ANTS vs. ISOPODS - War or Truce?

[@AntsCanada]

Greetings AC Family, sorry I've been away for a few weeks! Been busy with the new Ant House, healing from Covid, and other stuff! But I'm back with another ant video and I hope you guys enjoy it! So what should we name the isopods? I also want to thank our AC Senate (forgot to shout them out in the end credits): Queen Ants: Kyle H Michael Dastous Laurien Staelen Michael Jenkins Supermajors: Yggy Stardust Chrissyliz1988 Nate Groening XxCharger GamingxX Abraham S. Merino

[@yourmainmanstan6751]

The Tumbleweeds cause they roll and stuff

[@scottchew8358]

Never fail to disappoint me with a wonderful episode!

[@knucklesgaming5501]

your my fav channel EVER

[@weukk]

Hey AntsCanada, I think you should call the isopods the “cleaning crawlers“ because they clean the ants mess while crawling around like the ants do.

[@milliondollarcash9585]

I hope you feel better now 😁

[@chefyboy2748]

I use to watch this guy four or so years ago and recently just got back into it, I just wanted to say his content is nice and I'm currently binging them!

[@goldengoatandfriends8473]

welcome to the squad 🤣 edit: how TF do I have 19 likes already

[@Potatocarl]

This was the same for me a few months ago

[@kaibiganningen3043]

Welcome back to the ant family

[@Potatocarl]

@@meszarosmate4629 would you rather the videos have less quality?

[@AntsCanada]

Welcome back! Ant love forever!

[@StarbombzZ]

I like the name “Hoplites” because of the Roman shield carriers. The isopods remind me of a little shield and they sort of ‘protect’ the ecosystem😄

[@sirhamptonthe3rd]

Maybe hopmites? Since they r bugs

[@TerminusTartaros]

@@sirhamptonthe3rd I like that. Hopmites has my vote.

[@elpito9326]

The hoplites weren't Roman, they were Greek

[@greened_kaboomer]

@@sirhamptonthe3rd good idea lets do hopmites

[@Gurveer.Bhalla133]

I vote Hoplites

[@jameshyder9552]

I think the Isopods should be called “The Armored Empire”. I’m so excited to potentially see more Isopod content.

[@JaydonKeefe]

That's good

[@asoupyferretnamedfar3634]

Hey I really like that idea!

[@balagapojanetc9730]

Nice name i hope they will be called like this

[@woutervandenbosch8161]

Do you know Isopods are related to schrimps and actualy have kiews in stead of longs.

[@BouncingTribbles]

It's remarkable how much their behavior reflects the same scene with larger animals. This reminds me of hyenas guarding their kill from other scavengers

[@ettinakitten5047]

Yeah, I was thinking of jackals and lions around a large herbivore carcass.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Since they love to not only act like rocks but also climb on them as they try to co-exist with the ants, I think a perfect name for them would be... *Rock N Rollies!* I mean someone had to say it! I think the Rock Climbers would be a good name too Nobody: That isopod: You know, I'm something of a rock myself The isopods really pulled a John Cena/Sneak 100 with that one...

[@yummi5099]

I like it hshsshhshs

[@andrewloesch4508]

i like it bc its cringey funny and cool

[@weukk]

I can’t imagine what this must be like for the ants, being introduced to an alien species that act like they own the place just like themselves. Nature is so cool.

[@swishwish4189]

its like the ants seeing a replicate of them selves

[@PresentVR_YT]

I agree

[@domina5ion393]

It really is :)

[@Chunkylover.]

Ayoooo

[@jamespotter1436]

Don’t carpenter ants live alongside isopods who like moist environments in the wild?

[@ChrisB01]

Isopods are one of my favorite crustaceans, I always puts them together with some small trees and plants I've got and they always stay there and live in the soil for as long as they live. They help keep the plant healthy, get rid of some left over dead stuff and overall I like the looks of a small living bit of nature in my room

[@Bunny-ns5ni]

Isopods are crustaceans, not insects.

[@weukk]

I Think you should call the Isopods, the “cleaning crawlers“ because they clean the ants mess while crawling around amongst them just like ants.

[@weukk]

@MISҜΔ__🔞 Bruh

[@imusedtoit]

Maybe the "cleany crawlers"?

[@chaosknight24]

@MISҜΔ__🔞 you got reported

[@kiz_toxinious1529]

My son (age 7) now wants to keep ants directly because of you and your videos! I'm looking forward to the adventure with him, thankyou!

[@L3GIT349]

"If it bleeds, we can kill it." -Ants before going to war, 2022

[@eliseeay2k11]

And I thought humans had it bad 0-0

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

"Guys, guys, guys! Taste this!" "BLAEHHHH" "Mmm, that was quite good!" Mother birds: *One of us, ONE OF US!* The isopods may act like rocks. But no matter how much they try, they'll never be *THE* Rock

[@domina5ion393]

You do be spittin straight facts bruv

[@mdero2342]

Ha

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Nice I was hoping for a video on isopods again! I got some footage of the isopods in one of my closed terrarium ecosystems too.

[@Mr_Simple2i]

@MISҜΔ__🔞 shut up and btw i already REPORT YOUR COMMENT!

[@coniaherasmus2725]

Can’t believe it’s been seven years that I’ve been watching this I’ve not only seen this channel grow from 400k or 500k subscribers I’ve also learned and gone through all the wars, the drama and just sitting down and learning about something most people take for granted. thank you for this wonderful experience

[@SkyGuy4991]

Have you considered the possibility of keeping a beehive at Antopia? From what I know, most species of bee behave a bit like ants in their own way.

[@AntsCanada]

ABSOLUTELY!!!

[@Corruptedhope]

Good point!

[@coolthingzbruhh5252]

@@AntsCanada yes

[@RodrigoRodrigues-hk8sd]

Then you know very few about bees bro sorry

[@SkyGuy4991]

@@RodrigoRodrigues-hk8sd I do know that ants and bees are both from the order Hymenoptera. Colonies of both are led by a queen that produces all the eggs. They also determine things by vote, as AntsCanada showed us in a previous video.

[@anxiousanalyst]

This was one of my absolute favorite videos of yours over the years!! I LOVE isopods so seeing you integrate them more into the stories and footage has made me overjoyed!!!

[@teddybear1395]

Oh ya AC, I forgot to thank you for choosing my name suggestion for the name of your colobopsis colony, it really meant a lot to me❤️. Get well soon! Ant love forever! 🐜 ❤️ 🕰 ♾

[@tomichat2]

@MISҜΔ__🔞 this is an ant / isopod video why the hell are you bots here?

[@kesaya3806]

@MISҜΔ__🔞 So cool!

[@citalieutili]

@MISҜΔ__🔞 why is boys here

[@malte4156]

I watched your videos for a couple of years now and it's still fascinating me how the nature and insects work together.

[@soldierbrutis95]

My backyard has a colony or more of fire ants and rough sowbugs, and I often see them together under the same logs. Interesting interactions to see. Love the vids.

[@bfranny5231]

Just binged like 6 hours of AC content hahahaha the fact he’s a one man show and makes such high quality videos so consistently is crazy to me!

[@icyboy771z]

Passion makes it possible

[@xxredgamer2646]

I absolutely love how much energy you have and put into your videos You make my brain produce serotonin

[@leokhale6824]

Omg I love the little ant tasting voices so much!!!!!

[@Xgya2000]

Name them the Undercover Agents. It has a nice multilevel meaning. Meant to live in the soil (under cover), and passively mimicking rocks to get out of trouble (so they're disguised and moving incognito). Both secret agents and soil agents.

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Welcome back ants Canada.. Prayers and wishes for your recovery from covid. And prayers and wishes to you and your family. Let's just hope this covid-19 just stops. Eventually.

[@griffenbaum]

You know it’s a good day when antscanada uploads.

[@Tiger-hx9zx]

True

[@vitolazarus1267]

very true

[@recitationtohear]

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[@ReoNaRhiyo]

@@recitationtohear no one cares stop promoting

[@TF2Scout..]

Yes it is.

[@anaalina5964]

5:12 What do you mean "thieves"? You dropped the food in the isopod container, if anything the ants are the thieves! lol

[@Pacrider]

I think the isopods should be named : " The Rocky Assistance"

[@MeekoButterbean]

I’d call the isopods the Crimson Crew, as they are the clean up crew for Crimsonia! I always named my isopod colonies as if they were gangsters, my favorites were The VooDoo Crew which were my A. vulgare “magic potion” and my PowderPuffs which were my powder orange isopods 😊

[@cynmak5959]

Or maybe just the Crimsonia Cleaners?

[@jahlasam]

crimsonia cleanup crew

[@browniewolf6833]

@Cyn Mak56 I am torn between your suggestion and theirs

[@RaizarYT]

THIS IS PERFECT

[@xrup9728]

I think they should be called Purifiers, because of how cool and medieval that sounds and the fact that it fits them as cleaners

[@vanjadanicic1871]

I love how he does voices for the ants and he has names for every colony!

[@ThomasGallivan]

my son likes "suspicious janitors" for the isopods. me myself am a huge Hayao Miyazaki fan and have always thought of isopods as chibi versions of Ohmu from Nausicaa and the valley of the wind. so my suggestion for the isopods is "chibi ohmu". I'm liking that you already have 500 comments and have only posted about an hour ago.

[@GothBoyUK]

They're a bit like the dust sprites (Susuwatari) from Totoro and Spirited Away. They bumble about cleaning up the things we don't always notice. 🤓

[@kaiharding9314]

Tbh i have been a watcher since 2017. I was actually inspired by this content which lead to me catching a few queen ants and raising them to be up to around 200 workers. Keep up the good work 😃😃

[@kyleh6915]

I think the sneaky crawlies name fits

[@estebanprat9857]

Oh I've had a quite close idea before seeing this comment lol "The Redwood sneaky cleaners" Kinda like the Red Hot Chili Peppers ^^ Crawlers will also fit !

[@dion.2512]

bow

[@JosephCrowell]

The isopods should be called the Redwood Knights as they're armored like they're wearing plate mail.

[@Tylerthetank]

I've been subscribed for many years now and love the content! I've seen many different video styles threw out the years but I'm curious if anyone else felt like this video was someone reading a children's book? Could be just me but still love the content!

[@pixelsamurai5086]

Ive watched the entire carpenter ant series and it makes me happy to see it so big

[@willster2004]

been waiting eagerly for a new upload

[@Phi2358]

Started watching these colonies grow and subbed/watched all videos pertaining to these two colonies. Haven't had an update in awhile.

[@MrCommentGod]

Ants are cool

[@vxllfire]

yeah

[@olawanleolayinka4257]

no one: ant queen:where is the food ant:I bet you wonder where I've been

[@faidatagoro3186]

I just watched this vid and i love it you should name the Isopods, The Greek Warriors

[@domina5ion393]

I've been watching for three years and the content is still great >:)

[@StephenRoyBurpsHumor]

I think they should be called the Redwood Cleaners, as they are the clean-up crew for the Redwood warriors! :)

[@Del-Lebo]

So happy to see you back! I have been so buy I have missed many of your vlogs and now catching up on AC! Love you Mikey! Take care of your back!!!

[@andrewliechty1097]

You should name the isopod’s the Infernal Assistants because they are the red wood warriors and they help assist in the cleaning.

[@laffytaffybabycakes]

I just came across the Camponoseum video earlier this evening. Hours later and several videos more, I’ve got to say I am truly invested! Redwoods are awesome! How is the Ebony colony doing? How are the other Camponoseum colonies? This is waaay better than any series on Netflix 😎🐜🙌🏻

[@antsandmoreaustralia]

Finally another upload 😁

[@mikoants9485]

Hi, your videos are amazing.Ordered stuff just arrived. Thank you

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

Yay, finally a new video! I just had coved too, so I understand very well why you had to take a good break. Hope you are feeling much better! 💓💓💓

[@chairkun3095]

Watching this really makes me want to play as the Klackons in Master of Orion.

[@snappygaming5594]

I have seen wars like this all across my country. Isopods are being run out of the area 😔

[@knucklesgaming5501]

Zamn thats sad poor isopods

[@knucklesgaming5501]

@MISҜΔ__🔞 thats why your father dint came back with the milk

[@youremad909]

@@knucklesgaming5501 it's a bot

[@knucklesgaming5501]

@@youremad909 everyone knows man also i span report 9x now and its not going away

[@huntercool2232]

Welcome back AntsCanada!

[@Madmak4215]

I really love these videos. I have to be honest though. Those wet Foley sounds you added for when they're eating, was up a little too high. It's just like constant wet sloshing and squishing sounds and it made this video really hard for me to get through...its usually not louder than your voice but this time it was..idk. thank you for all you do and thank you for sharing all of experiences

[@pingyu5141]

I think it's funny...

[@cutekatphish0791]

Yeah, I feel like this video’s quality is a lot lower than the rest and the high pitched background noise was just annoying tbh

[@irvingbrown2389]

Thanks Mikey!! Awsome video and I truly hope all is going well for you with the new house. I think you should call the isopods the trilobites because they look like mini ones!! Thanks again, take care, stay safe and healthy!!

[@StrangeLittleCreatures]

I love your content and this was a great break for my afternoon. Feedback: Personally I'm not a big fan of the "bug noises" that were added in in post-production. The crinkling noise were a bit irritating amongst the music and narration, which normally make for a pretty chill watching experience.

[@lg8587]

Really? I love the bug noises 🤣

[@DreamyDuskywing]

I went between not minding it, thinking it sounded gross and then thought it sounded like metal tines being strummed.

[@Erratic_Pulse_0758]

Agreed, I find it very distracting

[@mrcat2300]

I'm so proud of Ants Canada I subscribed since Ants Canada had 2M subs IM SO PROUD HE GREW SO FAST😫

[@cta2550]

Remember the rhino beetle games? It was the the video i was so exited to watch

[@AntsCanada]

Should we try something similar but with isopods?

[@cta2550]

@@AntsCanada maybe a race the winner get sweet jelly

[@questprizm5691]

Just seeing how they interacted is really fricken cool

[@Sample_Gaming]

Very cool! Thank you for posting amazing videos

[@Justabloke8071]

It’s been about 6 years since I’ve last watched ants Canada and he hasn’t changed I love there videos and have been whachting him for the past few days good to be back ant love forever ❤️

[@KSL042]

Love your channel keep growing !! Just like our little but mighty friends !!!

[@tooporter2588]

I Iove how interactive The Guy on this Channel is. Reaches out to a lot of his followers on every video I have watched. ANTS CANADA fan forever man!🙌🏾

[@MrGoesBoom]

Great to see a new vid, hope you're doing alright! Also, I've tried fiddling with the resolution settings, but it seems some of the footage is really grainy. Trouble with the camera set up?

[@AntsCanada]

Oh, it's still processing. Should be full HD 4k in a few mins! Sorry about that! Ant love forever!

[@Draconic.]

@@AntsCanada I also think there was something wrong with the video quality this time. Usually it's very good, even on the lower resolutions, but this time it was just blurry, grainy and out of focus a lot. Just check out around 7:30 for example.

[@toxicwhirl]

@@AntsCanada There's definitely some shots that are lower resolution, it could possibly be a compression issue. For instance at 6:15 the video is very pixelated even in 4k but at 2:55 when you put the jelly in it looks fine

[@KaciHazaCoolPhone]

Oh wow I thought that was just my phone not getting good service! Glad to know it wasn't just me I guess😅

[@MrGoesBoom]

@@AntsCanada Plenty of Ant love ( and all the other soil critters you've shown us ) but the vid is still super grainy/low res in several parts

[@jimester449]

The ISOPODS should be called The Little Dirt Biscuits

[@raemars580]

Redwood Recyclers! Jelly Hunters! Or Isopod Icons! 😊

[@AlexLopez-lr9it]

i used to watch antscananda about three years ago and about five months ago i began binging all the episodes i missed and when i tell you that i bawled my eyes out and felt so many emotions too fast i dont know how to process how i feel i am so happy yet oh my god imagine watching three years worth of videos im so happy i caught up

[@wolfcry9791]

Wow u have added noise effects when u place the jelly and when the ants are eating/walking nice I prefer the old music but this was whimsical it was cute ended up just listening to the background music and had to replay to actually watch it 😅 😆 But you did such a great job with the narration that you are able to imagine without having to see it (kinda like reading a book) Really liked listening/watching to this video

[@scavengerrx1906]

You should get troops and make a troop colony like the isopodium

[@tofvkax]

JANIPODS!! or JanIsopods to keep the iso

[@jackavalcrafting4928]

12:26, I mentioned this in another video and I felt compelled to mention it and slow down the Playback Speed again due to how cute their tongue's are lol 👅😚🐜🤗 and, I'm not just amazed by how cute their tongue's are, I'm also amazed about how those tiny wee tongue's can do so much to ensure that everything, including each other are spotless 💩🐜🦠🐜

[@raylenn4444]

What about the isocleaners?

[@rohanminyaonair2397]

Omg thank you so much for uploading. I have been waiting for this

[@Sokkaobsessed123]

Hi! I was wondering if there were anymore videos involving these ants? I have looked through his channel but it appears this his is last video of these ants. If there is so more, can someone send me the link?

[@huntercool2232]

Maybe relax just a little on the sound effects lol 😅 *Great video tho as always!*

[@bloss6277]

The plot thickens

[@Crystalmancy]

Favorite KZbinr since 2014. Keep up the good work!

[@m.a.y.a.n.k_g.u.p.t.a]

The name I suggest is - Rocking Crimzonian Cleaners

[@Broncstomper2010]

Will you ever be bringing a fire ant 🐜 colony back to this channel? I think it would be so cool having the fire ants back on this channel

[@tinovanderzwanphonocave544]

when I came to live in my neighborhood with my parents in 1988 the place was relatively new so, no isopods anywhere so I went back to my old stomping grounds where I developed the love for searching for bugs from pretty much the day I could walk and I found many isopods and introduced them to my new garden now today they are all over the neighborhood. now in forested areas, in my country, there lives an isopod that can grow up to whopping 2 inches! as soon as spring hits I'm getting them I know where to find them and the isopod world of my creation needs more diversity after 33 years I know of 3 other species and I'm getting them too introducing them first to my compost heap as I did with the first batch. I introduced quite a lot of animal life in the period 1988-92 snails and slugs toads ladybugs millipedes worms rarer local ants and many more. the plot of houses was pretty bare in 1988 it was built on an artificially elevated sand bar it takes some time for that to bear fruit talking about flora I introduced a ton load of plants that all migrated from my postage stamp of a garden to the whole neighborhood like you I'm a creator of worlds unlike you I live in it!

[@youremad909]

Wow that's amazing

[@Bunny-ns5ni]

Two inch isopods? Sounds like you live in Spain, where the largest terrestrial isopods have been discovered. I keep a Spanish species, called Porcellio magnificus, which grow to roughly two inches in length.

[@Tinyvalkyrie410]

Just dropping by to thank you for providing such excellent subtitles. Accessibility is always welcome

[@oh_k1135]

I think the isopods should be called "The Tanks" in reference to the earthbending-powered tanks in the TV show Avatar: The Last Airbender

[@Bruh4.]

He knows what air bender is, He even named his first fire ant colony “the fire nation”

[@jeremydalebeck]

love your videos for years now. Don't love the excess narration (making pretend noises like "numnumnum" for the ants) great video. Keep changing the world for the better.

[@advitparashar116]

I can’t believe i watch his channel i have hyper entomophobia, and i mean hyper I can’t even handle flies and mosquitoes but this man made me like ants a little, but still some progress tho.

[@afxqahazmi]

I couldn't handle seeing cockroach irl or but somehow I can watch him chop up cockroach to give his ants colony. I have a fear for ants too because I left food out on the table for too long and...well, it was disturbing to see. But here I am following him for about 2 years already.

[@advitparashar116]

@@afxqahazmi same bruh same

[@wavetotabi]

nice Isopod rock mode! 😆🤨

[@thecreatureverse]

Name the isopod colony 'The Crimzonian Cleanup' or 'The Crimzonian Cleaners' or 'The Crimzonian Crew'.

[@jaydenjeremia9304]

2 days ago it was nuptial flight at my area and also I think you should call them the isolators

[@UmbreonLuv1]

This is certainly a new, unique format. It feels like it's tailored to more of a younger audience though than an adult, which could work, but was a deterrent for me. I like to come here for the science-y stuff and learning about ants rather than simpler wording and more personification of the ants. It's like watching National Geographic vs National Geographic Kids. You could possibly split up the format for videos tailored towards children, but that's just my thoughts on it. The bug eating noises were also a slight bother to me. Maybe quite them down or remove them?

[@ecan109]

Ants Canada hasn't made many science-y videos in years, and has been constantly going further away from them. If you want to watch some better ant videos then I reccomend watching Jordan Dean: kzbin.info

[@wynxcer]

Either Midnight cleaners or unwanted janitors

[@onkargarg9342]

You should name the isopods as the "shapeshifting assistants" as some of them can "camouflage" as rocks.

[@maplario4366]

I have some serious nostalgia from this channel, going 4-5 years back..

[@OrderofthePipe]

Isopods are EXCELLENT cleanup crews however, as soon as they start reproducing, you’ll very quickly go from a few, to hundreds! And as soon as that happens, they’ll actually start competing pretty heavily with the ants. (Unless you have a species which is specifically known for being aggressive.) I’ve literally seen tugging matches between carpenter ants and zebra isopods, (Armadillidium, maculatum) and unfortunately, the ants don’t always win, especially once the isopods start to outnumber them. So if you do introduce isopods, you’ll be fine for the first few months but after that, be prepared to start removing them by the dozen.

[@tyleregan6142]

The isopods should be the devious decontaminators

[@JetsAnimations]

First

[@MrCommentGod]

GG

[@odinburks]

Gg

[@3ndoBiologist]

Gg

[@Miggyddc24]

GG

[@weukk]

Gg

[@mdero2342]

I just started watching your channel last week and i love it

[@michaelpalermo9114]

thank you for these vids ants are one of my favorite animals right now because of you

[@sgtmuffinbadger6147]

I missed this channel. Glad I came back

[@retiresatisfied]

It's fun getting caught back up with these videos.

[@quinqx8236]

Love the vid once again, I always learn something new in these as well which is nice. But i can see your camera wasnt working with you this time lol

[@boomkruncher325zzshred5]

For some reason, I’m hearing crackling out of my headphones when watching this video. Anybody else hearing the same thing?

[@boomkruncher325zzshred5]

Double-checked my connections and everything was fine, double-checked other audio sources at the same volume and didn’t hear any crackling, so I think it’s the video itself.

[@clearlyepic9958]

Glad you’re back!