Antlion Cone Death Trap | The Hunt | BBC Earth

[@ubc.student]

never thought I'd be cheering and be on the edge of my seat for an ant's survival

[@abuck7909]

Zhenyi Tsai You havent watched Bugs Life?

[@F30_Hellion]

Totally agree with you, I don't even like ants but I was like "YAY it escaped"

[@phaedraremington6247]

Zhenyi Tsai I was so relieved he managed to escape!

[@bumblebunny9493]

Zhenyi Tsai : I was cheering for the ant lion...we need T-shirts for our respective teams!

[@Vgamer311]

Bumble Bunny Go team antlion!

[@TCPUDPATM]

That final look-back was priceless. Congrats to the cameraman on that shot!

[@prolactin76]

TCPUDPATM PORTS lol ye 😝

[@jake-o-lanterngaming8198]

Ant: that was some acid trip

[@Carl-LaFong1618]

@Robert Lee, Countertenor damit.... I was going to say it was staged.

[@TheTruth61989]

@@Carl-LaFong1618 this is all cgi anyway

[@ProlificThreadworm]

@@TheTruth61989 you can hear it😑🤔

[@Saw-Mc]

Love how it looked back near the end

[@forsrob94]

Lyrical Squirel aren't all ants blind?

[@wd-type9643]

Filthy_Casual LOLNO. They have compound eyes (I think) so they can see, except with 50 tiny eyeballs.

[@forsrob94]

Seramic _Skeptical Am i confusing ants with termites?

[@romainlerch106]

Yeah you do

[@alinstoi]

"Not today, sucker!"

[@crispinjulius5032]

He was beating his ass like he owed him money.

[@naraindassmittal5747]

Lmao

[@gouverneur2001]

WHERE'S MY MONEY, BRYAN?

[@tejpalsingh8438]

Dinero

[@Asmrani1974]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Kobiejohnson12]

💀💀

[@Johngaming220.]

I haven't admired sand as much as this video showed me.

[@caleblim6890]

JohnGaming220 I hear some people don’t like sand. It’s coarse, and rough, and irritating. And it gets everywhere.

[@aidengardiner2268]

@@caleblim6890 just like me

[@Beta_Mixes]

I can't stop woundering what would happen if Darth Vader saw this.

[@JohnDoe-jo7mf]

You aint lying lol

[@spencer82rocks]

Not the sand the monsters in it,here’s your Darwin Award

[@tayvader9431]

That last “PHEW” at the end tho

[@i_amTHE_raBBit1984]

@dank memer right

[@i_amTHE_raBBit1984]

It's almost like you could feel it

[@brewckle]

that ant looked back and was like “Jesus...”

[@trevor.o6047]

The ant looking back fits perfectly

[@albertalways4059]

True

[@sneezy1554]

i like how the ant turned around for a second in the end and was like: *"Is that all you got?"*

[@adenmitchell7633]

More like a "that was close"

[@keremkurt2665]

LOLL

[@kgmc29]

He is a survivor. what a great ant

[@tonyg5132]

He looked at the area itself so he knows to avoid it

[@tganims9804]

tis but a scratch.

[@NoName-ik2du]

These slo-mo shots actually help a lot. Things happen so fast in the small insect world, that it's often hard to tell exactly what's happening, even if you're staring right at it. The slight slo-mo really adds some weight to the movement and gives you a better feeling of what's going down from the insect's point of view. ...Probably.

[@vespiary2066]

It's true, most insects' vision has a higher 'refresh rate' than humans by quite a bit.

[@magentamonster]

Do you really think insects are their own kingdom? They're animals, they're in the animal kingdom. And they're considered a class. But taxonomic ranks are arbitrary.

[@NoName-ik2du]

@@magentamonster I wasn't using the word "kingdom" in the scientific sense, but I went ahead and fixed it for you. Have a lovely day.

[@rbdriftin]

David Attenborough + ultra high quality BBC production. This deserves all of the likes.

[@illyias]

That soundtrack is also A+!

[@angelpacheco1359]

rb driftin My friend would imitate Attenborough when we watched this and make us all laugh.

[@alfalafelstine1536]

*Jovit Elijah Fernando* It's the British Broadcasting Corporation.

[@Factology]

Jovit ___ because it wasnt a porn category when it was founded

[@bouenyfolefack3489]

Jovit ___ because it's funded by the British government. Hence the British Broadcasting Company. America has ABC Canada has CBC etc.

[@tyewong8243]

2:17 I like how the music matches when the antlion smashing the ant

[@im_dj4369]

YOOOO He did that ant dirty

[@reeth4629]

Nobody: Also Antli0n: *plays the drums*

[@donovam2773]

BBC quality

[@shrimptyd8059]

THE SUSPENSE

[@trailercutpro4515]

they made the music for this

[@deadvelocity1545]

My mum: "why don't you go play with the neighbour's kid?" The neighbour's kid: 0:09

[@ignaciog5818]

😂😂😂

[@hommeplus4007]

lmaooo

[@duatia5315]

Me: Nope Nope Nope Nope

[@docwiz]

You have a problem with me licking my own eyes?

[@JebsterGuitar]

Lol

[@d09_ma]

so we aren't talking about how this camera can pick up literal grains of sand with perfect, crystal clear quality? alright.

[@ionlystatefacts4474]

Probably costs millions for a camera like that

[@manicrashed]

@@ionlystatefacts4474 not millions.. prob just thousands

[@raffiyudan2237]

100 thousand

[@michelangelo_B]

It is called focus

[@costco_pizza]

@@michelangelo_B Arrakis is Arrakis, and the desert takes the weak (in this case Ants).

[@fairnut6418]

3:23 he really looked like "that was close..........."

[@catisreckless4647]

Yeah, humans tend to think everything else is beneath them and incapable of anything higher than basic thought. While ants may not have the same type of emotions that we do, any living creature can understand when their life is in danger. Stands to reason that if they escape said danger somehow, they'd be like "Oh shit, let's not do that again..."

[@IvanMana]

@@catisreckless4647 flies are living creatures and yet every time i miss and dont swat them on my window, they fly away then fly back on the window until i successfully kill it on that same window the 5th time around... so beg to differ.. flies the living creatures are purely retarded

[@catisreckless4647]

@@IvanMana Wow, ONE REFERENCE POINT, out of lilterally BILLIONS of lifeforms on the planet. And then you hearted your own comment!! WOW, WAY TO PUT ME IN MY PLACE. Thanks for wasting my time.

[@twandepan]

no no, he’s got a point, some animals might as well be plants for how stupid they are, but indeed a lot of animals are highly under appreciated by a lot of humans. Ants are indeed quite intelligent, and even use the same method to survive that humans do: cooperating.

[@cameron-yo6zp]

more like, "Holy shit! I almost died... again."

[@RiskyFeat]

Dude... They put more sound quality in this than the current AAA games.

[@Dimynd]

Risky Feat lmao ur one of those TTV nerds that leave a game immediately when you get downed in a BR game

[@RiskyFeat]

@@Dimynd Nice

[@Deathwish026]

@@Dimynd nah hes probably got too many braincells to want to play a BR game unlike some.

[@BigBoris]

Perfection I like your Pain pic

[@by2083]

@@Dimynd lol anime profile pic

[@MrBendybruce]

Ant looks back and be like "I'll be back motherf!cker, with a few friends.."

[@F0rever_zer0]

they might get traped

[@MrBendybruce]

No mate they will create a ladder out of their own bodies

[@F0rever_zer0]

@@MrBendybruce um that's the thing ant lions create a trap to make sure there prey never escape

[@MrBendybruce]

Are you seriously trying to argue of what was ostensibly a joke?!? Go find a hobby or something for gods sake.

[@F0rever_zer0]

@@MrBendybruce I'm the closest thing to an internet scientist and also a troll so ha ha😛

[@mohammedomer3798]

The team who worked to produce this masterpiece deserve a standing ovation. Lets not forget they did all that standing on a 70 degrees sand.

[@thevineyard7149]

Did you mean 70 degrees Celsius sun or sand?

[@mohammedomer3798]

@@thevineyard7149 No such thing as 70 degrees Celsius sun. I meant the sand. Ambient air temp is probably in the 50s. According to the narrator, though, sand temp is 70 degrees Celsius.

[@AhDollar]

@@mohammedomer3798 they were probably dripping planets trying to record the ants

[@TheSicknO]

@@mohammedomer3798 This clips are almost always made in a studio....

[@GrandCorsair]

@@TheSicknO it seems really impractical to spend money to build a large set, get a much of antlions, wait for them to build nests, get a bunch of ants and then wait for them to catch an ant to get a 2 minute shot in what is probably a hour long documentary.

[@erickchristensen746]

“With venom filled pincers” Ant Lion: *Proceeds to slam the ant around instead* 2 year edit: This comment was made for laughs, y’all in the comments need to chilled with your arguments.

[@somethingsomethingname25]

classic terminator move

[@mihirwadyekar2000]

😂🤣

[@garethjones4433]

suplex city bro

[@demonitizeddemonz5977]

It's probably to get the ant worked up. The more you move, the faster your heart rate, which means the poison/venom moving through your body faster.

[@xStanDaOmegax]

😂🤣

[@kwisatz-haderach8]

I was like "c'mon little ant u can do it."

[@RIFLQ]

No replies? Here, have mine..

[@21_315]

no replies? here have mine

[@djica007]

Luke Skywalker u copied

[@fleetofhoof8809]

U copied

[@lincolnnoronha4128]

GET AWAY FROM THE SARLAC PIT!

[@epicnature6564]

It's amazing how hard ants work!

[@ferrovic]

Scary Nature it's amazing how you... can speak right to my heart hahha

[@damoncorp]

If only my co-workers worked half as hard

[@johnthemann6483]

Damoncorp are they black?

[@mb43tr590]

Millenials should take note

[@cesardavidlopezpolicio4559]

Scary Nature i think that too every type of ant works hard every day

[@TheLateLordKardok]

I legitimately never knew that antlions would SLAM their prey into submission like that. That's horrific and amazing.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

And that whole avalanche idea, those guys know what they're doing.

[@christopherstein2024]

@@TonyEnglandUK They seem like damn sci fi monsters.

[@BVK.]

3:10 this scene is so cinematic that it could actually be a movie

[@riverwater2922]

ikr

[@pacman-loh]

Watch the movie, Tremors, with Kevin Bacon.

[@kxmode]

yay! I'm so happy for the little guy! 🙂👍

[@krishnamohanm8569]

Darkknight rises that escape scene.

[@revivalord9391]

@@krishnamohanm8569 lol it's exactly like that

[@sumairfaizi6821]

That dude looked back and was like “you not gonna get the chance, STOOOOOPID” 😂

[@CB-xr1eg]

Ant..." Shit that was close, better run and tell the others..HEY GUYS, GUESS WHAT...?"

[@airiaio]

2:44

[@sebutsajamawar350]

Lol 😄

[@a_cow_says]

yeah its almost like its "CGI"

[@sundaypro]

Paid actors

[@Sei783]

Each grain of sand looks like a finely polished marble.

[@ingridlam125]

Seldin Gardane the camera 👌🏼💯

[@THY403]

Ikr

[@GigaChad-kg4yo]

Thats what really catched my eye. Sand is pretty cool. No idea why Anakin hates it so much.

[@YewrValentine]

End of the World (Joke killer here.) Because he was a slave in desert?

[@GigaChad-kg4yo]

Then he should hate slavery. Ya dont see Moses run around insulting the sand grains.

[@DorianBlackberg]

Ma friends, please, a round of applauds for the the music and sound design/editing in this, is just... I can't even. The structure, the quality, the texture the whole construction of it. This shit is on a whole other level, BRAVO to whoever worked their asses off for this. Definitely appreciate it, made my day.

[@BelleRiverHeating]

When I was young my Grandpa watched Nat Geo all the time, now I know why. I just wish he was alive to see this magnificent new age of filming the life on this planet. I'll watch this over any other programming, anytime!

[@DorianBlackberg]

@@BelleRiverHeating this is the sweetest reply I ever got to a comment my dude. Glad to see how time just goes between us, between generations, passing the love we carry. Through this, i like to think that we never truelly die. The love we carry is what remains of us. So love the things you love my friend, because in this proposed model, it is what defines us.

[@marksainz3188]

where is Antman when you need him. lol

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@BelleRiverHeating BBC has been making docus like this, in this fashion, for over 30 years now. It's Attenborough's way.

[@BelleRiverHeating]

@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 You mean the ones they recorded with a potato? Grainy out of focus videos? Yeah, I get it, but you don't. I'm talking about the high def, slow mo zoomed in 3X shit you just watched.

[@narco7969]

I was so relieved when I saw lil homie make it out alive.

[@chimpwimp9407]

The fangs are venomous.

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

That scene was unexpectedly tense, like a tiny action movie cliffhanger

[@rahullovesthepayne8690]

this video is more dramatic than so many movies out there. Damn the cinematography is on point.

[@motomania8004]

Rahul Loves'ThePayne have you seen the video of the lizard running from snakes? that's real drama 😰 BBC courtesy of course.

[@rahullovesthepayne8690]

Eduardo Kuk Ojeda yeah , I think it was even nominated for an Emmy 😹 damn that snake squad was large.

[@johnnysomething153]

Me: Cheering for the ant’s survival Young me: *Massacres hundreds of those little things*

[@joshuasabitchana9739]

Totally me

[@yout1411]

Same

[@yin1927]

@@yout1411 @@

[@W0lfSh1eld]

I used a magnifying glass ....

[@DropkickNation]

@@W0lfSh1eld Wow, am I the only one that was educated by his parents? The fuck was wrong with all of you fuckers?

[@AshutoshSingh-gs6bz]

I have BBC Earth binges once in a while,and they make me love my world even more , everytime.

[@m.a.packer5450]

They need to have this guy narrate a documentary on People of Walmart

[@mawage666]

That would be so money!

[@nigelft]

Being that Sir David Attenborough has been an natural scientist/anthropologist for 60+ years (he is almost 93, and still working ... ), I can well imagine that would work pretty well ...

[@mawage666]

@@nigelft Wow I didn't know he was that old. I googled it and you're right he'll be 93 on May 8th. He is definitely one of the best narrators there's ever been.

[@biologicallyyaseen]

"this guy" lol imagine not knowing Sir David Attenborough

[@MSaleh-vy8rr]

No, people at McDonald's

[@skipperroberts1623]

3:23 *looks back at the demon* “Bye loser”

[@Dustie1984]

OMG I died when the ant did that lmao honestly didn't expect a bug to have such a human-like reaction! But it's more like "PHEW that was close"

[@rueleonheart2467]

Ant is dead the next day because antlion's pincers have venom.

[@Astarrrrr]

Rue Leonheart at least it died freely roaming around as opposed to eaten

[@MisterFerjo]

@@rueleonheart2467 Lmao what an anticlimax

[@Te1978To]

😂

[@wuntoo1687]

Lol the whole time the ants were walking I was imagining them saying "Oww hot, hot, hot"

[@wioi]

Lol

Me too 🤣🔥

[@Jermoflow]

Hahaha

[@kennethsampson539]

Ye

[@tardarsauce1842]

*"Ah thats hot, thats hot"*

[@dezh6345]

I had these little pits in my yard when I was a kid. I don't remember how I found out you could feed ants to them, but after that, I started treating them as my pets, and I would give them ants to eat. I spent months feeding them, and watching the number of little pits in the yard increase. After that, I spent more months trying to dig them up to see what they looked like. I think I've always known I wanted to be a researcher. Even as a child I could spend months doing what others would be bored of in a day.

[@মেহেদীহাসান-ষ৭গ]

how are you? have you become a reseacher ?

[@randomkinkajou5747]

We are literally the same.

[@greenderp]

im glad i wasnt the only little executioner as a kid sentencing ants to death in my grandmas back yard XD

[@urekmazino6800]

Lol ah a fellow ant executioner

[@tarantulamadness6191]

@@urekmazino6800 When you find a giant fkin spiderweb "Time to go find an ant!"

[@jor2423]

Me running into my room when guests come over 0:15

[@pootisbirb1644]

If your too slow u have to greet the guests

[@connorconnor2421]

relatable

[@scorpionvenom27]

relatable

[@greathoonta3461]

Jor242 exactly, I love it when it’s my moms family’s Christmas because we have the house loaded with everything and I just sneak down and grab something but it’s hell when u get caught

[@ShawnLC]

Ah couldn’t agree more

[@robinesta5455]

This guy is the best narrator ever, love his voice and accent!

[@becarefulwhatyoufish4764]

Nonsense! We need mumble narration and mumble sports commentary. Why should rappers be the only ones who get paid for mumbling? I want mumbling talk show hosts and mumbling during commercials.

[@senorpepper3405]

OY GOV. CHERIO!

[@doctorwhat9218]

señor pepper said no Brit. Ever.

[@senorpepper3405]

@@doctorwhat9218 sherlock holmes day 18th century London. maybe its Hollywoods version. but its what some of us think when we hear brits

[@SJHFoto]

@@senorpepper3405 You mean late 19th century London. That would be Victorian times. 18th century was Georgian-totally different

[@BBSomali]

"Mission Failed We'll Get'em Next Time"

[@thespecialistgaming8890]

Big Smoke STAY AWAY FROM MY NUMBER NINES ESPECIALLY THE LARGE ONES!!

[@debela_macka65]

Big Smoke So did you catch that train

[@toxicboost6282]

All you had to do was catch the damn ant C.J.!!!!!!!

[@Jay-jk8lk]

I'll have two number nines....

[@wilsonsiregar4737]

number six with extra dip...

[@riseandshinemrfriman5925]

At a loss for words how absolutely beautiful our world is. How everything just fits together perfectly. Thanks for this footage. That was very interesting.

[@corey2823]

Its staged

[@christopherstein2024]

It's beautiful but even more terrifying. That ant could have been you 1000 years ago and that ant lion could be a bear ripping your guts out.

[@halalminecraftShaytanDeluxe21]

Ant:”chilling peacefully” Narrator: here we have this ant Ant: *Why do I hear boss music?*

[@Game00137]

Choco Chocolate 😂😂

[@iNathanLite]

Narrator: If the ant stands still, it'll die. Ant: Wait what?

[@Captain_Pricey]

iNathanLite u called me?

[@aland_2025]

Wait What?? Ahaha lol

[@nootmare2601]

@@Captain_Pricey XD WOW

[@LegendOfVendGT]

I love how it looks back after escaping

[@tonythegreat4275]

Sign of some intelligence, and that even the smallest individuals of planet Earth, are too not robots.

[@lux6585]

Heh pathetic fool

[@hilltop565]

It's called CGI

[@gielnw9891]

@@hilltop565 it's not called CGI, it's called life. If you go to school and get a good job maybe someday you can see the world too.

[@annunow921]

3:03 this ant has determination something I don’t have

[@MikaelK5]

When your life is on the line you can do some pretty weird things fr

[@mogobe775]

it shows us that if an ant can escape an ant lion you can ecape a human lion

[@starwind3651]

and that spirit boys, is crucial for survival

[@poip18888]

@@MikaelK5 can you make me a death trap that focuses on japanese lesson

[@ishanpednekar6576]

For the queen

[@ajoke5105]

can we take a moment to talk about how fantastic the camera is? the individual grains of sand look incredibly clear even though cameras tend to lose quality when zoomed in.

[@michaelcohen9363]

"cAn wE tAkE a MoMeNt...." can you take a moment to shut the hell up?

[@Faustice]

@@michaelcohen9363 there’s the right side of the bed, the wrong side of the bed, then there’s whatever side you woke up on

[@ahmadabrahim5107]

Can just imagine them saying "OOOO HAWT HOT HAWT HOT "

[@kilikus822]

HOOOTHAW HAWT "Randy would you like to come inside out of the sun?" "Nah Sharon... Just foraging for bugs with the guys.. hhhoOOOT HOT HOT"

[@weidwingelobjegdiv]

Ahhhhh thats hot, thats hot....

[@killertrip10]

I really love how the antlion flings sand around. Like a special attack, or something.

[@Megatron995]

@@CB-xr1eg A special attack refers to a video game move that is typically done when it seems like the regular one isn't going to work. Do you typically totally miss references to fun things?

[@CMOT101]

Because it is a special attack you fucking moron

[@adambutterfield2307]

CMOT101 dude, why are you so triggered? Did his comment really piss you off that much?

[@Possiblylowtier]

@@CB-xr1eg STFU BOOMER

[@Gabriel-bu6ln]

Didn't get the reference so he just throws shit around in his indignant nerd rage. What a rotten old man, lmao.

[@Mr_Autastic]

Ant: * enters pit * Antlion: "You picked the wrong house fool!"

[@Mr_Autastic]

Didn’t laugh.

[@frankfranksen7467]

@Robbie Presley cool but where is the bus filled with the people that asked?

[@santibang8764]

_"So you have chosen death"_

[@CantThink1Sorry]

*101th like*

[@Pxragon]

Dead meme not funny

[@captainlupiter5526]

I was literally yelling for the the ant to hurry and escape like “GOGOGOGO RUN PLEASE GET OUT OF THERE CLIMB FASTER”

[@belaorhideja4020]

Me too. My family thought I was watching a movie

[@TCPUDPATM]

I can’t believe how that ant looked back. Amazing photo/videography!

[@akhilrajshah1232]

It's all animation dude

[@appleslicesaretasty1200]

The ants are paid actors

[@DDarstar]

lolool

[@DC-cq3fj]

I said same thing lol

[@samualmackay4385]

The sounds are created by foley artists which is a profession of creating audio from everyday items and putting it into movies and series

[@mwu365]

*ant escapes* *camera pans over two feet* *ant falls into another trap*

[@jasonvoorhees5180]

Me at school

[@mellowmike7520]

Curb your enthusiasm plays

[@murrfeeling]

Playing E.T. on the Atari 2600 was basically that. Total anus of a game.

[@brains7733]

That moment the ant looked back having escaped: CLASSIC.

[@cosmic_snot]

Namib desert lizard: "Looks like it's going to be a really hot day again, just like every freaking other day here!". Licks his own eye nervously, then digs himself back in. A muffled but distinct "Goddamnit!" is heard from under the sand.

[@comfylabmayo6430]

WWE: Please don't try this at home Me and my Cousins: 2:15

[@TheRubberMatch]

YMN PEDRO lmaooo this got me

[@Philip4454]

😂

[@ZXLTYR]

Hahahaha

[@thenerdyweeb4899]

Best comment

[@Vortex-jc7fw]

Suplex city

[@Anthony-sb5tz]

I think its so cool how in the close ups you can see each individual tiny rock that makes up the sand

[@sujitmaharjan194]

Woow salute to a videographer

[@zshocksoda1128]

Sujit Maharjan For enduring the scorching heat and going places where humans are too frightened to go.

[@legohigashikatajosuke1166]

Rip videographer

[@burgbass]

The fact they made an ant just climbing sand look so dramatic and intense is great

[@erdemalegoz1816]

Wow grounded devs made an amazing job recreating their hunting strategy and also informing people of these majestic creatures.

[@vitamenc1334]

3:20 that look back .. I felt that

[@yousefhadi2332]

**looks back** *Bitch* **continues forward**

[@vitamenc1334]

yousef hadi lmaoooo

[@fever1]

When you can literally see every grain of sand

[@yasam9311]

these desert sands are like our beach sands. granulated, not powdered, and you can see it's particles with naked eye. never gets muddy, and we can pitch a tent in the beach without stucking in the mud even when it's rainy.

[@NufflebunnyYT]

Antlions are small, about half an inch

[@miragracestudios5104]

Me hiding from my responsibilities: 0:17

[@apollothefirst]

Im a fan XD

[@randommemesweekly4417]

me hiding from tests at school

[@lizlee8715]

OwO what's this?!

[@redacted1127]

@Dylan Vu can’t tell if your homophobic

[@steamyninja8881]

That's me rn, watching inscet documentaries instead of doing my homework 😔😫lool

[@hazelthedog5338]

It’s just amazing how the ant escaped. No matter how hard you fight or hunt nature doesn’t always have a fair result

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

1:59 Ant Lion: "WHERE'S MY MONEY?!"

[@ygotsvlog3762]

*When you dont pay your tax*

[@Amkx4502]

*_NOT STONKS_* ↘️

[@efethecaptain6]

You'll get your rent when you fix that damn -door- cone pit

[@abbybriseno8000]

The way it looked back once it escaped 😩 it was like “goddd DAMN that was close 😖”

[@fmjjjjn7510]

😭😭😭

[@tedmosbyy8477]

No he was you ..... i will come back with my herd for retaliation retribution or the thing that doesnt kill you makes you stronger

[@adenmitchell7633]

Your comment made me die of cringe

[@edwardcarter5724]

😂😂😂

[@captainlupiter5526]

“I live another day”

[@Hebisan]

I was hearing the Rocky theme song while the ant was climbing up the hill. I've haven't rooted for an ant so much since "Antman."

[@AnakinSkywakka]

RIP Antony

[@rahulrathod2445]

"I'm gonna you 'Ant' ontio Banderas because your such a bad ass"

[@pommedapi3847]

the incredible work of this video that no one notice is the sound design, all the sounds are recreated, can´t imagine they filmed this macro with real sound. The images are stunning as well.

[@Noorlatgamer]

3:21 yeaaaaah! Not today fool! The way he looked back made me smile. 😊👍😎

[@king_venom_815]

He was like what divoc (covid) speel backwards but what divoc is going onnnn

[@tommyhappenstoliftalot4198]

That’s how I looked at my kids before going out for my last pack of cigarette’s.

[@DieFlabbergast]

"He"??

[@kickless7776]

Imagine creating then waiting hours in the pit you made in one position every day only to slam them a few times before they peace out

[@pineseeker6162]

Gosh that would be a loooong wait

[@michaelbuckers]

Some of them don't make it out of the death cone. Then the larva eats. Rinse, repeat. It's how ambush predators do. This type of hunting is so efficient that most predators are ambush predators, very few would actually chase their prey.

[@aaronkurbanick8126]

In my experience a group of ant lion larvae will normally build pits surrounding ant hills, also I've never seen them grab the ant and fling them around. They always seem to grab the ant and drag it back underground to finish the job

[@cartilovesmestfu1201]

1:31 my guy just skrt skrted outta there

[@saro3277]

Its a car for an ant :)

[@saro3277]

It costs 99 cents

[@samrad6508]

Dejavu

[@thespacecowboy71]

I got so happy when the ant escaped and WHEN IT LOOKED BACK LIKE "damn. I nearly died."

[@paulcastillo1880]

2:56 *_GOTTA GO FAST!_*

[@dantheman7718]

Go go go go go go go go gotta go fast XD

[@Itsprincesweets]

*g a s g a s g a s*

[@exmaarmaca]

Sanic music in the background...

[@tomivalkonen1343]

Pretty much me when i get off from work.

[@LuciferMorningstar-lg8mx]

Fast as fcuk boii

[@eucliwood0138]

Narrator: escape seems impossible -ant escapes Antlion: Am I a joke to you?

[@sonarcha1711]

SEEMS impossible.

[@fideispears]

*Sir David Attenborough

[@aarondiaz124]

mission failed well get them next time

[@Bacony_Cakes]

1:58 Dear God! Poor Laszlo! The finest mind of his generation, come to such an end!

[@pedrocavalcantesantana7378]

Time dr freeman?

[@SirShiza]

Haha nice i got the reference

[@supertoaster4208]

Stay off the sand! It makes the antlions crazy!

[@go2hell746]

but without laszlo whats the point

[@ShawndaPrawn]

I knew ants were intelligent, but that was a very human-like reaction at the end! Taking a moment to look back at the pit, like it was processing the fact that it almost died. Can insects suffer from mental trauma?

[@alexventimillasanchez4799]

this particular ant almost certainly does

[@spencer82rocks]

They do

[@DemonKyle]

Likely they do not. An insect's nervous system is much less complex compared to larger animals. They are more akin to biological machines.

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

But it can probably learn to not go near the traps again.

[@melfujikawa]

You can actually train some bugs/arthropods to follow a simple command, like with jumping spiders, which you can teach to wave to you with its front legs or pedipalps and teach them that you’re not a foe. Maybe not as complex as a mammal but still really impressive if you think about it!

[@IamEsaias]

*Teacher*: “What did you do on the weekend jimmy?” *Jimmy*: “Watched an ant get slammed on the ground”

[@CocoTACP]

Jimmy: "Ummm... Educational videos?"

[@medicus1621]

But it's interesting

[@randomfandom33]

yep

[@darthfrootloops5041]

2:52 this scene was better than the entire boba fett death sequence

[@Feril1]

Boy do I have news for you....

[@yuvarudra6602]

😝🤣 Boba Lucas

[@sardonicspartan9343]

Eeww it's one of those nasty Disney drones.

[@DeathBringer769]

Turns out Boba Fett was actually one of those ants that escaped, lol.

[@kryppyy]

When the ant was getting out who else was cheering 🤣😂👌👌

[@murrfeeling]

Now the antlion will be hungry. It might starve to death. :-(

[@Emeowy]

@@murrfeeling fck antlions ants are better

[@luckyducky3040]

murrfeeling I was

[@rhythm3869]

Porkechop be vegan

[@惡-m6q]

@@murrfeeling he is ugly 😂 ant is cuter

[@aychjay22]

Ive never seen a better video from BBC or any outlet, ever. This is literally the ABSOLUTE most put together top notch production for education I've ever seen.

[@Liamousineh]

I love how the ant looks back like “is he following me?” 😂 Edit: OMG THANKS FOR ALL THE LIKES I HAVE NEVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE HAD THIS MANY LIKES! 😱

[@ethanmcnulty5773]

cutest thing i’ve ever seen LMAO

[@twistedandTangledYoyos]

XR

[@twistedandTangledYoyos]

XD

[@matthewb9824]

More like, whadafuk was that?!?!?!

[@Liamousineh]

Matthew Bellette YES LOL 😂

[@wuokmayangjanguan1591]

The last ant is a tough guy. He kept struggling until he climbed out of pit and went on his way.

[@toastub]

The ending had me on edge more than any movie ever could

[@rhythm3869]

Throned lol yes

[@luizmarinho6138]

Throned That is because in a movie, you know there will be a happy ending.

[@deloachapproach4273]

As a kid, I used to love to take a small, thin twig and stick it into their pits. Upon doing so, I stir (in one direction) near the bottom in a circular motion. In short order the antlion will become exposed. Growing up on a rather large farm was wonderful.

[@graysongrahamcracker8573]

1:32 - That ant has super powers or something

[@thebestduo3089]

Miles Graham I thought I was the only person who noticed that

[@Jakubkolo2000]

Ant superpower. This class is pretty op with it's long legs and imensive strength.

[@strixfire560]

@@Jakubkolo2000 Wait is this a Tierzoo reference?

[@Jakubkolo2000]

@@strixfire560 It's a motherfcking Tier zoo reference

[@strixfire560]

@@Jakubkolo2000 yeah that's what I thought. I frickin am obsessed with TierZoo.

[@SniperGhost]

That predator was like ' u ant goin anywhere'

[@ejangohyes7821]

Jonathan Woodruff you didn't got the joke, didn't you?

[@GabrieltheDevil]

Sniper Ghost admiralFeels

[@ejangohyes7821]

Jonathan Woodruff you didn't get that? I was joking too. Jesus, it's so cringy when you have to explain the joke...

[@SniperGhost]

[A]

[@MrJ1GS4W]

"I got you for threeeee minutes of... PLAYTIME"

[@jasonmccann8023]

That avalanche technique is amazing!!

[@dtr91101]

Jason McCann that's what I thought

[@SUBDELTA9]

Sand style: DESSERT AVALANCHE TECHNIQUE!!

[@КузнецовВсеволод-в1з]

Kuishinbo TG:root iS tHaT a JoJo ReFeReNcE?

[@GamingJamesGames]

3:14 And then there's me yelling "COME ON! COME ON!"

[@MrIvanKnight]

Ants running across sand: "HOT HOT HOT HOT"

[@LorddOfChaoss]

Made me lol

[@sefeo0]

0:45 him scratching himself looks so satisfying

[@accountislamicvideos4129]

Haha it's cute, it's like my cat who does that

[@WindiChilliwack]

I thought of it as stretching going "Ahh, what a hot day as always!"

[@audrey2658]

She* all ants are female except for males, who live 2 weeks at most and only live to breed

[@awesomeassholeLOL]

2:18 the way the ant being smashed synchronizes with the music is amazing

[@quintenwhyte6660]

Hardcore!!

[@riot2136]

awesomeassholeLOL BBC has its own music so it was probs specific for that part

[@francoiseprecheur2222]

Les réalisateurs de ces minis reportages arrivent à en faire de véritables films à suspense et avec une qualité d'image extraordinaire ! Bravo !

[@S94-l9w]

Anyone notice the ant give a menacing glance back as it climbed out like: "I'll be back...with 1000 ants" (in Arnie voice ofc) XD

[@sef_halabi]

BBC has the best quality animal videos

[@user-xl7dn3zu6t]

Seaf Halabi in the WORLD!!!!

[@quorkquork]

Ants are not animals They are mushrooms

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Its so good you cant help wonder if everything is real and not manipulated in anyway :o

[@nighthawk0965]

Seaf Halabi Same thing can't be said about their news

[@TropicalFeelings]

3:01 That is like frodo trying to reach the top of mount doom to destroy the one ring

[@bethanyblakecaiden]

😂😂😂

[@Jamal_twati]

The filming, the sound effects, camera quality, narration of Attenborough. BBC you have done it. You guys need to know how many folks actually admire this work. Absolutely amazing!

[@hollysnickerz4258]

THIS GAVE ME SUCH ANXIETY

[@lomii]

You mean, ANTXIETY?

[@JonGee420]

MAGA

[@Justsayinbruh]

Im suppose you be searching how to fix a garage door opener, but ended up here. No wonder my wife yells at me for never getting anything done

[@daddydojang]

This is part of the research. Haha

[@kuddos]

Me too!, mine when I try to close it, it starts to close down, but it goes back half way through. whats wrong with yours?

[@cloak5857]

"Have you figured out how to fix the garage door yet?" "I'm thinking something with antlions."

[@lucillelovesnegan1376]

You end up fixing it

[@thewolfofcomedy5966]

Tell your wife to mind her gotdamn business

[@andrewdavenport8193]

I wasnt expecting him to just get body slammed constantly like that 😅😂😂 2:01

[@chickenlegboi9072]

Andrew Davenport ikr I was WHEEZING

[@jazzythebazzbanana2800]

Andrew Davenport right? I felt it is like in real life you would get a huge headache lol

[@israelforreal]

The final look from the ant at the end ! Incredible seemingly human characteristics haha

[@shyshotcaller27]

The ant looked back like "what the hell just happened?" 😂😂

[@e.m.5499]

shyshotcaller27 LOL!... like...Yikes!

[@skyfizh6849]

Ant: me Antlion: school

[@aie007]

@Ahmad Haafizh Shahrizan *True indeed!*

[@thefury3995]

0:20 when you see your bed after school

[@THY403]

The Fury lol

[@__LSP]

The Fury lmao

[@reinakkers9647]

The Fury u are a legend

[@1ztype343]

True

[@TrafaglarLord]

DaEpikTrolle lmao

[@Alteori]

the way the last ant looked back before walking away with relief.

[@jackcutter2]

I love when the ant looks back at 3:23 it looks like he's saying "phew" and not David 😂

[@LibraTarotReader]

That looks back was crazy 🤣

[@andrewdavenport8193]

2:18 getting slammed to the music makes it more effective

[@paothanh1344]

editing on point

[@ignaciog5818]

So true

[@euibincho5213]

Antion's like, W h a c

[@AzumangaFan13]

Ant looks back like "The hell was that all about? Sheesh..."

[@donalokeeffe7504]

David Attenborough and the BBC at their best. Amazing cinematography and narration.