ANTS vs. ISOPODS - War or Truce?

What happens when ants and isopods confront each other? You guys will marvel at the intricate relationship between ants and isopods in today's video featuring my pet carpenter ant colony (named the Redwood Warriors) squares off with a community of isopods that share their living space (Crimzonia). Hope you enjoy today's episode! Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.
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[@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!

[@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?

[@jameshyder9552]

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

[@Unwelcomedpolitics]

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.

[@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

[@gamercoolofgods]

@@sirhamptonthe3rd good idea lets do hopmites

[@Gurveer.Bhalla133]

I vote Hoplites

[@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.

[@L3GIT349]

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

[@eliseeay2k11]

And I thought humans had it bad 0-0

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@Pacrider]

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

[@JosephCrowell]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@sturviar]

@MISҜΔ__🔞 why is boys here

[@vanjadanicic1871]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@arandompersonwhoisrandom3985]

How about the isopodamians I don’t know why I just thought of the Mesopotamians

[@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!!!

[@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

[@MrCommentGod]

Ants are cool

[@vxllfire]

yeah

[@thebloxgamer9018]

We should name the isopods the rocky rollers

[@leokhale6824]

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

[@malte4156]

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

[@bloss6277]

The plot thickens

[@griffenbaum]

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

[@danieliantan5004]

yes

[@Tiger-hx9zx]

True

[@vitolazarus1267]

very true

[@recitationtohear]

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[@ReoNaRhiyo]

@@recitationtohear no one cares stop promoting

[@maplario4366]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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. 🤓

[@StephenRoyBurpsHumor]

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

[@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

[@FuturisticNova]

I started watching you to see all your cool ant tank setups. I now learned more then i ever thiught i would. Your videos are amazing, informative and teach us all to love these little creatures

[@SoftLoliete]

God I love coming back like once a month and seeing how beautiful things have changed but sometimes I come back and find out my fav ants are gone ;(

[@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!!!

[@scavengerrx1906]

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

[@jacoblopingco116]

I have been watching you since your very first uploads! Your content has always been good and entertaining! Great work! :)

[@raemars580]

Redwood Recyclers! Jelly Hunters! Or Isopod Icons! 😊

[@questprizm5691]

Just seeing how they interacted is really fricken cool

[@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

[@Broncstomper2010]

It’s great to have you back ! I love watching your ant videos and I have been praying healing over you for a while Ever since I learned you had Covid ! I look forward to rewatching a lot of your ant videos again! I hope you have a blessed day and stay safe and stay well ! I look forward to watching all your ant videos in the future! I could watch them for hours on end ! That’s how much I love your ants videos! Ant love forever

[@raylenn4444]

What about the isocleaners?

[@xxredgamer2646]

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

[@chairkun3095]

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

[@andrewliechty1097]

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

[@mrwilly174]

been waiting eagerly for a new upload

[@rohanminyaonair2397]

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

[@pixelsamurai5086]

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

[@faidatagoro3186]

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

[@naturesgale]

Dude ur da best I’ve tried ant keeping and until I started watching ur videos in 2016 my ant set ups have been unsuccessful so thank you so much ☺️

[@olawanleolayinka4257]

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

[@WalnutAnimations]

This is one of the most educational channels on KZbin

[@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

[@silverlegend8020]

Name them the redwood janitors

[@maxfrankel4079]

They should be named the rocky interceptors because they camouflage as rocks and tries to take the jelly for them selves

[@huntercool2232]

Welcome back AntsCanada!

[@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.

[@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!

[@Phi2358]

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

[@Cosmedian]

4:30 made me almost barf my pop corn but your content is amazing

[@antsandmoreaustralia]

Finally another upload 😁

[@Sample_Gaming]

Very cool! Thank you for posting amazing videos

[@ABILITT]

Watching ants feed and crawl is so much relaxing

[@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

[@andi0559-]

I'm partial to naming them Sanitation.. though bland, I feel it kinda describes both their duty and how they are responded to.

[@WokuGames]

Ive been watching this content for years and im always happy with the videos! The music did feel a little intrusive this video though, anyone else?

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

Well, he’s healing from covid, which I just had and it sucked..took weeks to feel normal again. So we should give him a break! The sound balancing was just off for what it normally is.

[@AntsCanada]

Oops sorry about that! Yeah noted for the next video. Edited this episode on another laptop so still trying to figure out levels.

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

@AntsCanada I’m just happy you are recovering and starting to feel better! My entire family got it this past month, and me and my fiancé are 33 & 35 and it took a few weeks to feel better, as opposed to our oldest who is 14 and was feeling better within 24 hour! Now I’m not sure if it’s our age or the fact we do have a few health issues against us, but I was shocked by how long we felt run down for! Hope you feel 100% soon! 💓

[@REDW1NG94]

Yeah it was a little overpowering and all the asmr noises kinda got to me a bit😕

[@terencebhala6092]

I think that the Crustacean Clean-Up Crew has a nice ring to it.

[@Crystalmancy]

Favorite KZbinr since 2014. Keep up the good work!

[@scottchew8358]

I’ve been waiting for the whole 3 weeks yes u know when it takes long to upload it’s gonna be a bangers

[@KSL042]

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

[@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

[@kekiokenonozo7240]

The isopods should be called: "The Imperial Gray Ninjas" Since half of them were sneaky!

[@shalomfreitas6026]

It’s been a while since I watched! Nice to be here again! Ant love forever!

[@evan.norwalkcalifornia562]

Me to

[@thecreatureverse]

This is my favorite channel... 😄

[@AntsCanada]

Thank you!

[@thecreatureverse]

@@AntsCanada I also have a growing KZbin channel similar to yours (about invertebrates and nature). Could you give some tips on how to grow a channel like this?

[@matty4657]

The Hell's litter destroyer could be a cool and long name for isopod

[@sgtmuffinbadger6147]

I missed this channel. Glad I came back

[@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! 💓💓💓

[@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?

[@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 ❤️

[@mdero2342]

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

[@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

[@tofvkax]

JANIPODS!! or JanIsopods to keep the iso

[@isoglory]

AS A ISOPOD CHANNEL I was too stunned to speak lol we love our isopods

[@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 😃😃

[@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

[@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

[@nationantseu7499]

you should name the isopods clean-up-crew

[@ToxicProductionsOffical]

4:34 That one ant : *”LEZZ GOOOO”* Me: “wait da baby?”

[@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.

[@Sarah_likes_isopods]

Agreed, I find it very distracting

[@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”

[@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 💩🐜🦠🐜

[@otter4837]

mabye the "clean-up gang" sounds nice

[@onkargarg9342]

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

[@mayankgupta6443]

The name I suggest is - Rocking Crimzonian Cleaners

[@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!!

[@jaydenriemer3970]

I suggest the “Carapace Crew” A carapace is the upper shell of a turtle arachnid or crustaceans, and isopods are crustaceans. And crew since they are like a cleanup crew for the ant’s garbage.