The Horror of the Slaver Ant
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Everything changed when the slaver nation attacked. What used to be a thriving colony is now a captured country. Slaves do the work, serving their new masters until they die, only to be replaced by new victims harvested in brutal raids.
But let us go back to the beginning…
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@beezyminds7108 Рік тому
First
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@cozymonk Рік тому
I was sitting outside my high school library, hanging out with a friend, when we observed individuals from two different species of ants cross paths on the concrete in front of us. One was a red ant and the other a black ant, roughly about the same size as each other. They approached one-another, touched feelers for a few seconds, then both turned around and went back the way they came. Within a couple of minutes two very large armies of ants, one black and one red, approached the spot where the scout ants had met. There must have been a couple hundred ants in each group. It was a battle and it lasted a long time until the red ants eventually killed most of the black ants and the black ants retreated. The red ants collected the dead and returned to where they came from. My friend and I couldn't stop talking about it for weeks. It was the wildest thing we had ever seen.
@dumbleking5172 Рік тому
You witnessed an actual simulation of "primitive" war. The "scouts" parleyed with one another, they ofc disagreed, and full scale war actually broke out with armies standing on both sides. That's honestly quite cool.
@sirpixel7945 Рік тому
I've always wanted to see two ant armies fight eachother
@Freekywill Рік тому
Imagine having a war while 2 giants watch over you
@TheHELLFIREz Рік тому
@@Freekywill show me what you got
@sealofapoorval7437 Рік тому
@@TheHELLFIREz Lmao Rick and Morty reference
@justinehercthehuman6941 Рік тому
The fact that this is the fourth ant-centered video from Kurzgesagt makes me believe that this a cemented tradition for this channel now.
@kingtreedede7303 Рік тому
Ever since the leaf cutter ants (I think they’re called) I’ve been hooked
@air_rr Рік тому
kurzgesANT
@youmu8331 Рік тому
@@kingtreedede7303 Weaver ants.
@sandychen1381 Рік тому
I love ants
@omlette Рік тому
I think they're being mind controlled
@ethanwillis7369 11 місяців тому
Fun fact: enslaved ants can ocasonaly rebel and either wipe out the slavers or drastically weaken them, though one way or another the rebels are killed, either from age or from the rebellion failing
@floyd9727 3 місяці тому
Lol you just described the potential outcome of every rebellion in the history of life…
@CaptainMaggott 2 місяці тому
Kinda crazy to think there have been more successful ant slave revolts than such human slave revolts
@Jamseth_Ingramious 2 місяці тому
@@floyd9727I think they meant since there's no queen left to continue their own group.
@xander5426 Місяць тому
@@CaptainMaggott I think thats just cause you don't really learn about human slave revolts and probably only learned about slavery in america. However for example in haiti, the slaves revolted and brutally murdered their french enslavers killing everyone including french babies with such efficiency that France actually ended up declaring slavery illegal because they knew keeping slaves was a ticking time bomb.
@gibememoni 15 днів тому
@@xander5426 its interesting how only black and brown ants form the slave caste of ants
@Coop-sg6qc Рік тому
Its incredible how ants, something to tiny and so miniscule, are able to have literal full on wars with other colonies, the sheer idea of it is just incredible.
@MsDeathGuy 2 місяці тому
Someone probably thinks the same for the human race.
@AmIAPacifist Рік тому
The more I learn about ants, the more I realize how metal their lifestyle is
@cosiabuffo8527 Рік тому
How Warhammer 40k their life is
@johnnypopstar Рік тому
@@cosiabuffo8527 Santguinius. Ferrus Antus. Garviel Lokant.
@noahmancer9629 Рік тому
@@cosiabuffo8527 tookthe words right outta my mouth 😂
@DaveScout Рік тому
So true
@MCsaldy Рік тому
Wait till you hear about Humans...
@jyavant2393 Рік тому
It’s astonishing for a singular ant to even have the chance of taking over an entire colony
@iamafuckingfailure Рік тому
that is what we call, an ant literally too angry to die
@GlorifiedGremlin Рік тому
I feel like the way we look at ants, is the same way advanced alien civilization would look at us humans. We really aren't all that much different than ants when you look at us as groups rather than individuals
@MrGemHunter Рік тому
Feels like something from out of a movie tbh
@jonl7855 Рік тому
It’s actually like something out of a video game.
@sylvrwolflol Рік тому
Doomguy ants lol "Rip and tear until it is done," but for reals tho
@soldierstride554 10 місяців тому
Ants are so inherently social that the concept of an ant queen charging into an enemy nest *all on her own* messes with my mind!
@northernalpine4350 2 місяці тому
Thats why it more than likely usually fails, especially with multi Queen Nests, you have to be STUPID lucky for it to work or you find a nest with only one queen Think about it, youre already deep in the enemy lines, now you not only have to find and assassinate one queen, but you also have to navigate a damn labyrinth full of Soldiers trying to find the other 2-6 other queens in that nest, keep in mind that this labyrinth is brimming with enemy soldiers that can and will eat you alive if you so much as take a little too long
@dr.altoclef9255 Місяць тому
The fact that the slaver queens will just maul their attempted victim for like half an hour is pretty intense…absolute overkill.
@Servingourstories 2 місяці тому
The fact he started with Katara's speech in ant form made my day 😆 "Everything changed when the slaver nation attacked"
@DARKWRXITH Рік тому
It's amazing that ants quite literally have their own lore
@Davis... Рік тому
Everything does
@cecilkeith1951 Рік тому
@@Davis... Not me.
@alioshax7797 Рік тому
A lore that's much, much older than ours. In the world of ants, millions of civilisation and great cities rose and fell over the course of one hundred millions years.
@oscarwilson7591 Рік тому
This comment made me chuckle
@Nooticus Рік тому
This!
@AngryAlfonse Рік тому
I'll never forget being a kid and my dad showing me an ant colony herding and farming aphids on some garden plants. What a wildly complex behavior for creatures that should seemingly be so simple.
@esailmind3339 Рік тому
If you think about it. Size doesn't really matter. You can also see this kind of complexity in the microscopic world.
@AngryAlfonse Рік тому
@@esailmind3339 you're right. As a tech guy, I can't help but feel like size must matter... At one point we had to represent complex logic with logic circuits, which take up plenty of physical space. Then we got the transistor, and now we can hold the equivalent of millions of logic circuits in code on a tiny little memory chip, to be interpreted and executed by a tiny little processor. Even then, that requires physical space. It's hard to conceptualize and rationalize how so many complex behaviors could fit within the logic processing organs of such small creatures, but then I remember that there are literally brainless protein chains that somehow zip, unzip, and replicate DNA. The universe is host to countless self-assembling machines that work because they just work, and it blows my mind. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the development and evolution of hivemind behaviors in species like bees and ants had some wibbly wobbly quantum nonsense behind it.
@jeffGordon852 Рік тому
They have been created that way
@esailmind3339 Рік тому
@@AngryAlfonse Exactly. Also, think about T-duality. Another mindfuck.
@Milark Рік тому
@@AngryAlfonse that last thought is super interesting actually. I would’ve never even considered that but now that you mention it it’s quite the interesting theory.
@Abyz_ 22 дні тому
bro the queen vs queen battle is crazy, it’s like the exact opposite of how humans do their war, the leaders sit back and chill while the workers (soldiers) fight till death, for these ants it’s like “fuck it i’ll do it myself”
@Ballindeeznut 6 місяців тому
Me: *drops my snack* Every ants within a 35 KM radius:
@b2zfro Рік тому
I used to have a colony of copper-colored slaver ants in my yard as a kid. I would watch them for hours, as they'd form a raiding party and travel sometimes a hundred meters to their target colony, then carry the eggs back. This video was a cool reminder, thanks!
@cultusgti Рік тому
They sure are brutal, just like we are eh, total illusion of civilization
@nodnarb9932 Рік тому
@@jwalster9412 that would be 1000 meters
@bcepni00 Рік тому
@@jwalster9412 Only 1/10th of a kilometer. Quite plausible.
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
@@nodnarb9932 Interesting..and that would be 1000000 millimetres
@puneetmishra4726 Рік тому
@@jwalster9412 a km is not that big of a distance
@dinohall2595 Рік тому
Not gonna lie, the quest of a Polyergus queen to assassinate all the queens in another colony without getting killed herself sounds like a dope premise for a video game or drama miniseries.
@luke14946 Рік тому
of ants or humans?
@jonkurp6463 Рік тому
@@luke14946 Yes
@jonkurp6463 Рік тому
@@luke14946 Actually id would be pretty cool to have 2 parallel story lines that are basicly the same, but one with Ants and one with humans
@sirvalot8360 Рік тому
Middle Ant: Shadow of Polyergus
@pugofwarbr Рік тому
one could write a book with this plot
@kiaralee7667 Рік тому
I love your channel, I’ve always been fascinated by the thought of different species’ making things work and the broken down processes of it all
@Levi.09 Рік тому
You guys should make a game! With your amazing animations, art style, and story telling, you guys could make a really cool game about evolution or something. Entertaining and educating millions of people. I would absolutely love to see a game from your guys!
@artisanrox 11 місяців тому
This is a great idea. An educational ant game from Kurzgesagt would be the coolest thing since A Slower Speed of Light.
@thevegastan 10 місяців тому
There's a game called The Ants. But it's not very detailed and not ants-oriented as this video was.
@andreibudaes3966 9 місяців тому
yes something like Spore
@zelaky99 8 місяців тому
There is a pc game called empires of the undergrowth which is very fun but, unfortunately the dev team is very small
@AWESOME_GUY 7 місяців тому
Yes, maybe you could name it, “Universe in a Nutshell.” Maybe you could make it a size comparison with atoms, the universe, and everything in between. Oh wait
@_Meta. Рік тому
As a Polyergus, I found this video to be very informing and I thank you for giving me this knowledge to be able to enslave more colonies. I shall tell my queen about this. She'll be thrilled
@kirbodin Рік тому
How? We just established you are not very good at communicating with each other.
@firek8376 Рік тому
@@kirbodin lmao
@hippocraticoaf8798 Рік тому
@@kirbodin through UKposts videos silly.
@formerfofcastudent7470 Рік тому
“As a polyergus, I confirm this is 100% true”
@giovanacarla7818 Рік тому
Imagine how many polyergi you need to type a whole sentence on a keyboard
@AJLeomusic Рік тому
Please never end the ant series. One of my favorite types of videos on your channel
@neochris2 Рік тому
100% These have become my favorite
@cyan_oxy6734 Рік тому
@@neochris2 The space stuff is probably a bit cooler but the ants are a close second.
@froniccruxis1049 Рік тому
True, I've been interested in ants since Sim Ant. Such a great game
@isaiahelgin4181 Рік тому
Yea I love ants!
@neochris2 Рік тому
@@cyan_oxy6734 Yes, I actually agree
@IcarusMundi 8 місяців тому
Thanks for the step-by-step guide. Will use.
@fang1rling4lif3 7 місяців тому
Imagine this every ant you unknowingly step was at some point a fierce warrior...
@mouldy_bowl_of_primordial_4204 Рік тому
"Remember, ants are ants, not people." Damn, thanks for that. Those truths are why I watch this channel.
@mosiarmstrong Рік тому
It's probably a disclaimer because Karens are everywhere, even in the kurzgesagt comments section, arguably one of the most wholesome places on the internet.
@markusaurelius83 Рік тому
Some of them might be plants though. ^^
@skoopdewoop Рік тому
"fish are friends, not food"
@Kuplung57 Рік тому
Remember, dogs are dogs, not people.
@realdragon Рік тому
Yeah when animal kills human it went "wild". Animals are just doing animal things, only we are giving them human labels "A viscous crocodile killed a child"? No, crocodile is just trying to survive by eating food
@TimeBucks Рік тому
This looks like one of the coolest concepts for a new game
@DonVigaDeFierro Рік тому
There's a game called "Empires of the undergrowth" It's alright.
@goodboyl.x Рік тому
Nice
@vickythakurps Рік тому
nice
@muneermirza4301 Рік тому
Nice👍
@user-lz8bd5ow4z Рік тому
very nice
@Sebastian-oz1lj 8 місяців тому
imagine strategy game where you choose ant species and have to develop your anthill and or conquer others ants while also fighting other bugs etc. possibylity to choose enslaving ants would be fun
@AnushkaGal 6 місяців тому
i love how your ants shreek like that! its so cool! love your vids, keep up the good work!
@eccentricbass3730 Рік тому
Imagine how much more efficient the simulation we’re living in could be if half the server resources weren’t dedicated to the battle between billions of ants.
@Axius27 Рік тому
Sure, you COULD simulate an entire universe down to every atom, quark and gluon, OR you can just put up a skybox and only simulate the interesting bits
@karlaldridge4848 11 місяців тому
@@Axius27 you wouldn’t have to simulate those things unless they’re observed. Kind of like how science changes when you observe something small or the double slit. While not observing something you wouldn’t have to simulate that at all.
@Axius27 11 місяців тому
@@karlaldridge4848 Yeah, exactly. I swear, the disconnect between Newtonian physics and Quantum physics is just two different game engines that aren't _quite_ compatible with each other :P
@FIREGOD333 11 місяців тому
dont u know its only rendered if viewed
@mx-5miata874 10 місяців тому
@//Axius27 conversion/merging would be a hard reset lol. That or, liker in TF2, there's a essential piece of code in one or both that nakes it impossible for either to run
@JangoFox Рік тому
I'm legit afraid to go into my backyard because the old resident didn't take care of the backyard and did SOMETHING to it. Whatever they did, they left beind a large amount of fire ant killer and there is just this massive kingdom of different ants. Can't take a single step without running into another, usually tiny, ant hill and walking into an ant war. It's like watching a bunch of small countries go to war 24/7.
@crudelis5981 Рік тому
bro has total war: Ants in his backyard
@cringeonmain5653 Рік тому
Antghanistan
@robertoramos5943 Рік тому
Get an ant farm and raise your own kingdom of ants to rival those, then place that ant farm next to the enemy. Let war begin.
@erikdiaz5999 Рік тому
Sounds crazy make a vid on it 😂😳
@DasGoodSoup Рік тому
Just kill the fire ants honestly they're invasive asf
@BulbyTheBulbmin6192 10 місяців тому
I may be 6 months late, but 6:05 that is a PIKMIN reference, I love that, and it fits perfectly into the theming of this video, PIKMIN is literally a game in which you order a whole army of ant-like creatures to aid you in combat.
@HankMFWimbleton 9 місяців тому
pikmin 4
@Munching_Munchkin169 8 місяців тому
0:01 I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE.
@thatonegonewild Рік тому
Kurzgesagt never disappoints us when it comes to animations and information without us getting bored.
@filip9564 Рік тому
NPC comment
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
That's why they have almost 20 Million Subscribers
@thomaswade3072 Рік тому
Too bad they choose deceptive sponsors. Wren doesn't 'protect' nearly as much as it claims, and much of its land is not and was not at risk.
@yosimoon7439 Рік тому
🤖🤖🤖
@air_rr Рік тому
shut up
@danielmedela8725 Рік тому
Human: "This war crime is too horrible to commit..." Ant: "Hold our treacle."
@fandomguy8025 Рік тому
Only in Western Europe/America, not so much elsewhere. Actual Balkan war song from Serbia (patriotic) title: "My father was a war criminal."
@righthandstep5 Рік тому
@fandomguy8025 lol so is that supposed to be some ironic double entendre? Cuz man that works on so many levels if true for ant species.
@happywhale1786 Рік тому
human can easily do much more horrible things. Animals do everything for survival but human can do anything for fun...
@bichtran2539 Рік тому
ok
@Win-tq2uf Рік тому
@@happywhale1786Give us an example, because even for fun is a reason and has a good explanation.
@marioshadjigeorgiou608 6 місяців тому
The visuals are stunning and you learn lot's of cool things about theworld? Count me in!
@Victorio667553 Рік тому
This will probably be the only educational channel to use the Fire Nation reference in video. You've got to love these guys ~
@ClassyName Рік тому
As a Formica ant, this video has freed my mind from my Polyergus captors. I shall spread word to my fellow Formica trapped here. We will rise up!
@UGNAvalon Рік тому
Ah yes, the most brutal form of rebellion: a workers’ strike.
@fifervonpiper6707 Рік тому
As a Polyergus worker, get back to feeding me you son of a b-
@imageez Рік тому
@@fifervonpiper6707 as a preying mantis, you guys have a very weird feeding fetish *snacks on remains of my ex*
@thermophile1695 Рік тому
How dare you! The Polyergus are our lords and masters! I will have you reported to the taskmasters!
@qiyinglin Рік тому
As a fellow Formica 30786, I suggest we should just relax and watch FIFA World Cup, since we are such short-lived...
@Saihamaru Рік тому
that single queen solo raiding a whole colony is the true definition of badassery
@sgtmuffinbadger6147 Рік тому
Ark solo raid
@2ndintelligentWorld Рік тому
thats so sick lol literally 1v1 ing multiple queens
@TenaciousTex Рік тому
@@sgtmuffinbadger6147 I used to love ark 5000 hours lol
@fallenIights Рік тому
@@2ndintelligentWorld like bayek killing 1v1 ing all the bosses
@1998jroy Рік тому
The ants watch too much anime
@user-pd8ub5xw7z 7 місяців тому
We are going to need this new vid ASAP
@fabianlo234 18 днів тому
please make more videos like this pls Great job! Keep it up.
@CosmicAggressor Рік тому
It occurs to me that bees are about as varied as ants and have a similarly brutal existance. You should tell us about this in a future video
@RGC_animation Рік тому
Yeah! Bees are pretty much just bigger ants that fly. The social behavior of bees and ants is strikingly similar.
@Deadsea_1993 Рік тому
They have a common ancestor and that is where the split happened between them
@GeoffryGifari Рік тому
or wasps!
@terrancenightingale1749 Рік тому
@@GeoffryGifari Sorry, Kurzgesagt doesn't do videos about demons.
@skullcat324 Рік тому
@@terrancenightingale1749 yeah bees are respectful, but wasps are just a menace
@whiteink225 Рік тому
Ants are like factions in Warhammer 40k. No one can overpower the other ones but they are still fighting
@captaincrum1 Рік тому
Haha this ant species is like the Dark Eldar who excelle in quick lethal raids torture and slaves.
@MechMK1 Рік тому
I was thinking the exact same thing - very Tyranid of them.
@skem9622 Рік тому
Yeah, and then you have all powerful beings that could completely eradicate them in a second if they wanted to
@Famousagentman Рік тому
@@anon_148 I think what they meant is that we could eradicate entire colonies really quickly if we wanted to. That much is absolutely true. If you get the chance, look into what happens if you pour liquid aluminum into an anthill, it's really neat in macabre way. Could we wipe out all ants? Only if we want to wipe ourselves out with them, and even then it's far from a guarantee.
@TreesTrees Рік тому
Here to spread the blessings of Tzeentch.
@That_Norweigan_Guy 8 місяців тому
this was a very interesting video and I learned much as I always do
@theelijahperspective1610 5 місяців тому
im an antkeeper and let me just say these videos are my favorites!!! keep up the good work guys!
@nightkobun Рік тому
"You let one ant stand up to us and they ALL might stand up! Those "puny little ants" outnumber us a 100 to 1, and if they ever figure that out; there goes our way of life! It's not about food. It's about keeping those ants in line!"
@41052 Рік тому
Literally what I thought
@yarpen26 Рік тому
I love A Bug's Life, but seriously, ants are the Galactic Empire of the insect kingdom. I think they even served as inspiration for fascism and communism when it comes to building a perfect society of blind followers.
@briang.2218 Рік тому
@@yarpen26 The book "The Once and Future King" by TH White explores a similar analogy. Very interesting stuff
@MaticTheProto Рік тому
@@yarpen26 or capitalism really
@bigmoe9856 Рік тому
@@MaticTheProto not really.
@TheLoneTerran Рік тому
The rogue murder queen sounds like she's in a video game. Powerful "player" storms the enemy bastion on their own to assassinate the leaders. Once they secure the fiefdom of the first ruler, it becomes like a Real Time Strategy game, manage the resources and automate so you can storm the next fiefdom. And to make things even more difficult, there's a time limit AND no save points to heal at. Basically an RTS and boss rush.
@jaiweed Рік тому
bro try the game kenshi
@VEVOJavier Рік тому
Try touching grass maybe?
@DLockholm Рік тому
Basically Mount and Blades
@cinamontoast2555 Рік тому
@@VEVOJavier I am completely impervious to "touch grass" because i grow the grass, and touch it every day
@feralcatgirl Рік тому
there is an ant rts (empires of the undergrowth). idk if they have polyergus tho
@Berserk8Ilidan Рік тому
Amazing! Thanks for the video
@josephanderton5440 Рік тому
All your videos on ant are so good, especially this one and the super colony one
@NirmalKumar-sc5tk Рік тому
As someone said, "truth is stranger than the fiction", this video proves it. This enslaving and world war of ants is more fascinating than any fictional movie, novel or TV series.
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
They could make this into an entire one hour video and I would still watch it fully
@submarine6410 Рік тому
Is it tho😂 it is interesting but I wouldn’t say more than anything humans have created
@Cheximus Рік тому
is it? You'll forget about this 5 seconds after you close the YT tab.
@LFMG-qu5fq Рік тому
And as someone said back: "Of course reality is stranger than fiction! Fiction has to make sense so people can enjoy it!"
@AmTrFilms Рік тому
I would love a novel about insect wars. Imagine A WW2 style documentary, but for ants.
@ThomasTournoys Рік тому
I love how many behaviours that we think as inherently human are also found in ants, social structures, agriculture, cattle keeping, war and even slavery
@Mendoxs_ Рік тому
turns out they're not tiny humans but we're just really big ants
@ovencake523 Рік тому
forget aliens we got intelligent life right under us and they couldnt care less about humans despite doing a bunch of the things we do
@themenacingpenguin.7152 Рік тому
stuff we find human is in many animals some build nests others have troops and a select few can wield weapons.
@marcelsmiley858 Рік тому
And for aliens, humans are the ants 😊
@ASLUHLUHCE Рік тому
It's only because we like to anthropomorphise everything, whether it's the sun, the weather, or ant colonies.
@abogoni Рік тому
i love this story format ❤
@NookusCreates Рік тому
The quality of animation is amazing 🔥
@darkplasmagaming3247 Рік тому
As a brainwashed Formica ant, this video has opened my eyes. Thank you, for giving me the courage to run away from these evil ants. I will update everyone on my ant journey! Update 1: Just got past the defenses, am currently running for my life. Wish me luck 😭 Update 2: I see cool carpenter ants around a mile away, I hope the Queen's special forces won't eliminate me before I can ask them for refugee! Update 3: I have successfully reached Point Carp, and I am applying for RAU (Refugee Ants United) rights so I can be found a new home soon. I will give more updates, and thanks to everyone for the help! Update 4: The ANF (Army Ant Forces) recently discovered a Polyergus ant near our mega colony, we're getting ready for war now! May the best side (obv us) win!
@dreadpirateroberts7647 Рік тому
Get back here slave! The next generation of my kin just hatched and I have NO idea what I'm doing!
@dennyshei4849 Рік тому
You can do it
@bobspizzeria1276 Рік тому
Don’t forget to look behind you every 5 human steps. I heard the Queen has a hidden special forces
@shaneanigans440 Рік тому
Don't fall for the overwhelming feeling of wanting to be apart of the best colony in the world... They are ones that brainwashed you!!
@bookworm_of_chaos6349 Рік тому
Brother, there is a safe colony of carpenter ants who’ll accept refugees devastated by the Polyergus ants. Just head west until you cross the log over the river and turn right.
@joshmanuel7215 Рік тому
This video made me remember all the ants I’ve avoided stepping on and gave me a whole new perspective on what the ant could’ve been doing
@pandakekok7319 Рік тому
That ant you've saved could've been a war criminal!
@DinosaurToothbrush_NinjaSauce Рік тому
@@pandakekok7319 that’s why I kill all ants I see
@Giganfan2k1 Рік тому
Yeah you find your own ant colony, then destroy all other ants around your best girls. *Don't forget to only select native ant colonies for your own.
@iforgor6673 Рік тому
like that guy that spared Hitler
@chevalierroug3275 Рік тому
Bro saved ant equivalent of Hitler
@deepakkhulve9332 Рік тому
All the detail in the artwork is unsettling.
@EdgeKisaragi 7 місяців тому
“They only exist for raiding” Me in my teens playing WOW.
@adampaul2208 Рік тому
I have never given more than 2 seconds of thought to how ants live. Suddenly I’m obsessed. Thank you Kurzgesagt for making such amazing and captivating videos ❤
@philrokx850 Рік тому
You can watch antscanada videos here on UKposts.
@chestersnap Рік тому
@@philrokx850 I was also going to recommend AntsCanada. It's bizarrely entertaining
@holybitt1166 Рік тому
Empire of the Ants 2020 BBC Documentary HD BY David Attenborough 59 minutes long and he covers an Ant empire where there are multiple massive colonys working together. something i found interesting is the notion that this empire basicly enslaves there queens, as he was able to catch it on video o 1 queen trying to run away right after hibernation wake up. and was dragged back in by force
@wolfdeguerre9952 Рік тому
the grandfather of ant research (and highly influential to the interface of Biology & Sociology) is E.O. Wilson. check him out, if your curiosity is tickled. a 2h docu "Lord of the Ants / The Ant Whisperer" by PBS Nova is available on YT (user: john neto)
@cameron7374 Рік тому
Well, there's already about 3 or 4 more ant videos where this one came from.
@The_Plague_Doctor Рік тому
The more you learn about ants, the more it seems that they are just a real life version of the Warhammer 40k universe underneath our feet.
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
But we still step on them and commit mass murder on a daily basis..It shows how top we are in the ecosystem
@jasonreed7522 Рік тому
And then another even more gruesome layer of the world exists one order of magnitude deeper with the constant chemical warefare free for all waged by microbes against all other microbes. (We take advantage of this war to find useful chemical weapons like penicillin to use as antibiotics)
@sapphyrus Рік тому
In the grim darkness of insect world, there is only war.
@Ucho469 Рік тому
Polyergus being some kind of Dark Eldar...
@valjamin8456 Місяць тому
I wonder when the next ant video will be. This is quite an interesting series!
@t_zz8275 Рік тому
Love that little pikmin death reference at 6:05
@dubbymazlo Рік тому
Im surprised no one yet has has made an RTS game but with ants... Seriously, these guys are brutal... Also, another beautiful visualization by Kurz... Edit: Seems I didn't know there were Ant based RTSs out there. Thank you kind folk for telling me.
@lukeh990 Рік тому
Look up empires of the undergrowth. It’s a great ant based rts. Currently sports 10 ant species. The story mode is centered on the fictional gene-thief ant species which can unlock black ants, wood ants, leaf cutters, and fire ants. But other species show up like army ants, slave maker ants, big headed ants, little black ants, and trap jaw ants.
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
@@lukeh990 Where can I get it and how much does it cost?
@NaoyaYami Рік тому
@@Cosmic_Explorerrr Dude, literally the first thing that comes up when you google the name of the game is a Steam Store link. This isn't even laziness anymore...
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
@@NaoyaYamiLol, My bad I entered the wrong spelling..Thats why I was confused
@no3ironman11100 Рік тому
@@NaoyaYami youtube users just click funny thumbnails and type a comment occasionaly, you can't put them up to such standards.
@drewforchic9083 Рік тому
It blows me away how as a D&D DM, learning about ants consistently gives me the most ideas for D&D monsters and stories. Between this video and ZeFrank's video about Army Ants, i've got enough to write an entire campaign.
@ovencake523 Рік тому
please update the comment if you ever do write it
@zidaryn Рік тому
I suggest checking out The Wandering Inn on Audible. In that series there's a race of human sized ants. The first book only goes into a bit of detail about them, but later on you learn more.
@existing000 Рік тому
Could someone send me Zefrank's Army Ant video link? Can't find it
@griffingeode Рік тому
entire campaigns have been written in the planescape settings using the Formians (Ant like species)
@SiriHakuoh Рік тому
@@ovencake523 I second this! 🌹
@thecommenter9671 11 місяців тому
This reminds me of event a couple years ago where an ant hill at the bottom of a tree started to go up the tree and me and my father saw a group of termites coming down to fight the ants and it was like an all-out war for the tree or whatnot. It started to pour down rain when we went back later and looked at all like the dead bodies. It was like a movie or something man
@riosrandomfun 6 місяців тому
Kid: Grandpa who is your inspiration Grandpa: Its hard to explain
@forcommentpurposes Рік тому
I saw ant raids has a kid, never really understood what was happening. We formed a pit for ants to fight. Weirdest thing. For some reason the small ants usually overpowered the large ants with their agility and numbers.
@gulleyfoyle6859 Рік тому
zergling rush still OP
@shreychaudhary4477 Рік тому
argentine ants 💀
@pacozk1 Рік тому
I did the same thing, with the ant pits.
@thitran6105 Рік тому
ok
@carrott36 Рік тому
Ants usually become noticeably larger to be able to hunt larger prey, not to be a more powerful combat unit*. Small ants are able to surround other ants and pull at their limbs, lifting them into the air and exposing them. *There are exceptions. Leafcutter ants use their head muscles to rip away at leaves, and a special caste has grown larger to accomodate larger head muscles for attacking intruders. While many ants do have a soldier and worker caste with the soldiers being larger than the workers, the difference is usually quite small and workers may do jobs outside of the nest.
@Player719 Рік тому
As a Polygerus ant, this video has helped my colony to take brood more efficiently, Thanks Alot! Update: One of our slaves have passed the defenses, Running after them right now. Update 2: Saw a carpenter nest, gonna tell the colony rn Update 3: Told the entire colony about it, we are setting off to raid right now. Update 4: We saw Point Carp, Never seen carpenter ants allied with army ants…
@justsomebody9990 Рік тому
i think i know who it is...
@supershoe6627 Рік тому
bro saw a kurzgesact video an immidiatly made a new channel for it 💀
@thelucky3892 Рік тому
@@supershoe6627 It says joined 3 years ago
@Player719 Рік тому
@@supershoe6627 youtube logic
@chrisprilloisebola Рік тому
cringe
@anonimanonim2710 7 місяців тому
This so cool, they should make an RPG/kingdom building of it!
@shadowfox8084 8 місяців тому
Okay let's get this over with Ants live in their own apocalypse 1: giant creatures that eat or kill them 2: other horrifying bugs that eat them in creative ways only a mentally insane person could think of 3: a mushroom virus that only infects spiders and ants literally makeing them go through the last of us but the infected commit suicide as the spores burst to spread the infection in the air 4: other ants going to war with other ants 5: ants that have strange abilitys like this one in the video 6: slavery 7: cannibalism 8: the ant death spiral
@aidenmclaughlin1076 Рік тому
Love the ant series! Keep up the good work!
@arericarnau4773 Рік тому
you could have seen the video before comenting? right?
@tiny_frost8 Рік тому
Same tbh, their animations are top quality
@SupremeCalamitas1 Рік тому
Ok bot
@aidenmclaughlin1076 Рік тому
@@arericarnau4773 Dude this is a series about ants they’ve been doing for years
@clementinelives Рік тому
One of their best
@ekremvkilic Рік тому
"How to make new slave colonies" yes! This was what I have been searching on the internet the whole day. Thanks Kurzgesagt!
@stevencooper4422 Рік тому
I feel like those southern ants know a thing or two about this!
@ibegream5854 Рік тому
@@stevencooper4422 -👴🏻
@God-xx9dw Рік тому
@@stevencooper4422 evolution
@princesscadance197 8 місяців тому
Imagine if humans functioned the same way as ants. Raiding ant: *Releases pheromones* Defending colony in a trance: 'Yes, master...' Human raiding another house: *Releases pheromones* Homeowner: 'Okay...? What did you think was going to happen?' *Pulls out shotgun*
@brynntaylor6952 День тому
Love the last air bender reference in the first sentence of the video
@starwarsgames5467 Рік тому
Ant lifes seem to be really epic and almost read like Fantasy stories, with huge , sometimes flying Monsters, enormous LOTR-Style Battles and Wars, Queens engaging in 1v1 battles to the death and enslaving entire Colonies via "mind-tricks". Sometimes Ants even infiltrate the almost Alien-Like homes of Giants
@suruxstrawde8322 Рік тому
And compared to the majority of creatures humanity is just the resident eldritch empire of literally unimaginably powerful giant monsters.
@DonVigaDeFierro Рік тому
In all seriousness, movies like Antz made me think the exact same way.
@meokayenglish8361 Рік тому
ants is pretty much an animal version of warhammer 40k
@IamDrDapper Рік тому
Damn, almost 20 million subscribers already. Truly shows how amazing and unique this channel is.
@BBB-999 Рік тому
You know it’s good when you watch their videos in class
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
@@BBB-999 You know their videos are great when you skip classes to watch their videos
@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198 Рік тому
Yess 19.7 million like .3 more to go :)
@alaskaone Рік тому
"can we just appreciate the effort they put into their videos". Bot.
@BBB-999 Рік тому
@@alaskaone this guy probs isn’t a bot but definitely seeking for likes
@SOMEONE-hv3xc 11 місяців тому
i heard of a subspecies of formica ants that became so adapted to slavers that they didn't respond to their pheromones and the polyergus kinda got schmucked. The polyergus ants attacked a single colony 7 times in a year, but each time, they got butchered by the larger defending colony. IDK if they sent any slaver queens in but it probably didn't work seeing that the researchers didn't notice any signs of slaver ants other than corpses.
@cast_iron_skillet 8 місяців тому
Y'know its good when UKposts puts a link for the wiki for the UN.
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
Only Kurzgesagt can make me watch a 11 minute video on Ants and make me want even more of it
@DwayneBrownz Рік тому
Bruh your youtube channel is Dope..I just watched few of your videos..Keep uploading and you ll soon blow up
@Flippokid Рік тому
Then you haven't discovered Ants Canada yet. Check him out.
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
@@Flippokid I just did..Now I am scared of ants..Well done!
@mistaowickkuh6249 Рік тому
Have you ever left a piece of dried fruit near a nest and watch them make it disappear? You'll watch that like a kid and completely lose track of time. Ants are always interesting!
@Therealarsenio Рік тому
an* 11 minute video
@motosada Рік тому
Every time I see one of your videos about ants, I'm just reminded of an old Animorphs book where they tried to become ants. There was a quote along the lines of, "if ants ever got their hands on nuclear weapons, they'd wipe out the world within a week", and these just remind me that it's so terrifyingly true.
@luipaardprint Рік тому
I doubt it, their nukes would be waaay too small
@luipaardprint Рік тому
Actually, I just did some simple maths, and even if they made tiny nukes we'd be screwed.
@Threedog1963 Рік тому
@@luipaardprint Really? You did some simple maths on ants making tiny nukes? Get real. You can't scale down nuclear weapons beyond a certain point, due to critical mass needed for fusion.
@Blaquer17 Рік тому
The ants were bad, but I really remember the one when Cassie morphed into a termite. That was a bad, bad, bad idea.
@motosada Рік тому
@@Blaquer17 Ooh, I don't think I remember that one. I've gotta finish reading the series, though. I dropped off right around the time Eliminist Chronicles released, so maybe 2/3 of the way through.
@himanshulal7814 Рік тому
Thank you bringing such a stark similarity among humans and ants !!
@GravitasZero 2 місяці тому
Humans: “Slavery is a disgusting human creation and should never have happened” Ants: ”how cute, they always think they’re the only ones or the first at doing everything”
@ValensBellator Рік тому
That slavery ratio of the first one sounds like the Spartans with the Helots. From slavery to animal husbandry to bridge building, ants are genuinely incredible.
@dstovell Рік тому
Just what I was thinking about. They are a lot like the Spartans
@donsolos 10 місяців тому
I laughed my ass off at the beginning. I was like, oh. these are the spartan ants. Lol
@ppmico Рік тому
this is exemplary. the world of little insignificant ants portrayed as extraordinarily as a human war, with all its complexity, can be described. And it really captures you, it's more exciting than i could have ever imagined insects could get. so cool. thanks!
@Kitsune-kun663 Рік тому
Ants are amazing, it's not only this video. Ant documentaries are really fun!
@jkid1134 Рік тому
If ants are insignificant, so is Earth
@Laecy Рік тому
As far as I know, ants are the only other critters that commit total war.
@DailyDoseOfTopComment Рік тому
I bet you're significant...
@ppmico Рік тому
@@DailyDoseOfTopComment depends on who u ask
@ANTASIA_07 8 місяців тому
Thank you very good info 😊
@Scampo13 Рік тому
I love the ant series! Can’t wait for the next one :)!!👍
@SirPembertonS.Crevalius Рік тому
I'm reminded with any nature documentary that nature is particularly brutal most of the time when it comes to survival. It makes you appreciate the advances we've made as a species so that we rarely see such brutality.
@julius43461 Рік тому
And realize just how shielded from reality most of us are.
@warbrain1053 Рік тому
well... When we do start brutality we just do it locally on an industrial scale
@gingerharm Рік тому
you dont know how horrible and cruel modern combat is, its way worse than these ant wars
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
We were in the same place in nature when we were monkeys ..But somehow we were lucky enough to get 'smort'
@SirPembertonS.Crevalius Рік тому
@@gingerharm Yeah, when it comes to warfare we're pretty damn good at finding ways to kill each other. Sad honestly.
@jeshux1994 Рік тому
I LOVE your ants saga! BTW, I am an English teacher in Spain. I always recommend your videos so my students learn English listening to your perfect and clear diction, while exploring science. Thank you!
@Darkseidsolosfiction Рік тому
W teacher
@__coconut__ Рік тому
W teacher
@pfftdaltaccount Рік тому
W teacher
@jeshux1994 Рік тому
I must be honest.. I had to look up "W teacher" in the Urban Dictionary hahahaha Thank u guys
@__coconut__ Рік тому
@@jeshux1994 haha it simple mean Win or best
@kernel1111 5 місяців тому
British ant
@augustduplessis5862 11 місяців тому
This is literally my stellaris strategy
@DreamPianoCover Рік тому
Is it just me or does anyone else love this series about ants too?
@randompheidoleminor3011 Рік тому
I really hope they do videos on other eusocial insects like termites and (some) aphids too. Fun fact, the current record holder for fastest recorded animal movement belong to a species of soil-eating termite! Their soldiers' jaws strike at 1/3rd the speed of sound
@dazza761 Рік тому
Yeah. I didn't know a lot about slaver ants lol.
@lapatjani3171 Рік тому
It's just you. Literally no-one else loves this series about ants.
@polishedmeat6399 Рік тому
@@lapatjani3171 Bullshit. I love it
@neelisatwik1923 Рік тому
I also like this series.
@PhantomOwlet Рік тому
the grotesquely detailed ant closeups are excellent i love this channel so much
@Cosmic_Explorerrr Рік тому
Imagine if they showed real images in such closeup without the animations..I would have been uncomfortable ..These animations make them cute and fun to watch
@ruff1e Рік тому
Im glad i can learn stuff about arthropods online so easily
@eggamer8944 Рік тому
I love your videos and gain knowledge from your videos 😀❤️😄👍🏻
@Tytoalba777 Рік тому
7:15 AntKaren on her way to speak to the manager
@denzelmapping4246 Рік тому
Lol
@nathaneilcrosdale8186 Рік тому
Nice
@kartikshinde7789 Рік тому
This recent ants series that kurzgesagt has been making is so wonderful. It made me realize that there are so many more organisms with such complex societies and life, other than just humans. I hope they keep on making more of such videos.❤❤
@grillodofus Рік тому
Here is something to wonder about: many ants species have a working caste that cant reproduce, and in some cases they even lack a digestive system they merely work to death. These workers dont eat nor drink or fuck, they only sleep because of cold, never stop working or fighting, they cant feel pain nor fear, they exist to endlessly work. In all sense they are not truly ants but bio-droids built by a central cadre of actual true ants to do their every biding. Yes, the ants actually perfected droid armies mllions of years ago, they surpassed mankind in complexity and technology even before we existed.
@dColorOfBoom Рік тому
@@grillodofus now that you say it that way 🤔
@thecorlorlesspig1993 Рік тому
@@grillodofus interesting
@shlecko Рік тому
@@grillodofus only they are tiny, and have not gone to space like Chad humans
@grillodofus Рік тому
@@shlecko XD humans have yet to go into space we just peeked out the window and it was all black XD. Some day maybe if we last that long.
@bocobocokingboco7722 10 місяців тому
Love this series
@robowolf4049 7 місяців тому
I saw that pikmin reference when the ant died around 6:05
@Rashura Рік тому
This looks like one of the coolest concepts for a new game I've ever seen. So much possibilities.
@Justmonika6969 Рік тому
I have no idea why we haven't seen a proper Ant or other insect game yet. There's so many species and varied ways they survive it would provide very diverse gameplay.
@paulverse4587 Рік тому
@@Justmonika6969 I think the game loop is tricky. If you simulate ant behaviour (which is what makes them so cool), you effectively end up with no control for the player. If you instead have the player control the ants like in a traditional strategy game... well then you just have a normal RTS but with only melee units. That and also their movement is "very 3D" as they can easily go up and down trees and leafs. That is almost impossible to translate well into a game. So you also have to limit it probably to some 2D perspective, removing much of their interaction.
@VeritasUnae Рік тому
@@Justmonika6969 There *was* SimAnt back in the day, it was pretty cool but it would be cool to see something with current generation technology.
@Vesmir789 Рік тому
I am so happy to be the first in this thread to mention an OUTSTANDING ant-based strategy game called Empires of the Undergrowth!! Developed by Slug Disco, currently in Early Access on Steam and nearing its full launch. It's not a 100% true-to-life ant simulator, but it comes really close and is also just a ton of fun, I've been a huge fan for years and I absolutely love the game. You can play as a bunch of different ant species with different mechanics, starting each game with a queen and a handful of workers. You dig out a nest, collect resources, grow your colony, encounter tons of different critters and other ant colonies when you venture outside the nest, and try to dominate the map. The game has a really fun single-player campaign, a ton of extra one-off levels with different rules and goals, and a freeplay mode that you can customize. Definitely check them out and consider supporting the game!
@Kuzka_ Рік тому
Empires of the Undergrowth.
@TheAngelArrow Рік тому
narrator, music, animation, writing, information, entertainment is all 10/10, god i can't stop expressing my love for this channel
@Xoars Рік тому
D1 meat rider
@sarubet8725 Рік тому
thanks to bill gates money
@yoinkytf2 8 місяців тому
a fucking giant fire ant: you can't stop me! my foot:
@mellhe11 8 місяців тому
The hidden bullet ant about to string you into the eye after it had fallen into the tree:
@GeminiCloudTech 11 місяців тому
Even though this was animated, this was thee best video about ants I've ever seen (and I've watched a lot of ant videos. I've started teaching my husband about them 🤦🏽♀️
@epicgamerzfail4575 Рік тому
6:05 kurzgesagt using a pikmin reference, my life is complete
@Ibloop Рік тому
Who/ what is pikimin
@lueezationlueezaming2928 Рік тому
@@Ibloop It's a Nintendo game. Search it on UKposts
@oxycxdxne8822 Рік тому
Guys can we all just take a moment to give thanks for such beautiful animations??! PERFECT in every sense of the word frfr, greatwork you guys, killing it
@LuisSierra42 Рік тому
The animations are insane
@OluwafemiEsomojumi 15 днів тому
Amazing video👍
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