Praying Mantis Decapitated by Ant Swarm | Superswarm | BBC Earth

A lone praying mantis picks off a few ants before the colony calls for backup.
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[@Styrophoamicus]

Imagine eating a granola bar then your granola bar calls for reinforcements and they all rip your head off.

[@atomicreactor6033]

No. Just... if this were Reddit, I'd say "Take your upvote and get the fuck out." But this is KZbin. So take your like and get the fuck out

[@lawrencecarr4973]

🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😂😂

[@celtc7875]

This post was made by the living food gang

[@livelystone9367]

Im eatin a Chewy granola bar at this moment & its worth being attacked by granolas

[@johnbattles9469]

Sounds like something out of Farside.

[@hectorberber6391]

reminder that the mantis has one of the best eyes in the insect world, he was seeing all that in 4k

[@dandradawson2882]

So he saw his death in 4K 🤣

[@CheeseWater.]

Lol

[@Cyrax4d]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@ZainZanu]

😂😂😂💯

[@quotient1685]

He literally got caught in 4k

[@ahsananwar3820]

I'm so glad that ants are the size they are

[@zegolem3607]

EDF: tell me about it.

[@Luc-1991]

if ants would get bigger they would get crushed under their own weight.

[@Raison_d-etre]

@@Luc-1991 It could adapt. Other insects got really huge hundreds of millions of years ago when the atmosphere was richer in oxygen.

[@Luc-1991]

@@Raison_d-etre I don't see a reason why it would happen tho. And even if they would get bigger they wouldn't be very strong so i wouldn't worry too much.

[@Raison_d-etre]

@@Luc-1991 It wouldn't happen now, because we've bacteria that digest wood.

[@squilliamfancyson1080]

Mantis didn't seem too bothered being eaten alive. He was just like "ah well, my future wife would have done the same thing to me anyways"

[@cedriceric9730]

no, it was pinned, those ants KNEW exactly what they are doing. it had one chance to run. one large ant is more than enough for a full grown mantis to be immobilised. they know to bite nerves and they are very strong too

[@johnathanderosa7769]

Do you know what a joke is

[@guthax30]

You live by the Mantis code, you die by the Mantis code.

[@captnwinkle]

That's why ppl like you got picked on in HS

[@thatoneguy86493]

why does everyone have an @ before their username?

[@mikenike038]

Props to the ant who filmed inside of the nest!

[@girlgetbeautiful7637]

haha

[@chengkuoklee5734]

I guess that's Ant-Man's part time job.

[@willemweijs3337]

The praying mantis head was actually a spy cam

[@fishnugget9450]

You’re dumb af it wasn’t the ant cause ants can’t film. Lmfao I’m just meming but for real how tf do they record the ants lmao

[@rumar4u]

The Ant’s last name is Snowden. 😎

[@jacqueslin8178]

I'm so glad I wasn't born as a insect. What a brutal life it would be.

[@shinobix4925]

Honestly a brutal life is just par for the course for anything that isnt/doesn't live with humans, and even if they do there's still a chance they'll suffer anyway

[@maxchilla732]

24/7 war!

[@israelcazares6975]

Don't worry, you will be next life.

[@Naz1Killer]

@@israelcazares6975 reincarnation doesn't happen

[@amatmc8319]

@@Naz1Killer and you know this how?

[@galling2052]

Grabing a bull by its horns. meh Biting a mantis in the jaws. real shit

[@abetwabe]

For REAL.

[@seymourglass26]

Sure, but let me see you get that bull, haha.

[@carsonrush3352]

Watch a man wrestle a bull to the ground. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqDGd3xna9l2n5I

[@Moldylocks]

I'd say biting a mantis in the jaws is the ant equivalent of grabbing a bull by it's horns for a human. It's not for the faint of heart!

[@No-cc1fq]

@@Moldylocks what a madlad ant

[@dl30wpb]

The dying ant's signal --- "avenge me brothers"

[@Chimeraguard-iv6uc]

Well, sisters. Ant workers are female. All the males do is provide sperm for new queens IIRC.

[@josephpham9078]

And sisters.

[@adventurefighter7501]

“MIC UP MIC UP REVIVE ME NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW”

[@kawaiipurplesaphire6163]

Their actually all girls

[@shaider1982]

I think the worker ants are all non-procreating females.

[@jaylenware363]

Ants: Call an ambulance... Mantis: :) Ants: *But not for me* Mantis: :(

[@umbraheart1]

Ambalamps

[@livelystone9367]

That was a suicide ant. They planned that the whole time lol

[@hiimryan2388]

@@livelystone9367 Ant: *choking through blood* yes, for the empire

[@EagleHawk175]

AmbulaANTS were called, alright...

[@jaylenware363]

@@EagleHawk175 They should’ve preyed harder

[@jfrank1882]

The serial "decapitator" became the "decapitatee"..... *nature*

[@fabiana7157]

Good point, but I also feel bad for the mantis because it's a really interesting insect too

[@awalkingnightmare]

good one ☝️ lol!!!

[@matchrocket1702]

The mantis thought he was just going to have a little snack.

[@TheBeemanblake]

Instantly thought of space balls

[@ixi78-l3r]

@@fabiana7157 no ..good for him

[@RaynmanPlays]

Her ex-boyfriend: "Doesn't feel too good when it happens to you, now does it?"

[@divyangana123]

This is the comment of the day 😹😹😹😹

[@erik7271]

Took me a solid moment haha but good one

[@ltsallwood]

Yeah but if she killed her exboyfriend THEN HOW CAN HE SAY THAT?!

[@bensoncheung2801]

269 likes

[@Moldylocks]

@@ltsallwood Okay Buzz Killington, through a bug medium of course.

[@kittypost3929]

“They gather lumps of mud and bury the problem” Wish I could do that with all my problems

[@whimsicalvagabond6906]

You can. That's why we have carpets. Mud is messy.

[@lanafelix8649]

🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😂

[@hisoros911]

Nah blud straight violated him 💀

[@TheRoger205]

😂😂😂😂

[@blaydeesy2005]

Take your time and Dig the hole first. Lime, rocks, concrete then cover completely. Have some old leaves to dump on the spot so they can’t see the fresh dirt. Unfortunately, you’ll probably get caught anyway, just too much forensics and technology to overcome now days.

[@SandwichDoggy]

Ants: Kill millipede That one soldier being Remy: Wait a sec this shit is poisonous Ants: *_B U R Y T H E P R O B L E M_*

[@Purelax]

your profile picture reminds me of a element that came from a roblox game called "elemental battleground" or i might just mistaken ur profile.

[@gilmourwanabe2958]

@@Purelax isn't it Batman's logo ? :D

[@havilavi472]

@@gilmourwanabe2958 exactly who could for get that

[@negativentry]

Meanwhile in Fukushima. ... Humans: Wait a sec this shit is radioactive .... Also Humans: Let's dump it into the ocean

[@117hellhound]

What does being Remy mean ? :D

[@littleslimedude123]

why is nobody talking about the millipede at the beginning, like *evolves to become poisonous so it doesn't get eaten* ants: *slaughter it anyways*

[@Themurderin]

Yea I didn't quite understand that. Is it poisonous to eat, or is it just a threat when it's alive? If it's the latter than there's no need to bury him in the first place.

[@leonhardable]

@@Themurderin its both. if alive, the millipede endangers the convoi by distracting it and blocking its path, and if they kill i and dont bury it, its possible some smaller ants without the good sensors still carry it back to the nest, possibly killing the larvae.

[@kefiksprite5912]

I was more surprised at the fact that it flipped over so easily. Bruh you have a million fuckin legs how do you trip? You did the one thing I thought you had under control.

[@hounsdjentlow3074]

@@kefiksprite5912 underrated comment bro 😅

[@emmalion1976]

@@kefiksprite5912 he ate too many cheetos man don't blame him

[@totallyrealreactions5023]

In terms of scale, this is pretty much the equivalent of you going hunting, and you catch a squirrel, but then all of a sudden you’re swarmed by squirrels until they literally bite your head off

[@lost7149]

And theres a few dog sized squirrels that have massive jaws that just rip you in half

[@timhoward5]

You got 100 likes because your 💯.

[@TP_Rockstar]

pretty sure I've had a nightmare like that

[@JB777C]

You fucked with squirrels Morty!

[@SF2036]

But imagine squirrel colonies who could defeat an entire pack of wolves.

[@cyber2cyke]

Mantis came for dinner but became the main course real quick.

[@micahthebestfr]

Mantis: Kills Ant Ants: You have yee'd your last haw.

[@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457]

It was not even able to kill the ant. If you look closely, mantis had to throw it. Ant either stung or bit.

[@bzhzjbzhzj8809]

This comment is amazingly fantasticly fantastic !

[@thebidstar26]

These are the red ants too. I hate them mofos. I promise you ants can kill even lions man Idk how they’ll do it but one ant being squashed by a lion might

[@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457]

@@thebidstar26 these are driver ants only found in forests. All red ants are not fire ants. Also, driver ants are free pest control for farmers of Africa. They happily let them walk through the farms.

[@FlyxPat]

The mantis seemed fairly relaxed about the proceedings.

[@djp8787]

He was like "ah well, gotta take the good with the bad"

[@gmetayern]

state of shock

[@protocetid]

No, being beheaded is not relaxing. Nice try ant.

[@untouchableMCs]

Mantis: I have no regrets

[@guynorth3277]

He got confused and wasn't sure if he was eating or being eaten!

[@SheldonAdama17]

Thanos: You should have gone for the - Ants:

[@moonnafarm]

So amazing

[@mattwerner000]

Kinda fucked up bud

[@solarlaw1421]

So thats how antman wins

[@ireves93]

@@solarlaw1421 If you think about it Antman really was the reason Thanos lost. All the events in Endgame happened because of him, or maybe a rat.

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

Ants: we got for eveything

[@TheStapleGunKid]

It's amazing that ants actually know how to identify poison insects and dispose of them. How could insect intelligence process something like that? It's really amazing.

[@myrmiciex1889]

Ant intelligence is weird. Think of ants not as individuals, but more like each ant as a nerve cell, able to send signals to the colony. These signals dictate how the ants perceive and react to the world around them. An individual ant is going to be killed and picked off by the mantis, but by releasing chemicals and pheromones upon its death, it creates a response in the swarm that tells soldier ants “threat here, eliminate it”. Basically the entire colony is one big brain, with individuals being small sensory receptors that process information and react to that info accordingly

[@TheStapleGunKid]

@@myrmiciex1889 I get, but to do such advanced things such as recognizing what poison is (let alone recognizing which food sources are poison) and recognizing the need to safely dispose of poison food sources to protect everyone else is almost human-like.

[@barryallen2440]

I was Thinking the same thing

[@sfb4144]

@@TheStapleGunKid ikr, plus they don't just dispose of it, they actually grab mud and bury it so that future/other ants don't get miscommunicated and get poisoned, not knowing which poisonous insect the pheromones are alerting them of!!! Astounding!

[@v-town1980]

@@myrmiciex1889 Yes, we watched the video.

[@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457]

That's the first time I have seen any insect grabbing a mantis by jaws.

[@fitt4393]

ikr

[@eh1600]

ants are ballsy

[@frankeinstein1]

Fascinating deduction of risk and reward….Ants continue to resonate awe with me…”

[@m0ldy_cupcake]

The ant cartel takes no prisoners

[@troyjohnson1186]

Ants are amazing. An ant is the only bug I would root for against a mantis

[@Guywiththesuitcase]

One minute your chillin out, having a snack, the next minute you're being decapitated. Such is life.

[@rightchordleadership]

Yeah just ask Kanye

[@alvexok5523]

The praying mantis, praying didn't save this mantis. Of course they don't really pray, they're just called that because it looks like they're praying.

[@partridge7341]

By the snack

[@bronzejourney5784]

@@alvexok5523 Its surprising how much this applies to religious communities around the world as well.

[@kaspervestergaard2383]

@@bronzejourney5784 So praying for 500$ wont get me 500$?

[@Em-td4kc]

How kind of those ants to give the millipede a proper burial 🙏

[@jadibdraws]

If it wasn't poisonous they would've eaten it. Its funny because if this documentary was done a couple of decades back the narrator would say the ants were being empathetic and practicing some kind of ant religion 😭

[@juggiebonebrain3383]

I'm actually surprised he didn't given the state of the world today

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

Poor guy didn't do anything

[@starmancrusader]

Yet they didn’t bury the mantis

[@itsourlife]

@@jadibdraws Scientist have been studying and documenting behavior of ants for way too long. It's called Myrmecology and been on for at least two centuries. Ants are one of the best studied species in fact out in the wild.

[@Allebas13]

0:15 Now that's a war cry after defeating enemy.

[@quickrick31]

Yeah it does look like it! I think it was crying because of the poison. It's a war cry, and because of the poison, I think that's the point of showing their head and antennae pop up.

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

“Impenetrable fortress” except for the camera man.

[@moonnafarm]

Never see this

[@kmm9035]

Pretty sure it’s just a lot of zoom

[@alejandroherrera5271]

@@kmm9035 but you can see the ants climb on and maneuver out of the camera's way

[@netrider5]

It's probably on a mechanical arm to avoid being bitten

[@caminstol2473]

@@netrider5 it was a joke

[@ZandarOne]

Mantis: kill ant Ants: *your free trial of living has expired.*

[@ant-onio4543]

Why does this mantis hate me? :(

[@isaacomotayo2298]

🤣🤣

[@amithattimare834]

I just come to read comments.

[@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457]

No. The ant stung the mantis and escaped. Look 1:15

[@schizophrenic_rambler]

@Kris Walsh hi there. Would you like to sign my petition?

[@wachatapsitamulaho8459]

Clinical decapitation 😂😂😂😂 these little guys are truly efficient

[@Monir2Hossain]

👍

[@peachyrider9987]

Lol

[@latoyaglvr]

Correction: little girls. They are all female.

[@peachyrider9987]

@@latoyaglvr "little guys" to me means unisex and to someone who feels inferior can mean only guys.🤔

[@peachyrider9987]

@@latoyaglvr check your research oh inferior one. "There are three kinds of ants in a colony: The queen, the female workers, and males. The queen and the males have wings, while the workers don't have wings. The queen is the only ant that can lay eggs. The male ant's job is to mate with future queen ants and they do not live very long afterwards."

[@jennyfury4674]

I hate driver ants, but it was still kind of cool how they buried the millipede like they made their own funeral for him

[@gnimnuh6570]

Mantis: *I knew my head would be decapitated but not like this*

[@ethanc8130]

Lol.... Died a virgin I guess

[@bensoncheung2801]

69 likes

[@bensoncheung2801]

Btw, that's a female.

[@Squilliam-Fancyson]

@@bensoncheung2801 how to you know?

[@bensoncheung2801]

@@Squilliam-Fancyson On Google, male mantises are noticeably smaller and thinner than females.

[@AllgoodthingsTv]

That mantis was in disbelief he couldn't take those ants right up until the moment his head popped off.

[@raven4k998]

well he died trying🤣

[@arcangle7444]

Dead Ant: Need back up Ants : He killed Marty.... Cut his head off Bois.

[@criticalboi4387]

is that a refrences to a movie ? or u just made it up casue itn felt funny to me

[@JanusHoW]

It would more like "Martha". All worker and soldier ants are sterile females - indeed, that's the case for pretty much all social insects. There's the queen who can lay eggs, one or more males whose sole purpose is to mate with the queen, and the rest of the colony are either sterile females or would-be queens.

[@doratheexploder286]

skulls for the skull throne!

[@ColdSalt99]

Ants together strong 💪

[@MeatMi1k]

Praying Mantis: gets brutally decapitated The music: 😇🪽😄 2:19

[@ashla4727]

That reaction to the poisonous insect was incredible, ants are truly impressive when it comes to their intelligence

[@blazednlovinit]

It *bugs* me that they implied the millipede was an "insect". It is an arthropod for sure, but it is no insect.

[@dentyph5169]

They are so intelligent they can be confused into crawling in a circle until they die

[@MaskOfCinder]

It’s not really intelligence. More like instinctual reactions to chemical signals.

[@blazednlovinit]

​@@MaskOfCinder Pretty much, they're as intelligent as a flow chart. Our smart phones are probably at the stage where they are can perform more calculations per second.

[@gandalf8216]

@@MaskOfCinder It's a swarm intelligence. They're... uhm, different, than ours. Like a set or collection of algorithms forming a mesh of independent behavior patterns that work in tandem, thanks to evolution spanning millions upon millions of years. Swarm intelligences are interesting in terms of emergent phenomena. But to anyone else reading this, no it's no substrate for consciousness. Consciousness requires more centralized control and a more clear hierarchical structure of function, which swarm intelligences don't allow. One behavior pattern doesn't override others via feedback systems in a swarm intelligence, which is something we know is required for consciousness to arise. But intelligence can exist without consciousness, so there's that.

[@jorgemigueltavares6041]

*Mantis about to be decapitated:* _“...that's kinda hot though.”_ *Ants:* _“Bruh.”_

[@seans5631]

Cringe..so funny..

[@abode2662]

Mantis and ant hentai when

[@twinodoom]

Mantis: "Jokes on you, I'm into that sh*t."

[@kimbaldun]

Reminds me of that one hot decapitation doujin i've read

[@abode2662]

@@kimbaldun nice

[@juggiebonebrain3383]

Narrator; The millions of interlocking ants that make up the nest's superstructure create an impenetrable barrier. Cameraman:. "if I could just squeeze by you for a second. Yeah, just got work to do"

[@bonsoir5170]

I read your pfp... I'm waiting

[@harshitgupta5267]

I read ur pfp too... I am waiting

[@blackwatch1326]

Many licks needed

[@Sintriel]

and then the cameraman was also clinically decapitated.

[@joshpart3319]

*cameraant

[@waynescott-lp5pm]

The Mantis is an apex killer in the bug world but as we all know, doesn't matter how tough you are there is always someone tougher!

[@fracturedsolace145]

They aren't tougher, just more numerous.

[@jeezmutz1759]

The ants: "Well, well, well. How the turns have tabled"

[@mytomanen_bre]

How the turntables*

[@evalzeyn9730]

What? Lmao

[@jairodominguez5599]

@@evalzeyn9730 is a joke from The Office, funny episode

[@Han1SoLo616]

Imagine creatures with precision like this the size of rats.

[@MT-si3bu]

now THAT would be hella scary

[@Purelax]

if ants we're to be big like a size of a rat then our humanity will find a way to make those ants in our food chain just because ants are a lot cleaner than rat yet ants are smaller compare to rats.

[@ryand141]

Yes, I have relatives like this. Pure scumbags.

[@ingamingpc1634]

@@MT-si3bu ants that big appear in Fallout 3 fuck that shit

[@JasonB808]

They are called rats.

[@pierrojules]

That Mantis didn't even have the time to digest the Ant that it had just eaten. Brutal death.

[@mftripz8445]

Live by the sword die by the sword lol

[@tazbehdjet7972]

Nothing can beat team work you mess with one ant you mess with 1000s brutal

[@kevinp2722]

‘The mantis’ fate is sealed by a clinical decapitation’ Cue cheerful music

[@Qalelwkaseeraladab]

Mantis can't fly?!!

[@zammmerjammer]

It can. And it definitely should have.

[@RatedRana]

I think they did something to the mantis tp get the shot. If not, then why mantis stays to bear the pain?

[@prayingmantischannel2386]

Males can fly, but female usually don't fly, cause they are to heavy to fly....

[@eminberkunal3919]

@@RatedRana Mantises are weird, they rarely escape from anything even it means their death. I saw plenty of mantis taunting humans at picnic tables lol

[@ilikefishandpotatoes]

Technically, but they are fucking terrible at it. It’s no wonder they don’t and rather die with some dignity.

[@thebotanist7145]

Can we appreciate the work that has been put in, to show us how it looks inside such a ant-nest-structure?

[@fabiana7157]

Yeah, those shots are amazing

[@OhleKiki]

Right, it's truly amazing

[@Sergio-kd9wm]

appreciate it then you don’t have to always comment could we appreciate it so you could get a lot of likes terrible 🤦‍♂️

[@LordVader1094]

@@Sergio-kd9wm What?

[@woohdawg7821]

Not real at all

[@phill13able]

I’m here wondering how the cameraman did all this

[@odintillgren3212]

Even if we take into account special camera attachments to probe the nest, are they just standing ankle deep in a swarm of ants poking them with cameras and lights?

[@mayhare55555]

Ah yes, "the ants have come, even the wasps have to abandon their nest"

[@blehblah602]

Well that was enough nightmare fuel for a terrible night’s sleep. Goodnight KZbin!

[@Conway1]

How was ur nighy?

[@Love-jf7rs]

The title does say pain. Hope your sleep was k though

[@Conway1]

@@Love-jf7rs i m about to sleep..thx

[@Love-jf7rs]

@@Conway1 Bless you safety from nightmare then

[@kastellan1324]

sweet dreams

[@Andrea-ho8uv]

It s incredible..and those microcameras are amazing

[@moonnafarm]

❤️❤️❤️

[@themandalorian4456]

Mini cameraman*

[@mrmacedon]

Mantis: "I will F you all up bois!" Ant's: "We will drink from your skull! Take his head bois!"

[@fishtheman]

The taste of your own medicine

[@moonnafarm]

So amazing

[@kalyanz1072]

kzbin.info/door/8lKTxtzTyCCLeVXzIMTKYQ

[@ngailianzou8727]

They got her good lol

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

Its just all a game Advantage and disadvantage Pls give me salvation without dying like a pig

[@Folse]

2:08 that’s when he knew he fucked up.

[@haingis]

"butchering it with surgical precision" I don't want to get a surgery anywhere close to where the narrator's from if that's how precise the surgeons are

[@RogueReplicant]

Ikr, they practically chewed off the head leaving a jagged mess and he calls it "clean", tf 😑

[@usernamename2978]

It's worthless poetry. The writer should stick to describing what's happening.

[@jacobkusnerik8809]

I used to see a few Mantis's at my old work and they were pretty big and a little scary, but this just shows that there are some things not even a boogeyman of the bug world can fight off.

[@pinecones2513]

I’ve been seeing videos of Mantis killing and eating birds, fish, lizards, snakes it’s good to see the tiniest creatures nerfing that killing machine. Balance

[@Lucas-Lee-1987]

I can' t help but imagine that, were mantises bigger, they would prey on us... I know they would...

[@lashlarue7924]

Props +1 bruv

[@del-pieroclark9017]

As all things should be

[@lisakeim4954]

Wow! Amazing how they work together! Poor praying mantis tho

[@DavidWsTrainVideos]

Well it was either the ants or his next mate.....

[@beekinddd]

circle of life

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

She deavere it for eathing her husband in a brutal way

[@Koremel1]

poor mantis? Bruh right now this moment there is probably a hyena eating a baby wilderbeast of a lion eating a Buffalo or a male elephant killing a baby elephant

[@Raison_d-etre]

@@Koremel1 You didn't disprove her point.

[@sarihaddu]

They buried because it was poisonous.. Omg that's scary/smart evolution

[@moonnafarm]

So amazing 🤩

[@ahrarahmed5]

Humans cannot sense poisonous stuff But humans know that if it's poisonous because of other people who have died by it

[@lucasrobin2788]

@@ahrarahmed5 we can kind of sense poison - it’s why we don’t like bitter tastes. Lots of poisons are bitter. But it’s a bit late at that point because its already in our mouths

[@stephenfrank9735]

@@lucasrobin2788 Yes but a lot of stuffs are bitter as well and yet not poisonous

[@lucasrobin2788]

@@stephenfrank9735 that’s true. That’s why children don’t like bitter tastes (cause it might be poison!) but adults can (because I know what I’m drinking probably isn’t poison).

[@davidtendernuts6982]

"The ants he kills send out a dying message" Mantis: "Commere you little -" Dying Ant: "AVENGE ME!" Mantis: "Why do I hear boss music?"

[@sentientweetabix2228]

Mantis kills ant Ant: This is Private Ant! It’s got me! I ain’t getting outta here! Tell my queen I love her and get some reinforcements!

[@seans5631]

Cringe..

[@sentientweetabix2228]

@@seans5631 Don’t care

[@yehia4638]

@@seans5631 didn't ask

[@fleshypotato4307]

@@seans5631 your mother doesn't love you

[@σουκμαντικ]

@@seans5631 your queen doesn't love you

[@NOT-A-BAD-GUY]

He thought he was the "Mantis" but he bit off more than he could chew.....lol🐜🐜

[@lawrencecarr4973]

😂😂😂

[@Void3.0]

Honey I shrunk the kids seems all the more terrifying now, just imagine that fate awaiting 😳

[@Moldylocks]

Since they make remakes of everything I could approve of a darker version of Honey I shrunk the kids. Definitely bring in some ants.

[@GokuBlack-fi4mi]

Borrowing

[@AreGeeBee]

If you've ever played EDF you know the outlook is grim...

[@rashidhumine]

Well just watch the Saw movies to prepare yourself.

[@NFITC1]

It just hit me that they only encountered ONE ant and a scorpion that was slightly larger than the ant. They should have seen way more than that.

[@IcerFreakyNana]

I got curious about something: I was under the impression that Praying Mantises not only had a very quick attack speed, but were also very mobile (I thought they could fly short distances or at least jump long distances). I wonder if this one couldn't move before the ants swarmed it, or if it made the worst decision of its short life by underestimating the ants. I imagine it thinking something along the lines of: "Oh, one of them climbed on me, but it's no biggie; I can still eat one or two more before it becomes troublesome" quickly followed by: "I've made a terrible mistake."; or "I calculated the risks, but man, I sure am bad at math!"

[@ohhesnumb4409]

I was wondering why it didn’t just escape lol, suicide by ant.

[@AG-ig8uf]

Praying Mantis was a paid actor.

[@icespeaker81]

@@datcrazymongoose While the world of animal docs are very shady, I've seen my share fair of ant action while traveling South America. Follow a group of ants and you're bound to see many deaths over the course of just a few hours. Also, Mantis are incredibly brazen hunters - they're known to take on creatures much larger than themselves and end up getting killed fairly often. A Mantis underestimating the might of an ant swarm seems likely.

[@sxanep]

It definiely did not feel the danger from the ants. It thought it's just some food coming straight to the mouse :)

[@triplocore]

Dude, I saw the same happening with a insect in my yard some months ago. I have a pepper plant and some ants enjoy farming aphids on it. I saw a weird insect with a long nozzle eating one of those ants. One ant approached it and it jumped to the next leaf, then other ant grabbed it's leg, and then other, and other, and other. It could just fly away, but for some unknown reason, it decided to stay there and die.

[@seanmadison6360]

It's amazing that these tiny creatures can communicate so effectively and yet us humans can never seem to get on the same page.

[@veronikamajerova4564]

Yeah, but in exchange, they are basically drones without individuality.

[@veteransforequality7347]

@@veronikamajerova4564 no individuality, also sounds like a lot of humans.

[@Aaron0000014]

Ya thinking for yourself does that to ya

[@andresmetalowl1151]

What an ignorant comment

[@schizophrenic_rambler]

Yeah, let me just send my hormone message to my neighborhood

[@w.a.w.o3387]

It's quite a change in perspective to consider the ant swarm as a single organism, rather than as a multitude of individual organisms.

[@schizophrenic_rambler]

Yeah, they're basically cells of a larger being

[@dekippiesip]

​@@schizophrenic_rambler the ant at 1:42 seems individually intelligent though. I thought they would just have killed the mantis by stupid swarming alone, loosing mamy ants in the process.

[@fabiana7157]

Ants really are fascinating.. too bad I can't bring myself to like earwigs and roaches too, at least a little. My life would be much easier

[@michaelp.4890]

I feel exactly the same: love and admiration for most animals but some insects are just better off from a distance. The sense you get upon contact is so repulsive...

[@ted9030]

I love animals but im scared of most species

[@princeharming8963]

Be far more frightened of elected officials.

[@itsourlife]

I can stand all except for cockroachs coz they are dirty af and rats for the same reason. I LOVE ants though. I don't mind ant infestation. Last home had 4-5 different species ingesting around the home but nothing really bothered me. I hate to kill them.

[@lashlarue7924]

Ants are actually very, VERY clean. Ravens have even been known to take “ant baths” to try to get some of the ants’ anti-bacterial/anti-fungal secretions. Flies and cockroaches are filthy, by contrast. Maybe don’t worry as much about ants then?

[@doug.afc.90.93]

If some how ants grew to the size of cats the humen race would be wiped out quick 😮

[@alandolawson1924]

Narrator: *The millions of interlocking ants that makes up the nests super-structure are an impenetrably barrier* Camera Man: I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that

[@GijsTheDog]

"What's my purpose" "You're part of a wall" *Vomit's pheromones

[@KobaAM]

1:50 AUGH THEY’RE IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AUGGGH AHHHHHH

[@hanzomain6376]

Props to the camera guy for going into the nest for the footage.

[@nightstriker3592]

I think he might've used some mini cord with a camera attached to the end. It's amazing how our technology allows us to film stuff like this and the geniuses who came up with it

[@pixelturtle5041]

@@nightstriker3592no i think he just stuck his hand in and the ants just let him through. Cheaper tbh

[@nightstriker3592]

@@pixelturtle5041 i sense your sarcasm nice try though.

[@Alaryicjude]

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids style cameraman!

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Oh... it's so hard to watch. But nature is so amazingly, beautifully grotesque and eccentric.

[@ted9030]

Why does it make me feel weird sensations, are there invisible ants on me 😳

[@htf5555]

eccentric? we are the eccentric ones

[@schizophrenic_rambler]

@@ted9030 yeah. A primitive part of our brain, just like hearing buzzing or watching videos of mosquitos or fleas

[@schizophrenic_rambler]

@Кайл if you have nothing to do at least don't be an annoyance

[@leoalonso7653]

1:20 ..It was at this moment he knew he f*#*ed up

[@sethnaugle984]

Ant: I saw what you did to your boyfriend earlier...its time we return the favor. Praying mantis:Uhhh, that wasn't.... Ahhhh

[@jchea1764]

Gender equality 💪🏻

[@georgewbushcenterforintell147]

Ants have there own NBC unit on duty that is pretty impressive.

[@fabrizio483]

Ants are pretty savage. I once saw a cricket who was dismembered alive by them.

[@midoeldeeb3223]

I once killed a cockroach then went to the kitchen to get some cleaning tools when I came back I found the cockroach dismembered by Ants . I was standing like..... thanks I guess, you done a great cleaning job. :D

[@holom2076]

I saw a lizard that was paralyzed by fire ants, plus, they also skinned it

[@Onizukachan915]

I killed a roach on the patio and then two crickets started fighting over the corpse and dismembering it

[@josecardenas5424]

Why is it that as I'm watching this vid, all of a sudden, I'm itching on my back, chest and neck?

[@cauchyschwarz3295]

Hive mind One can only wonder why ants have not taken over the entire jungle yet

[@shinobix4925]

Lack of venom means that if they want to kill any animals larger than a rodent then they have to completely bite through all of its fur and skin before they can do any serious damage, and that takes so much time whatever animal they'd be trying to kill would have enough time to go for a swim and drown them all, or roll on the ground and crush enough to remove the threat. If they wanted to stand a chance at taking over the jungle then they'd have to bring the whole colony but that would leave their eggs undefended and even then they would only have enough ants to kill maybe 3 or 4 animals tops. As large as their numbers are, they're simply too small to effectively take over an entire biome, especially one as hostile as a jungle

[@nyanSynxPHOENIX]

Yet

[@Algarath]

@@shinobix4925 ants have venom

[@chikenspongebob5434]

@@Algarath most ants don't and even if they do most of them have a very weak venom.

[@shinobix4925]

@@Algarath I don't think these ones do

[@MrSumo]

How did they record this? This is extraordinary

[@rejinyahel2170]

Marvel Antman

[@MrSumo]

@@rejinyahel2170 lol 😂

[@garyr7027]

Ants did it with a ant cam.

[@bennyj7452]

My exact thoughts through the entire video 😂

[@cookieteddie1847]

0:30 Fun Fact: This comment was seen in the Timed Comments section, a new KZbin feature.

[@Keychan64]

Ah shaddup

[@mark99799]

Yes 😂

[@fahianahmed6961]

‘The millions if ants create an impenetrable barrier’ *Slowly proceeds camera through the barrier*

[@Maurizio226]

From now on when I'll have a snack with a Kit Kat I'll remember that sound 02:14

[@e-pearlm]

The powerful praying Mantis has finally meet it's match

[@fuferito]

They buried that centipede in a really shallow grave, in case the authorities come looking for it.

[@gamesandspace]

FBI open up

[@retepnosbig4859]

1:33 this 'all you can eat' buffet is heavenly..... mm hang on a minute????

[@theonemaintenanceguy7323]

Love how these ants will bury their problems, even though it's a couple lumps of soil and they call it a day. Ants: aight ladies we're good, let's kill more bugs

[@ChosenPlaysYT]

Nature’s version of “F around and find out”

[@ErwinSmith001]

My favorite channel just posted a new video Let's goo!

[@WeldonSirloin]

Cringe gamer lingo👌

[@Sergio-kd9wm]

Go where

[@Axxxel_in_Harlem]

Shinzou sasageyo!

[@Purelax]

Japan: SASAGEYOOO!! America: dababy lezzz gooo! 👉😁👈

[@nicbentulan]

1:03 beginning of decapitation

[@dan.9093]

"the mantis fate is sealed..." *tearing sound "...by a clinical decapitation"

[@bigkid5226]

It has always fascinated me seeing ant work together the strength in there numbers is amazing

[@sonrixx6199]

1:57 he is still choking the same ant

[@hunters266]

Ants: YEAH DOESN'T FEEL NICE TO BE EATEN HEAD FIRST NOW DOES IT

[@LoneWolf-oz2mq]

So if the praying mantise's female partner doesn't decapitate him these guys will. Sucks to be him. 🤨

[@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457]

This is a female mantis. She got taste of her own medicine.

[@Purelax]

@@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 HELL YEAH

[@itsourlife]

@@Purelax 🤣😂

[@Mr__Geno]

Such amazing species ants are. I never thought much of them tbh but their intelligence and teamwork is so powerful it can be scary. I honestly thought the Mantis would have survived, but I was totally wrong.

[@BersealiaDreamheart]

They had to bring the mantis down. Especially if the driver ants are transporting their queen. Her life would have be in serious danger, and if she dies, the entire colony dies with her. She is the heart and lifeblood of her entire family.

[@Mexicano1768]

mantis got jumped and sacrificed!

[@Curtis_Fu]

Apparently they eat more meat than lions hyenas and tigers combined I think

[@jasonromd.lacidajr1348]

2:39 “…create an impenetrable barrier.” **the cameraman’s camera**

[@stylishniggachannel4763]

You cant stop the camera man

[@kapkan6930]

They got violated and harassed

[@stylishniggachannel4763]

@@kapkan6930 like a live leak

[@PiyushKumar-fw1ii]

That's why insects are truly a major competitor of humans on earth...

[@Leo.23232]

they really arent

[@electrogonorhea]

Mantis eyes literally rolled back when dead, that's cool.

[@vivekjonnalagadda4948]

Kudos to the cameraman. Astounding work.

[@alimurtaza6318]

1:42 Oh my God This is why I find insects disgusting but at the same time I am amazed by them There is a while world so small and right underneath our feet

[@josephxavier8636]

Nature's amazing, props to BBC Earth for this insight into the life of this seemingly insignificant creatures.

[@abc64pan]

Mantis: It sucks to be eaten by your own food.

[@alaskanbullworm5500]

Ant: “don’t do it dude.” mantis: “just did, what are you gonna do about it”? Ant: “nothing, they will” -ants decapitate mantis Mantis: “welp, it was either you guys or my wife”