Carnivorous UNDERCOVER caterpillar 🐛😎 | Wild Isles - BBC

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@theabsolutecat915
@theabsolutecat915 Жыл бұрын
"Hey, anyone noticed that our Queen's put on a lot of weight recently? ...And has started eating our babies?" "Shut it, the pheromones don't lie."
@TheSoundsInside
@TheSoundsInside Жыл бұрын
🤣
@chickennuggets5549
@chickennuggets5549 Жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven! He wants to save you ❤ Jesus Christ is coming back. Will He find faith when He returns? The wages of sin is death. But Jesus Christ leads to everlasting life! He wants to give you that! But we have to accept Him as our Lord and Saviour and live for Him. Seek the truth and you shall find it. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you! God bless you.
@Yummers_500
@Yummers_500 Жыл бұрын
@@chickennuggets5549 shut the hell up bruh please
@AccidentalNinja
@AccidentalNinja Жыл бұрын
Also imagine the ant that first found the caterpillar. "How'd the queen get out here? Well, pheromones & that call don't lie. Better bring her back to the nest!"
@kanepack876
@kanepack876 Жыл бұрын
@@chickennuggets5549 Oh you’re literally commenting on every single comment saying that
@ruin1619
@ruin1619 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing these little blue butterflies flying around in Germany. Never thought they would have such an interesting, extraordinary cycle of life…
@chickennuggets5549
@chickennuggets5549 Жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven! He wants to save you ❤ Jesus Christ is coming back. Will He find faith when He returns? The wages of sin is death. But Jesus Christ leads to everlasting life! He wants to give you that! But we have to accept Him as our Lord and Saviour and live for Him. Seek the truth and you shall find it. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you! God bless you.
@thanhvu2377
@thanhvu2377 Жыл бұрын
Average Sega fan moment
@unwnme
@unwnme Жыл бұрын
Nintendo retardation is no joke.
@ArchStanton45
@ArchStanton45 Жыл бұрын
Are you confusing the large blue, which is a big European species of butterfly with a wing span of +5 cm, with the common blue and small blue which are much smaller and more common, with a wingspan of 2 - 3 cm, the caterpillars of the smaller species do not feed on ant larva?
@ruin1619
@ruin1619 Жыл бұрын
@@ArchStanton45 Just googled pictures of them, out of curiosity. I live here in Central Europe, I saw all of them, mostly as a kid when I was almost everyday outside. So does that matter?
@im.virani
@im.virani Жыл бұрын
Soldier ant : you are not our queen Caterpillar: 'croaks' once Soldier ant : long live the queen 👑
@KrotowX
@KrotowX Жыл бұрын
All glory to the Hypnotoad ... erm ... hypnopillar.
@Whitehorse_crimefighter
@Whitehorse_crimefighter Жыл бұрын
Uganda knuckles would have seen right through the facade and spit on them right away
@andreasgustafsson5185
@andreasgustafsson5185 Жыл бұрын
I see why they thrive so much in the UK now
@otakoob
@otakoob Жыл бұрын
Caterpillar: UwU
@Pengalen
@Pengalen Жыл бұрын
"Muh Queen!"
@15Anime4Ever15
@15Anime4Ever15 Жыл бұрын
You find a woman alone in the woods. She offers you your favorite fruit. She’s familiar. She tells you she’s weary and hurt and asks for shelter. As you lead her home, you realize why she’s familiar. She’s an old relative of the family! Of course! Got lost on her way to visit. And when you bring her home, everyone greets her after just a moment of confusion. Yes, yes, of course she’s remembered! She’s part of the family. She’s welcome. Months pass. Family members go missing. Gone, without a trace. You seek comfort in each other. Your relative is larger now, but that just makes it more comforting when she hugs. She’s grown so much since she came home. She’s always lived here. One day, you find yourself alone in the house. Everyone is gone. All that remains is some growth stuck to the floor. Like some kind of coffin. You feel like you should leave but you have nowhere to go. The growth is too large and heavy to move. You live around it. You long for your loved ones. Where have they gone? Then one day the growth splits. And out crawls the woman, one of your relatives! Except, no. She’s different now. Inhuman. With fuzz and wings and she looks at you like an insect, towering above you. “Thank you for the hospitality, cousin.” And she flies away. Leaving you alone in an empty nest.
@iLoveMoney309
@iLoveMoney309 Жыл бұрын
Heartbreaking 😢
@PeepStarsGo
@PeepStarsGo Жыл бұрын
If you created the story, I just wanna say it’s really creatives!🎉
@15Anime4Ever15
@15Anime4Ever15 Жыл бұрын
@@PeepStarsGo Lol I was trying to imagine this horrific scene occurring with humans instead of bugs and yeah it's horrifying.
@henrrypoop7570
@henrrypoop7570 Жыл бұрын
Yo this need more likes for having such an artistic view at something i wouldnt call beautiful
@crappyaccount
@crappyaccount Жыл бұрын
@@15Anime4Ever15 creepy, i love it
@grouchydude3448
@grouchydude3448 Жыл бұрын
Nature beats any Steven King horror novel hands down!
@randomdaveUK
@randomdaveUK Жыл бұрын
Most sci fi starts with an idea from nature. Alien - wasps that inject larvae into other insects etc. Burst out of the body. Last of us - evolved fungi and ants Mass effect and the giant worms - bobbit worm (horrible thing, but underwater) Loads more out there, truly fascinating is nature
@Gabriel_F4924
@Gabriel_F4924 Жыл бұрын
@@randomdaveUK Ever heard about the panthers that imitates monkey sounds IRL Ever seen the anime made in abyss where predator flowers imitate the help cries of dead victims?
@angryman1206
@angryman1206 Жыл бұрын
Damn nature! You scary!
@fredfry5100
@fredfry5100 Жыл бұрын
​@@randomdaveUK Right or wrong it's also why the nature channel is also the single best provider of reasons not to vote for nature lovers.
@zammmerjammer
@zammmerjammer Жыл бұрын
@@randomdaveUK You forgot the MIdwich Cuckoos.
@Sam4e82
@Sam4e82 Жыл бұрын
Mother nature is a sight to behold.
@JohnPopcorn06
@JohnPopcorn06 Жыл бұрын
Mother nature is a sick horrible place
@chickennuggets5549
@chickennuggets5549 Жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven! He wants to save you ❤ Jesus Christ is coming back. Will He find faith when He returns? The wages of sin is death. But Jesus Christ leads to everlasting life! He wants to give you that! But we have to accept Him as our Lord and Saviour and live for Him. Seek the truth and you shall find it. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you! God bless you.
@corndogrequiem1728
@corndogrequiem1728 Жыл бұрын
Evolution is so bizarre, I'm just gonna have to agree with the Chicken Nuggets on this one. I mean, it's way easier to just accept that God made all creatures for a purpose... some sick, sadistic purpose.
@supattreewatanawong5025
@supattreewatanawong5025 Жыл бұрын
Most beautiful and most terrified
@kadenha2175
@kadenha2175 Жыл бұрын
Your mom as well
@nyebe6598
@nyebe6598 Жыл бұрын
The more I learn about the different creatures in our planet the more I get amazed. Every creature has a unique role to play and its wonderful to know.
@hinaguiza8810
@hinaguiza8810 4 ай бұрын
Crazyyy. I'm so worried about crows going extinct with the way things are going. There are barely any crows here though there used to be alot when I was young. Crows are really smart creatures.
@connorhaley3190
@connorhaley3190 Ай бұрын
@@hinaguiza8810?
@br4nd0nh347
@br4nd0nh347 Жыл бұрын
I like how she leaves during spring, safe during winter and no need to fight her way out.
@zimcenzocassano9981
@zimcenzocassano9981 Жыл бұрын
This caterpillar bring the term “hiding in a plain sight” to the whole new level
@KrotowX
@KrotowX Жыл бұрын
And their food die with a smile :)
@dweebteambuilderjones7627
@dweebteambuilderjones7627 Жыл бұрын
In the ants' defense they're basically blind, so not really "sight" as it were.
@greatexpectations6577
@greatexpectations6577 9 ай бұрын
Ants are blind
@jacquelinesamuels569
@jacquelinesamuels569 Жыл бұрын
You see this video once and it never leaves your memory! What a lesson on trust!
@IndependentMind115
@IndependentMind115 Жыл бұрын
Takes 'evil stepmother' to a WHOLE new level! 😳😬
@eenayeah
@eenayeah Жыл бұрын
This is AMAZING! All BBC footage is great but this one just stuck out to me today, WOW! The trickery of this caterpillar. I cannot believe it!
@deehinker1848
@deehinker1848 Жыл бұрын
Those ants and caterpillar are paid actors, don't be fooled!
@RygorMortis
@RygorMortis Жыл бұрын
I love the joyful melody playing while the narrator gleefully exclaims that these nightmare creatures, once thought extinct, are now among us in dense population.
@mangalink25
@mangalink25 Жыл бұрын
What, are you an ant?
@taterboob
@taterboob Жыл бұрын
Typical alarmist ant rhetoric.
@chickennuggets5549
@chickennuggets5549 Жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven! He wants to save you ❤ Jesus Christ is coming back. Will He find faith when He returns? The wages of sin is death. But Jesus Christ leads to everlasting life! He wants to give you that! But we have to accept Him as our Lord and Saviour and live for Him. Seek the truth and you shall find it. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you! God bless you.
@RygorMortis
@RygorMortis Жыл бұрын
@@chickennuggets5549 Nah
@uncaringbear
@uncaringbear Жыл бұрын
It's not really fair to call them 'nightmare creatures'. They serve an important role in nature, and unlike humans, they don't kill other creatures out of malice or greed.
@TheScientist43
@TheScientist43 Жыл бұрын
Ant: "Excuse me. Why are you eating our babies.?" Caterpillar: "Er....I'm your Queen " Ant: "Oh right...carry on."
@alexandersolodovnikov4840
@alexandersolodovnikov4840 Жыл бұрын
I belive there's a commentary on internal British politics hidden there somewhere.
@davidblake4716
@davidblake4716 Жыл бұрын
😆
@panthekirb7561
@panthekirb7561 10 ай бұрын
"Excuse me. Why are you eating our babies?" "Er....I'm jewish" "Oh right, sorry for being anti semitic...carry on."
@Mopark25
@Mopark25 9 ай бұрын
Stupid ants
@Rtgv123
@Rtgv123 9 ай бұрын
Caterpillar : becoz hes not timmy
@middleclassic
@middleclassic Жыл бұрын
Truly remarkable. I’m at awe to know something evolved like this. Ingenious yet utterly chilling at the same time.
@Danmansri
@Danmansri Жыл бұрын
I’m more in awe of the Creator! The caterpillar may usefully keep the expansion of the ant colonies in check playing an important role in the ecosystem.
@steelwheel-i3s
@steelwheel-i3s 2 ай бұрын
"evolved" 😂
@squeegie
@squeegie Жыл бұрын
Conan O'Brian was right all along when he wrote for The Simpsons... "No one ever suspects a butterfly".
@chocolate-soulja40
@chocolate-soulja40 10 ай бұрын
It's krazy how something horrible can turn into something beautiful 🦋
@indigowolf556
@indigowolf556 Жыл бұрын
While I am not a fan of bugs for sure, this little video really mesmerised me and it's just made me think of the tiniest little bugs and a role that they play in our world. Simply amazing😮
@MrSeekerOfPeace
@MrSeekerOfPeace Жыл бұрын
Butterflies are incredible pollinators and are a serious contributor to the growth of food crops everywhere.
@silkwormstories5230
@silkwormstories5230 Жыл бұрын
I understand that the caterpillar fools the ants into thinking it's one of them, but I am surprised that they don't notice the destruction of their own larvae.
@mukulvdhiman
@mukulvdhiman Жыл бұрын
You don't question the queen
@son_60han
@son_60han Жыл бұрын
Pheromones don't lie, now shut up
@algladyou
@algladyou Жыл бұрын
Off with her heads
@MiMi-Elona
@MiMi-Elona Жыл бұрын
Well the pheromones dont lie.....
@MrKakuzukun
@MrKakuzukun Жыл бұрын
It's incredible, and such an interesting evolutionary adaptation.
@bobbymoss6160
@bobbymoss6160 Жыл бұрын
The miracle of nature. Absolutely amazing.
@vinbun1phonezprankz131
@vinbun1phonezprankz131 Жыл бұрын
Props to the camera man such dedication and bravery to shrink your self down to ant size
@mikethescienceguy
@mikethescienceguy Жыл бұрын
they hired an ant duh
@naychiv9325
@naychiv9325 Жыл бұрын
Could you imagine just how small that camera is!!
@ChilloutLibrary
@ChilloutLibrary Жыл бұрын
​@@mikethescienceguy ...tempting it with pheromone
@valevisa8429
@valevisa8429 Жыл бұрын
OK dude,try something else,the joke is as old as Santa Claus.
@atrocious_pr0xy
@atrocious_pr0xy Жыл бұрын
Not to mention the risk of being devoured!
@Zveebo
@Zveebo Жыл бұрын
Nature is amazing. And incredible to think this is happening here in the UK!
@beyondview
@beyondview Жыл бұрын
It's so good to hear sir David Attenborough voice
@rgygduysdgyuygsduysd
@rgygduysdgyuygsduysd Жыл бұрын
When I see videos like this, it makes me grateful to nature that bugs are very small.
@Garl_Vinland
@Garl_Vinland 10 ай бұрын
“OH MY GOD THE YOUNGLINGS WHAT ARE YOU-oh, your majesty! I hardly recognized you, carry on.”
@gegaloo1441
@gegaloo1441 Жыл бұрын
One of the most amazing life cycle of any insects or animals. What an amazing evolution of an caterpillar.
@AyoolaPonle
@AyoolaPonle Жыл бұрын
The large "trickery" blue. New addition to its name. Amazing nature.
@justinwilliam6534
@justinwilliam6534 Жыл бұрын
I always thought that Hawaii is the only place in the world to find carnivorous caterpillars until now.
@chitinskin9860
@chitinskin9860 Жыл бұрын
There's also harvester butterflies, which eat aphids, and planthopper parasite moths, which attach to planthoppers while small and eat them alive until they are bigger than their now dead host. Cherry gall azure's are another North American butterfly with predatory larvae, but they are technically omnivorous, as they eat both galls and the mites that made the gall.
@kingbeef66
@kingbeef66 Жыл бұрын
Well those caterpillars are scarier since they’re straight up hunting predators. The one in the video is creepy, though, but in a more insidious way.
@chickennuggets5549
@chickennuggets5549 Жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven! He wants to save you ❤ Jesus Christ is coming back. Will He find faith when He returns? The wages of sin is death. But Jesus Christ leads to everlasting life! He wants to give you that! But we have to accept Him as our Lord and Saviour and live for Him. Seek the truth and you shall find it. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you! God bless you.
@kingbeef66
@kingbeef66 Жыл бұрын
@@chickennuggets5549 Nobody asked for this you religious bot.
@julienrockingham54
@julienrockingham54 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking that
@buenvidanadz1969
@buenvidanadz1969 Жыл бұрын
What amazes me is that the ants also seem not confused by having an "additional queen". They're like "yep, another queen, nothing silly going around here"
@jayzenstyle
@jayzenstyle Жыл бұрын
Must be an Argentine ant colony? or any ants that have multiple queens in a colony.
@lubo7699
@lubo7699 Жыл бұрын
​@@jayzenstylein Europe ? Dont think so
@ae3464
@ae3464 Жыл бұрын
@@lubo7699 there are argentine ant megacolonies in europe, idk about uk tho
@lubo7699
@lubo7699 Жыл бұрын
@@ae3464 True, I forgot they were invasive
@raloed.363
@raloed.363 Жыл бұрын
Plus the ants not realizing that the new "queen" was eating the larvae and dwindling the ant population. Did they thought that if they feed her enough she will eventually spawn a generation of super ants
@DarshanBhambhani
@DarshanBhambhani Жыл бұрын
Caterpillar: literally look like this 🐛 Ant: Queen is that you your highness?
@greendino5388
@greendino5388 7 ай бұрын
I will mock ants, Ants can't very much see but can only smell anything it's value or importance, ants can only see queens tail, to attract it's army to mimic themselves
@neiacormae9550
@neiacormae9550 Жыл бұрын
I used to catch these little guys often when I lived on a farm for vacation, good times.
@solumefood
@solumefood Жыл бұрын
This creature just made number one of my all time favs chart
@Funnylocationrealreal
@Funnylocationrealreal 6 ай бұрын
3:03 SHE FREAKING SHARTED
@williamramos3350
@williamramos3350 Жыл бұрын
That is one of the coolest and craziest things I have watched.
@TragoudistrosMPH
@TragoudistrosMPH Жыл бұрын
It's amazing that it could bypass so many ant defenses. (Considering ants come in so many shapes and sizes, it makes some sense that they have wide acceptance criteria for 'family') I wonder if they trick one species or several species of ants?
@hkay3127
@hkay3127 Жыл бұрын
I'm surprised the camera can trick the ants to not attack it.. I wonder if they sprayed it with the same pheromone
@lukasturm5277
@lukasturm5277 Жыл бұрын
Not all of the ant species, far from that. I think only a few species from the Myrmica genus.
@Unchainedful
@Unchainedful Жыл бұрын
This trick doesn’t work against all any colonies. For example army ant colonies queens don’t make that noise and only release a unique pheromone that her ants knows, which is impossible for any other insect to replicate since it’s unique to each colony. Also army ants are aware of each other presence.
@jessehunter362
@jessehunter362 Жыл бұрын
Other blue butterflies also secret honeydew, most just don’t go so far as the great blue. Some tropical ones dose ants with mind control pheromones to act as their bodyguards, tho!
@jessehunter362
@jessehunter362 Жыл бұрын
@@rosssilver that’s a little different- the raider ants are able to get the larvae they steal to imprint on raider ant pheromones. It’s harder to mimic pheromones. Some blues can do it by eating ants and reusing their pheromones, but i don’t think the great blue does. (Most blues don’t need pheromones at all, because most blues produce honeydew and are tended to by ants in exchange for honeydew, like aphids)
@Milton2k
@Milton2k Жыл бұрын
Nefarious as it could be, nature is the ultimate teacher.
@mercuryman1250
@mercuryman1250 Жыл бұрын
Just amazing and strange. Science is really cool
@Snotzalotz
@Snotzalotz Жыл бұрын
@@Gg-ij7li 🤮
@D-me-dream-smp
@D-me-dream-smp Жыл бұрын
Once again nature comes up with such an insanely convoluted and crazy method of survival you wonder how it possibly came about. Major props to the ones who discovered these facts and of course the incredible cinematography.
@beras_jasmine
@beras_jasmine Жыл бұрын
Wow i really miss mr David ! It makes the video even more entertain to watch ❤️
@otakoob
@otakoob Жыл бұрын
Caterpillar: UwU Ants: THAT'S OUR QUEEN!! Caterpillar: Checkmate, SIMPS
@vipahman
@vipahman Жыл бұрын
Even Attenborough is in shock!
@ThouzandWattz
@ThouzandWattz Жыл бұрын
Simply incredible
@Lincyna
@Lincyna Жыл бұрын
The ant who brought a caterpillar is so in big trouble.
@Packguardian_gacha8684
@Packguardian_gacha8684 Жыл бұрын
This is just incredible. And the final form is breathtakingly beautiful.
@ChrisColmenter
@ChrisColmenter Жыл бұрын
When insects learn by watching you through you're window playing Among Us.
@HamsterFlex
@HamsterFlex Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely amazing
@ilhanthediamondcrafter9767
@ilhanthediamondcrafter9767 Жыл бұрын
What a fascinating creature
@TucsonDude
@TucsonDude Жыл бұрын
How they got a tiny camera (and a camera man) down that anthole boggles my mind.
@isz92
@isz92 Жыл бұрын
I believe they build special sets in glass cases that already have cameras set up.
@sinyud
@sinyud Жыл бұрын
the trick is to hire very very very tiny people
@mouth7137
@mouth7137 Жыл бұрын
Probably something similar to those tube cameras they use in surgeries
@TucsonDude
@TucsonDude Жыл бұрын
@@isz92 Thanks! Crazy that a sensible and thoughtful answer gets far fewer upvotes than the silly comment below.
@ilovtheend
@ilovtheend Жыл бұрын
What is this - a camera for ants?!
@torreeric499
@torreeric499 Жыл бұрын
A real life cycle of an insect more scarier than any alien or sci fi movies...
@KrotowX
@KrotowX Жыл бұрын
Just imagine that in human society you may become robbed much often than become killed. Between insects it is simple - you die. And often in very gruesome way.
@LillyWhiteFairy
@LillyWhiteFairy 10 ай бұрын
Some of the most iconic aliens are based on bugs ironically. Like how the xeno was inspired by the tarantula hawk wasp.
@rumination2399
@rumination2399 Жыл бұрын
Magnificent creature.
@GabeBarcelona
@GabeBarcelona Жыл бұрын
The things I've learned about bugs makes me more terrified of the concept of aliens 👽
@stiles217
@stiles217 Жыл бұрын
The amount of work put in to this video is insane
@ناديالنبلاء
@ناديالنبلاء Жыл бұрын
Nature something increadible
@raditya1828
@raditya1828 11 ай бұрын
Nature is really fascinating
@anseinueseima408
@anseinueseima408 Жыл бұрын
who wouldve thought those beautiful moths grow up like this
@marleynightingale4312
@marleynightingale4312 Жыл бұрын
It's a butterfly in this video
@dweebteambuilderjones7627
@dweebteambuilderjones7627 Жыл бұрын
@@marleynightingale4312 I mean, butterflies are technically a kind of moth, so...
@madzerincognito9732
@madzerincognito9732 10 ай бұрын
​@@dweebteambuilderjones7627 same family
@dweebteambuilderjones7627
@dweebteambuilderjones7627 10 ай бұрын
@@madzerincognito9732 Lepidoptera is an order, not a family.
@kingbeef66
@kingbeef66 Жыл бұрын
Second carnivorous caterpillar I've heard of outside of those Hawaiian ones. But the ones in Hawaii are still scarier since they’re complete ambush predators.
@Spacey7
@Spacey7 Жыл бұрын
Wow that's amazing! Nature is amazing 💕
@Coffee-hj5di
@Coffee-hj5di 11 ай бұрын
I never realized there were Carnivorous Caterpillars outside of Hawaii, amazing
@tracygardner6318
@tracygardner6318 Жыл бұрын
Amazing. Glad I’m not a larvae.
@FahadAyaz
@FahadAyaz Жыл бұрын
You probably wouldn't feel much of it anyway tbf
@KrotowX
@KrotowX Жыл бұрын
Let see in second life.
@Night-Jester
@Night-Jester Жыл бұрын
That got more intense than I expected.
@Crazywaffle5150
@Crazywaffle5150 Жыл бұрын
That's absolutely amazing.
@AbdulSalam-jw7db
@AbdulSalam-jw7db 7 ай бұрын
Caterpillars never fails to amaze us. One of the best in world in evolution. Birds, small mammals feed on them everyday and they exists!!!!
@navarmaxted9976
@navarmaxted9976 Жыл бұрын
Equal parts beautiful and terrifying
@Chikond
@Chikond Жыл бұрын
And , this is it Beautiful Moth 🦋
@tardismole
@tardismole Жыл бұрын
Never seen a Large Blue butterfly, and now I know why. I'm glad it's been reintroduced.
@storagegarage9991
@storagegarage9991 Жыл бұрын
Deception skills in infiltrating the ants colony Caterpillar: 10/10 Camera man: I do this everytime for a living.
@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13
@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 Жыл бұрын
TROLLING the ANTS 😂😂
@OpEditorial
@OpEditorial Жыл бұрын
Gives a new twist to "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" story
@endoucheeray7018
@endoucheeray7018 Жыл бұрын
The “Eco-friendly Ant control” at its finest.
@barbiquearea
@barbiquearea Жыл бұрын
Much more humane than spraying pesticides.
@KrotowX
@KrotowX Жыл бұрын
Cordyceps fungus also do the same on ant adult forms.
@dylanbuchman8128
@dylanbuchman8128 Жыл бұрын
Girl ATE 🤣🤣🤣
@Jimmy_Johns
@Jimmy_Johns Жыл бұрын
How can they record this??? This is so amazing!
@BornInsane0
@BornInsane0 Жыл бұрын
I imagine its a controlled environment. It's not actually in the wild. They build the set. Place cameras in place. Then place the animals. Then wait.
@Jimmy_Johns
@Jimmy_Johns Жыл бұрын
@@BornInsane0 omg I never thought of that. That makes total sense! Thank you!
@BornInsane0
@BornInsane0 Жыл бұрын
@@Jimmy_Johns this all a guess btw. I could be completely wrong 🤣
@janslavik5284
@janslavik5284 Жыл бұрын
BornInsane0 is right, most modern documentaries use a combination of wildlife footage and a controlled studio environment. Even when there is a "story" to follow, let's say the documentary focuses on a single animal and it's journey for example, the final footage is a combination of multiple animals, some wild and some not. I'm not saying this is a bad thing btw, this way of making the documentaries allows us to have such gems as this video right here.
@susivarga7303
@susivarga7303 Жыл бұрын
Give the camera to the strongest ant? And because the cameraman always survives...
@beafraidofinsectattack
@beafraidofinsectattack 8 ай бұрын
Great job to the species savers
@mohammed_wari
@mohammed_wari Жыл бұрын
Nature is incredible 🤔
@jarvissdot7700
@jarvissdot7700 8 ай бұрын
Ive watched alot of mimicking animals in nature but this is top level
@THEE.apples
@THEE.apples Жыл бұрын
Caterpillar: Dont mind if I do 😊
@weaponizedcropduster
@weaponizedcropduster 10 ай бұрын
"Carnivorous Undercover Caterpillar" makes for an excellent band name.
@clintonalver2715
@clintonalver2715 10 ай бұрын
And an even better spy name
@MedullarisConus
@MedullarisConus Жыл бұрын
Amazing! The good thing is that it's virtually impossible to bring down any ant population that way😂
@nunyanunya4147
@nunyanunya4147 Жыл бұрын
so long and thanks for all the babies
@paularomano5549
@paularomano5549 Жыл бұрын
Nature is always surprising us.
@CarlosSanchez-p5v
@CarlosSanchez-p5v 11 ай бұрын
I thought that noise the ant was doing was my stomach bubbling
@tricesimo
@tricesimo Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of another nature documentary I saw many years ago, but would like to find again. if I remember right, it was another kind of caterpillar that would invade an ant colony, but it had extremely tough skin that was impervious to the ants' stings and bites. It would eat as many larva as it could find until the ants would panic and start to evacuate them from their birthing chamber. When the caterpillar had its fill, it would climb to the top of the anthill and pupate - its skin too tough for the ants to pierce, and I believe it secured itself to the mound so the ants couldn't lift it. When it came time to emerge, the ants pounced, figuring they could finally kill it, but the moth had one last trick up its sleeve... it was covered in many sticky hairs that clogged the ants' mandibles and irritated them so much they had to retreat to clean themselves. After a few minutes of drying its new wings, the moth flew away. Does anyone else remember that one? I'd love to see that clip again...
@tochie-ugorji2021
@tochie-ugorji2021 Жыл бұрын
Liphyra brassolis- moth butterfly.
@tricesimo
@tricesimo Жыл бұрын
@@tochie-ugorji2021 Thank you! That's the one!
@sxyjellybean
@sxyjellybean Жыл бұрын
Wow!!
@doh-nc8ku
@doh-nc8ku Жыл бұрын
What an incredible creature wow
@northlander
@northlander Жыл бұрын
"It was the butterfly I tell you. The butterfly!" Simpsons was spot on. No one would've suspected it was the butterfly.
@rockinpenguin
@rockinpenguin Жыл бұрын
Nature is so amazing...
@TheStopShort
@TheStopShort Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of liphyra brassolis, or “moth butterfly”. Another carnivorous caterpillar, ot has a hard and heavy outer shell that allows it to just walk into an ant colony and start eating larvae. Pupates without incident, then emerges as a butterfly with slippery, irritating scales to disorient the ants while it escapes
@mecha417
@mecha417 Жыл бұрын
"Here's a lesson in trickery, this is going down in history..."
@vitaliyvyntu4566
@vitaliyvyntu4566 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting
@gamesgames3318
@gamesgames3318 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful butterfly im glad theyre no longer extinct 😊
@chenwong1036
@chenwong1036 Жыл бұрын
This caterpillar for sure caused some serious massacre. But I can see some resemblance, the butterfly has some ant looks haha
@DrSoftShoo
@DrSoftShoo 9 ай бұрын
Narrator: "She was re-introduced" Ants: "wtf!?"
@willphoenix5464
@willphoenix5464 Жыл бұрын
If I recall correctly, conservationists were worried by declining Large Blue butterfly may be caused by grazing of the land, so they decided to purchase the sites where they found the butterflies and wall them off from cattle This backfired immensely and the Large Blue soon became extinct Apparently the grazed pasture habitat is perfect for the specific red ants (mainly due to turf height modifying soil temperature) the butterfly tricks and by stopping grazing from cattle -and rabbit populations had an epidemic that killed them- the wrong ants colonised the site and killed off the Large Blue
@VitchAndVorty
@VitchAndVorty Жыл бұрын
Evolution is fascinating.
@MM-jf1me
@MM-jf1me Жыл бұрын
Amazing! How is the butterfly not attacked by ants as it leaves the nest? Did it kill the colony by eating all their larvae before pupating?
@lifes40123
@lifes40123 Жыл бұрын
The ants still think its a queen after months of the caterpillar living/producing chemicals and the fake queen noise with them
@monica012077
@monica012077 Жыл бұрын
I think it's eaten all the larvae by then, and the worker ants would have died over the course of the year. Leaving no one to attend to the larvae the other queen is producing.
@luisapisacar
@luisapisacar Жыл бұрын
it still has the chemical signature of the queen, so the ant's don't care.
@dweebteambuilderjones7627
@dweebteambuilderjones7627 Жыл бұрын
These ants are largely blind and the butterfly wouldn't be seen escaping.
@eriksonyw
@eriksonyw Жыл бұрын
Caterpillar of the Harvester butterflies (Feniseca tarquinius) are also carnivorous.
@shaundurant7415
@shaundurant7415 Жыл бұрын
That is amazing! How the hell do the caterpillars know how to do that? I wonder if they can use those butterflies to control fire ants? They are many invasive species of ants around the world.
@gamatardlekaboom8760
@gamatardlekaboom8760 Жыл бұрын
Instinct one many drugs Nature can give ya thats how the baby moth survived and Humans are invasive as well on the whole globe Ants are just following the same route But if you want to control fire ants population Just add some parasitic fungus and bring in anteater
@dweebteambuilderjones7627
@dweebteambuilderjones7627 Жыл бұрын
The caterpillars only target these particular ants because they are largely blind and thus can be fooled by smell & sound alone. Also, most lycaenids are symbiotic with caterpillars, some species just changed it from mutualism to parasitism.
@anandiarts9841
@anandiarts9841 9 ай бұрын
The person who noticed it 😲😲😲😳😳. Great respect bruv
@roblewis6498
@roblewis6498 Жыл бұрын
wow.. In Australia they have such a problem with Ants.... WOuld much prefere nice looking Blue butterflies
@prism2451
@prism2451 14 күн бұрын
Ant queen : what's that creature you are carrying. Worker ant : what do you mean your majesty, it's clearly you.
@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit
@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit Жыл бұрын
Considering the queen's chamber is tended to actively, I just imagine the scenario playing like a long game of TES: Oblivion, complete with the game's hilarious AI. Caterpillar: *devours another ant larva* Ant guard: The body's still warm, there's a killer about. *Finds another body* Ant guard: May you rest in peace. Caterpillar: *devours another ant larva just behind the guard*
@janslavik5284
@janslavik5284 Жыл бұрын
Ant guard: Your majesty, have you by chance seen anything suspicious around here? Catterpillar ( *chomping* *on* *another* *victim* ): Ehmmm... nope, carry on.
@peasant8246
@peasant8246 Жыл бұрын
More like Among Us.
@8bitbumps
@8bitbumps 11 ай бұрын
Honestly imagine being an ant and seeing this distressed ant that makes sugar out of its back and next thing you know this queen is eating all of your babies
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