

    They are so intelligent they can be confused into crawling in a circle until they die

  • @FatherManus

    @FatherManus

    2 жыл бұрын

    It’s not really intelligence. More like instinctual reactions to chemical signals.

  • @blazednlovinit

    @blazednlovinit

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@FatherManus Pretty much, they're as intelligent as a flow chart. Our smart phones are probably at the stage where they are can perform more calculations per second.

  • @gandalf8216

    @gandalf8216

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FatherManus It's a swarm intelligence. They're... uhm, different, than ours. Like a set or collection of algorithms forming a mesh of independent behavior patterns that work in tandem, thanks to evolution spanning millions upon millions of years. Swarm intelligences are interesting in terms of emergent phenomena. But to anyone else reading this, no it's no substrate for consciousness. Consciousness requires more centralized control and a more clear hierarchical structure of function, which swarm intelligences don't allow. One behavior pattern doesn't override others via feedback systems in a swarm intelligence, which is something we know is required for consciousness to arise. But intelligence can exist without consciousness, so there's that.

  • @e-pearlm
    @e-pearlm Жыл бұрын

    The powerful praying Mantis has finally meet it's match

  • @ChosenPlaysYT
    @ChosenPlaysYT Жыл бұрын

    Nature’s version of “F around and find out”

  • @AllgoodthingsTv
    @AllgoodthingsTv2 жыл бұрын

    That mantis was in disbelief he couldn't take those ants right up until the moment his head popped off.

  • @raven4k998

    @raven4k998

    Жыл бұрын

    well he died trying🤣

  • @DavidWsTrainVideos
    @DavidWsTrainVideos3 жыл бұрын

    “Impenetrable fortress” except for the camera man.

  • @moonnafarm

    @moonnafarm

    3 жыл бұрын

    Never see this

  • @kmm9035

    @kmm9035

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure it’s just a lot of zoom

  • @alejandroherrera5271

    @alejandroherrera5271

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kmm9035 but you can see the ants climb on and maneuver out of the camera's way

  • @netrider5

    @netrider5

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's probably on a mechanical arm to avoid being bitten

  • @caminstol2473

    @caminstol2473

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@netrider5 it was a joke

  • @abc64pan
    @abc64pan2 жыл бұрын

    Mantis: It sucks to be eaten by your own food.

  • @jj-vu5ov
    @jj-vu5ov2 жыл бұрын

    ive watched so many documentaries and i have never in my life seen ants bury something that was poisonous. ya learn something every day

  • @SheldonAdama17
    @SheldonAdama173 жыл бұрын

    Thanos: You should have gone for the - Ants:

  • @moonnafarm

    @moonnafarm

    3 жыл бұрын

    So amazing

  • @mattwerner000

    @mattwerner000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kinda fucked up bud

  • @solarlaw1421

    @solarlaw1421

    3 жыл бұрын

    So thats how antman wins

  • @ireves93

    @ireves93

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@solarlaw1421 If you think about it Antman really was the reason Thanos lost. All the events in Endgame happened because of him, or maybe a rat.

  • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860

    @brawmankerlexterminateurde860

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ants: we got for eveything

  • @arcangle7444
    @arcangle74443 жыл бұрын

    Dead Ant: Need back up Ants : He killed Marty.... Cut his head off Bois.

  • @criticalboi4387

    @criticalboi4387

    2 жыл бұрын

    is that a refrences to a movie ? or u just made it up casue itn felt funny to me

  • @JanusHoW

    @JanusHoW

    2 жыл бұрын

    It would more like "Martha". All worker and soldier ants are sterile females - indeed, that's the case for pretty much all social insects. There's the queen who can lay eggs, one or more males whose sole purpose is to mate with the queen, and the rest of the colony are either sterile females or would-be queens.

  • @doratheexploder286

    @doratheexploder286

    2 жыл бұрын

    skulls for the skull throne!

  • @ColdSalt99

    @ColdSalt99

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ants together strong 💪

  • @DenisDoc7

    @DenisDoc7

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can see this as a far side comic for some reason

  • @MeatMi1k
    @MeatMi1k11 ай бұрын

    Praying Mantis: gets brutally decapitated The music: 😇🪽😄 2:19

  • @IcerFreakyNana
    @IcerFreakyNana Жыл бұрын

    I got curious about something: I was under the impression that Praying Mantises not only had a very quick attack speed, but were also very mobile (I thought they could fly short distances or at least jump long distances). I wonder if this one couldn't move before the ants swarmed it, or if it made the worst decision of its short life by underestimating the ants. I imagine it thinking something along the lines of: "Oh, one of them climbed on me, but it's no biggie; I can still eat one or two more before it becomes troublesome" quickly followed by: "I've made a terrible mistake."; or "I calculated the risks, but man, I sure am bad at math!"

  • @ohhesnumb4409

    @ohhesnumb4409

    Жыл бұрын

    I was wondering why it didn’t just escape lol, suicide by ant.

  • @AG-ig8uf

    @AG-ig8uf

    10 ай бұрын

    Praying Mantis was a paid actor.

  • @icespeaker81

    @icespeaker81

    10 ай бұрын

    @@datcrazymongoose While the world of animal docs are very shady, I've seen my share fair of ant action while traveling South America. Follow a group of ants and you're bound to see many deaths over the course of just a few hours. Also, Mantis are incredibly brazen hunters - they're known to take on creatures much larger than themselves and end up getting killed fairly often. A Mantis underestimating the might of an ant swarm seems likely.

  • @sxanep

    @sxanep

    6 ай бұрын

    It definiely did not feel the danger from the ants. It thought it's just some food coming straight to the mouse :)

  • @triplocore

    @triplocore

    5 ай бұрын

    Dude, I saw the same happening with a insect in my yard some months ago. I have a pepper plant and some ants enjoy farming aphids on it. I saw a weird insect with a long nozzle eating one of those ants. One ant approached it and it jumped to the next leaf, then other ant grabbed it's leg, and then other, and other, and other. It could just fly away, but for some unknown reason, it decided to stay there and die.

  • @Wyzen519
    @Wyzen5193 жыл бұрын

    Mantis: kill ant Ants: *your free trial of living has expired.*

  • @ant-onio4543

    @ant-onio4543

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why does this mantis hate me? :(

  • @isaacomotayo2298

    @isaacomotayo2298

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣

  • @amithattimare834

    @amithattimare834

    2 жыл бұрын

    I just come to read comments.

  • @wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457

    @wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457

    2 жыл бұрын

    No. The ant stung the mantis and escaped. Look 1:15

  • @schizophrenic_rambler

    @schizophrenic_rambler

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Kris Walsh hi there. Would you like to sign my petition?

  • @wachatapsitamulaho8459
    @wachatapsitamulaho84593 жыл бұрын

    Clinical decapitation 😂😂😂😂 these little guys are truly efficient

  • @MonirHossain-qe2jq

    @MonirHossain-qe2jq

    3 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @peachyrider9987

    @peachyrider9987

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @latoyaglvr

    @latoyaglvr

    3 жыл бұрын

    Correction: little girls. They are all female.

  • @peachyrider9987

    @peachyrider9987

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@latoyaglvr "little guys" to me means unisex and to someone who feels inferior can mean only guys.🤔

  • @peachyrider9987

    @peachyrider9987

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@latoyaglvr check your research oh inferior one. "There are three kinds of ants in a colony: The queen, the female workers, and males. The queen and the males have wings, while the workers don't have wings. The queen is the only ant that can lay eggs. The male ant's job is to mate with future queen ants and they do not live very long afterwards."

  • @andres19877
    @andres19877 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely mesmerizing. Thank you.

  • @doug.afc.90.93
    @doug.afc.90.932 жыл бұрын

    If some how ants grew to the size of cats the humen race would be wiped out quick 😮

  • @kevinp2722
    @kevinp27223 жыл бұрын

    ‘The mantis’ fate is sealed by a clinical decapitation’ Cue cheerful music

  • @pierrojules
    @pierrojules3 жыл бұрын

    That Mantis didn't even have the time to digest the Ant that it had just eaten. Brutal death.

  • @mftripz8445

    @mftripz8445

    2 жыл бұрын

    Live by the sword die by the sword lol

  • @IcarusMundi
    @IcarusMundi Жыл бұрын

    I love all bugs, but mantises and ants are my personal favorites. Watching those two warlords fight?? That's incredible.

  • @Zeithri
    @Zeithri2 жыл бұрын

    Legit shivered at the risst sound from ripping the head off. That's just like a Mortal Kombat finishing move right there.

  • @jeezmutz1759
    @jeezmutz17593 жыл бұрын

    The ants: "Well, well, well. How the turns have tabled"

  • @mytomanen_bre

    @mytomanen_bre

    3 жыл бұрын

    How the turntables*

  • @evalzeyn9730

    @evalzeyn9730

    2 жыл бұрын

    What? Lmao

  • @jairodominguez5599

    @jairodominguez5599

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@evalzeyn9730 is a joke from The Office, funny episode

  • @juggiebonebrain3383
    @juggiebonebrain33833 жыл бұрын

    Narrator; The millions of interlocking ants that make up the nest's superstructure create an impenetrable barrier. Cameraman:. "if I could just squeeze by you for a second. Yeah, just got work to do"

  • @bonsoir5170

    @bonsoir5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    I read your pfp... I'm waiting

  • @harshitgupta5267

    @harshitgupta5267

    3 жыл бұрын

    I read ur pfp too... I am waiting

  • @blackwatch1326

    @blackwatch1326

    3 жыл бұрын

    Many licks needed

  • @Sintriel

    @Sintriel

    3 жыл бұрын

    and then the cameraman was also clinically decapitated.

  • @joshpart3319

    @joshpart3319

    3 жыл бұрын

    *cameraant

  • @Ricki_47
    @Ricki_472 жыл бұрын

    I'm amazed on how functional these ants are from releasing pheromones to alert of a predator to using their antennas to detect poison and using teamwork is just 👌and shoot out to the ant who held the mantis jaws

  • @starkiller3098
    @starkiller3098 Жыл бұрын

    Such a calm music for someone being decapitated

  • @Folse
    @Folse3 жыл бұрын

    2:08 that’s when he knew he fucked up.

  • @jorgemigueltavares6041
    @jorgemigueltavares60413 жыл бұрын

    *Mantis about to be decapitated:* _“...that's kinda hot though.”_ *Ants:* _“Bruh.”_

  • @seans5631

    @seans5631

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cringe..so funny..

  • @abode2662

    @abode2662

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mantis and ant hentai when

  • @twinodoom

    @twinodoom

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mantis: "Jokes on you, I'm into that sh*t."

  • @kimbaldun

    @kimbaldun

    2 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of that one hot decapitation doujin i've read

  • @abode2662

    @abode2662

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kimbaldun nice

  • @alanstringer.
    @alanstringer.2 жыл бұрын

    0:14 Soldier: FOR THE COLONY! Conscripts: FOR THE QUEEEEEEEEEN!!!

  • @theshadow3001
    @theshadow3001 Жыл бұрын

    Truly amazing Unstoppable!! And scary thank you for this. Question has two army ants colonies ever collided

  • @thebotanist7145
    @thebotanist71453 жыл бұрын

    Can we appreciate the work that has been put in, to show us how it looks inside such a ant-nest-structure?

  • @fabiana7157

    @fabiana7157

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, those shots are amazing

  • @OhleKiki

    @OhleKiki

    3 жыл бұрын

    Right, it's truly amazing

  • @Sergio-kd9wm

    @Sergio-kd9wm

    3 жыл бұрын

    appreciate it then you don’t have to always comment could we appreciate it so you could get a lot of likes terrible 🤦‍♂️

  • @LordVader1094

    @LordVader1094

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Sergio-kd9wm What?

  • @woohdawg7821

    @woohdawg7821

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not real at all

  • @haingis
    @haingis2 жыл бұрын

    "butchering it with surgical precision" I don't want to get a surgery anywhere close to where the narrator's from if that's how precise the surgeons are

  • @RogueReplicant

    @RogueReplicant

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ikr, they practically chewed off the head leaving a jagged mess and he calls it "clean", tf 😑

  • @usernamename2978

    @usernamename2978

    3 ай бұрын

    It's worthless poetry. The writer should stick to describing what's happening.

  • @squamish4244
    @squamish42442 жыл бұрын

    That praying mantis had about two seconds to run and flunked the test.

  • @brandstradamus
    @brandstradamus12 күн бұрын

    That mantis learned his lesson the hard and headless way.❤

  • @retepnosbig4859
    @retepnosbig48592 жыл бұрын

    1:33 this 'all you can eat' buffet is heavenly..... mm hang on a minute????

  • @seanmadison6360
    @seanmadison63603 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing that these tiny creatures can communicate so effectively and yet us humans can never seem to get on the same page.

  • @veronikamajerova4564

    @veronikamajerova4564

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but in exchange, they are basically drones without individuality.

  • @veteransforequality7347

    @veteransforequality7347

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@veronikamajerova4564 no individuality, also sounds like a lot of humans.

  • @Aaron0000014

    @Aaron0000014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ya thinking for yourself does that to ya

  • @andresmetalowl1151

    @andresmetalowl1151

    2 жыл бұрын

    What an ignorant comment

  • @schizophrenic_rambler

    @schizophrenic_rambler

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, let me just send my hormone message to my neighborhood

  • @KingShadStarSeed9
    @KingShadStarSeed9 Жыл бұрын

    Ant are amazing. the colony and unity is their life there's no other way to them.

  • @truefreedom6593
    @truefreedom6593 Жыл бұрын

    It unbelievable how they were able to get this footage.

  • @Han1SoLo616
    @Han1SoLo6163 жыл бұрын

    Imagine creatures with precision like this the size of rats.

  • @MT-si3bu

    @MT-si3bu

    3 жыл бұрын

    now THAT would be hella scary

  • @Purelax

    @Purelax

    3 жыл бұрын

    if ants we're to be big like a size of a rat then our humanity will find a way to make those ants in our food chain just because ants are a lot cleaner than rat yet ants are smaller compare to rats.

  • @ryand141

    @ryand141

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I have relatives like this. Pure scumbags.

  • @ingamingpc1634

    @ingamingpc1634

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MT-si3bu ants that big appear in Fallout 3 fuck that shit

  • @JasonB808

    @JasonB808

    3 жыл бұрын

    They are called rats.

  • @sentientweetabix2228
    @sentientweetabix22283 жыл бұрын

    Mantis kills ant Ant: This is Private Ant! It’s got me! I ain’t getting outta here! Tell my queen I love her and get some reinforcements!

  • @seans5631

    @seans5631

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cringe..

  • @sentientweetabix2228

    @sentientweetabix2228

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@seans5631 Don’t care

  • @yehia4638

    @yehia4638

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@seans5631 didn't ask

  • @fleshypotato4307

    @fleshypotato4307

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@seans5631 your mother doesn't love you

  • @user-nl6nc2wz9t

    @user-nl6nc2wz9t

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@seans5631 your queen doesn't love you

  • @ninakennedy4092
    @ninakennedy409210 ай бұрын

    Out of all of the insects, ants never cease to amaze me.

  • @dh3913
    @dh39132 жыл бұрын

    Clicked on this by mistake but then heard Tennant’s voice so I guess I’m sticking around to listen

  • @mayhare55555
    @mayhare555553 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, "the ants have come, even the wasps have to abandon their nest"

  • @blehblah602
    @blehblah6023 жыл бұрын

    Well that was enough nightmare fuel for a terrible night’s sleep. Goodnight KZread!

  • @Conway1

    @Conway1

    3 жыл бұрын

    How was ur nighy?

  • @Love-jf7rs

    @Love-jf7rs

    3 жыл бұрын

    The title does say pain. Hope your sleep was k though

  • @Conway1

    @Conway1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Love-jf7rs i m about to sleep..thx

  • @Love-jf7rs

    @Love-jf7rs

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Conway1 Bless you safety from nightmare then

  • @kastellan1324

    @kastellan1324

    3 жыл бұрын

    sweet dreams

  • @fieser_typ5533
    @fieser_typ5533 Жыл бұрын

    2:13 that sound

  • @sunondalyons73
    @sunondalyons73 Жыл бұрын

    His head just popped right off!

  • @fishtheman
    @fishtheman3 жыл бұрын

    The taste of your own medicine

  • @moonnafarm

    @moonnafarm

    3 жыл бұрын

    So amazing

  • @kalyanz1072

    @kalyanz1072

    3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dron/8lKTxtzTyCCLeVXzIMTKYQ.html

  • @ngailianzou8727

    @ngailianzou8727

    3 жыл бұрын

    They got her good lol

  • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860

    @brawmankerlexterminateurde860

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its just all a game Advantage and disadvantage Pls give me salvation without dying like a pig

  • @josecardenas5424
    @josecardenas54242 жыл бұрын

    Why is it that as I'm watching this vid, all of a sudden, I'm itching on my back, chest and neck?

  • @eenayeah
    @eenayeah Жыл бұрын

    That shot going inside the nest was rad!!

  • @projects325
    @projects325 Жыл бұрын

    Can't underestimate the small guy 💪🏼😎

  • @Andrea-ho8uv
    @Andrea-ho8uv3 жыл бұрын

    It s incredible..and those microcameras are amazing

  • @moonnafarm

    @moonnafarm

    3 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @themandalorian4456

    @themandalorian4456

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mini cameraman*

  • @pinecones2513
    @pinecones25132 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been seeing videos of Mantis killing and eating birds, fish, lizards, snakes it’s good to see the tiniest creatures nerfing that killing machine. Balance

  • @Lucas-Lee-1987

    @Lucas-Lee-1987

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can' t help but imagine that, were mantises bigger, they would prey on us... I know they would...

  • @lashlarue7924

    @lashlarue7924

    2 жыл бұрын

    Props +1 bruv

  • @del-pieroclark9017

    @del-pieroclark9017

    2 жыл бұрын

    As all things should be

  • @QNotAConspiracy
    @QNotAConspiracy2 жыл бұрын

    Props to these cameramen that get these unreal angles it seems totally impossible. Like dang

  • @OmegaYeet123
    @OmegaYeet123 Жыл бұрын

    What is hilarious is the fact that the praying mantis was praying for it to stop

  • @leoalonso7653
    @leoalonso76533 жыл бұрын

    1:20 ..It was at this moment he knew he f*#*ed up

  • @fahianahmed6961
    @fahianahmed69612 жыл бұрын

    ‘The millions if ants create an impenetrable barrier’ *Slowly proceeds camera through the barrier*

  • @No1ANTAGON1ST
    @No1ANTAGON1ST Жыл бұрын

    What was more intriging was the burial. That was very fascinating.

  • @fawzaana.b990

    @fawzaana.b990

    Жыл бұрын

    Allah the almighty is the creator of such creations. "People, here is an illustration, so listen carefully: those you call on beside God could not, even if they combined all their forces, create a fly, and if a fly took something away from them, they would not be able to retrieve it, how powerless are those who invoke and those invoked!" [chapter 22: verse73 QURAN] "They have not shown Allah the reverence He deserves. Surely Allah is All-Powerful, Almighty." [Chapter 22: verse 74 QURAN]

  • @varoonnone7159

    @varoonnone7159

    10 ай бұрын

    @@fawzaana.b990 Allah doesn't exist

  • @mohammadbuhamad7744
    @mohammadbuhamad77442 ай бұрын

    I love how the bbc shoved a camera in the middle of the ants

  • @sonrixx6199
    @sonrixx61993 жыл бұрын

    1:57 he is still choking the same ant

  • @w.a.w.o3387
    @w.a.w.o33873 жыл бұрын

    It's quite a change in perspective to consider the ant swarm as a single organism, rather than as a multitude of individual organisms.

  • @schizophrenic_rambler

    @schizophrenic_rambler

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, they're basically cells of a larger being

  • @dekippiesip

    @dekippiesip

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@schizophrenic_rambler the ant at 1:42 seems individually intelligent though. I thought they would just have killed the mantis by stupid swarming alone, loosing mamy ants in the process.

  • @sriharshacv7760
    @sriharshacv7760 Жыл бұрын

    I loved how the mantis is put in its place. Frigging parasite.

  • @nitheesh1382
    @nitheesh13828 ай бұрын

    It's amazing to let us see wonders of ants nest,etc...thanks to the camera man and lot of others....🎉🎉

  • @lisakeim4954
    @lisakeim49543 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Amazing how they work together! Poor praying mantis tho

  • @DavidWsTrainVideos

    @DavidWsTrainVideos

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well it was either the ants or his next mate.....

  • @beekinddd

    @beekinddd

    3 жыл бұрын

    circle of life

  • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860

    @brawmankerlexterminateurde860

    3 жыл бұрын

    She deavere it for eathing her husband in a brutal way

  • @Darnell471

    @Darnell471

    3 жыл бұрын

    poor mantis? Bruh right now this moment there is probably a hyena eating a baby wilderbeast of a lion eating a Buffalo or a male elephant killing a baby elephant

  • @Raison_d-etre

    @Raison_d-etre

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Darnell471 You didn't disprove her point.

  • @Maurizio226
    @Maurizio2263 жыл бұрын

    From now on when I'll have a snack with a Kit Kat I'll remember that sound 02:14

  • @bluesapphire7548
    @bluesapphire7548 Жыл бұрын

    The ant that locked the jaws of the mantis is the MVP in the swarm.

  • @preetchanni5640
    @preetchanni5640 Жыл бұрын

    i felt relief justice has been served

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