Giant Anteater vs Termites | South America's Weirdest Animals | National Geographic Wild UK

Giant anteaters have very poor eye site but their noses are so sensitive, they can distinguish which species of termite lie within a mound.
After locating a source of termites, claws 4 inches long are used to dig into the mound, before a 2 foot tongue is used to reach them. On an average day a Giant ant eater can eat 35,000 termites.
South America is a land of extremes, many hundred thousand square miles of forests, grasslands and mountains. Existing here is a daunting proposition, and some well-known animals have adapted by growing large or very small, each strategy maximising their chance of survival.
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[@idontevenknowanymore111]

“She looks like she’s been drawn by a 7 year old on a sugar rush” He didn’t have to flame the ant eater like that 😂

[@torieree5781]

1:45 something

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Remember your arrogance? Broken and broke.

[@cowlico]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Itscherry918]

Those anteaters look still cute though

[@breezon]

Yeah poor ant eater man 😂

[@dilloncrowe1018]

It's crazy an animal that big can sustain itself on just ants and termites.

[@logangantner3863]

Blue whale: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@GrimmReaper138]

Bugs are high in protein. All animals do is eat and sleep

[@thecreator6065]

Ants are literally the most biomass

[@nicolebranigan4303]

@@thecreator6065 ya but it’s just crazy to think about because they’re so small and stuff

[@n2g982]

They have the lowest body heat of all mammals so they have a slow metabolism

[@ParvathyKapoor]

Man that camera shot is epic

[@alakinggg]

Hell yea

[@midwestrebel2]

Facts

[@navinstrument8353]

Big money making companies

[@santiagobaras4893]

It is staged and top of the line editing

[@Koremel1]

Yeah how did they put the camera inside the termite home?

[@zombiefreaktank]

To have a proper understanding of how powerful an ant eater claws are termite mounds are almost as hard as concrete. Now you know why jaguars will hesitate to attack them.

[@MegaJesseman]

Yeah, it's basically like picking a fight with a really big guy armed with several sharp knives.

[@ismailadamu7623]

Absolutely! Exactly my thoughts.

[@j.stewey4793]

It's the Freddy Krueger of the animal kingdom

[@innocent1714]

Yes

[@Revion91]

This is just straight false. I've knocked over plenty of termite mounds that looked exactly like the ones in this video.

[@thorondor4012]

Imagine being a termite and seeing that licki boi just come in and slurp up hundreds of your friends... straight nightmare fuel.

[@june2046]

Attack on Titan…

[@yuhangzhang2216]

Can't imagine how scary it would be for the ants to see something like that invading their nest. A massive tentacle like tongue devouring everything in sight...

[@RobertSmith-iu1sl]

I don’t think ants have the capacity to experience fear.

[@yendaaaa]

@@RobertSmith-iu1sl Panic, surely

[@Bul1ytv]

Some attack on titan pov type shit 😂

[@conpa18dany]

@@RobertSmith-iu1slright, well let me make you ponder. Imagine us humans being attacked by a giant slimy tongue when we are hiding in our houses 😮

[@darklex5150]

​@@conpa18danyi really don't think ants are capable of feeling fear, they act more like a factory whose only purpose is to expand. The ants are the machines who help make even more machines to expand the factory.

[@meowdderall]

If I came to you one day and said "phil, each day i eat my body weight in ants" you would put me in an institution. Why do we let anteaters get away with it.

[@user-gu7he8tv1x]

Double standards bro, double standards

[@gonhunter3994]

Answer is in their name, stoopid

[@ChupeTTe]

BeCAusE tHeyRe AniMaLS

[@bonafidehater692]

Because there's one quadrillion ants in the world? Idk lol

[@puppude]

@@ChupeTTe we r nut ?

[@pawsomegirl12]

I can understand why Wilbur hates anteater’s now. They are terrifying. I mean they are kinda cute but oh my god-

[@marichinchilla2309]

I don't get what he says about they walking at both directions lmao

[@sharasheridan3558]

i came here after seeing phiz video and saw this. now i know im not the only one who wanted to see what he ment

[@animatingphantom]

@@sharasheridan3558 same

[@yb_fd]

It ain’t that terrifying cuz she eats ants not us

[@calmsquirrel7124]

The only thing that seems unpleasant to me is the 2ft tongue

[@fionali4453]

Wilbur Soot got beef with these guys

[@kristelava7619]

yea🙄

[@xtremesubber9136]

For a good reason. 32, in fact

[@LafriteRip]

Wow that footage of the ant eater whipping it’s tongue inside the termite home is like a horror movie

[@mbaxter22]

Such an odd path evolution took with the anteater. One of nature's most unlikely creatures, right up there with the platypus and the ostrich.

[@eunaekim9216]

And the pangolin, and the bat fish, and the vampire bat, and the tuatara, and the sea squirt!

[@hernandez4856]

@Wooshifgay that goes towards pandas

[@hernandez4856]

@Wooshifgay i love them already thank you for sharing

[@hernandez4856]

@Wooshifgay their defense may be below zero but at least they got that cuteness in them

[@imverygerby]

Wait until you see an aardwolf

[@TheTriangle444]

Such a majestic looking creature delegated to eating small insects. Though if you were to look from the perspective of the ant, realizing the animal's true form would be such a Lovecraftian eldritch discovery

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Dont be arrogant or Ile call the police.

[@playerone3318]

I’ve never watched more National Geographic then I have during Covid

[@theliberalthinker3308]

I'd started my interests in wild life documentaries after the lockdown in the uk. Actually I've been following this since late April! Newcomer. Thanks covid 19.

[@saffi_1232]

K

[@princewilliams3619]

A11 .

[@infixd3824]

This explains why wilbur hates this guys

[@dabeast2499]

I’m here for the same reason lmao

[@noenames5101]

Is Wilbur your boyfriend?

[@haiiilyye]

@@dabeast2499 same

[@typeshet]

I don’t get it

[@heato8870]

@@typeshet search up Wilbur Soot hates anteaters

[@1Hygge]

1:44 I can just imagine the ant eater watching this video and feeling rly sad XD

[@velipulla3936]

🤣

[@Puekaw630]

Why, you shouldn’t feel sad it’s a part of life to hunt your prey just like we brutally kill a cow to come back to a nice steak and you don’t seem to cry when you eat a burger

[@endlesserrors]

@@Puekaw630 he’s talking about the fact that the narrator said that the anteater looks like it’s been drawn by a 7 year old

[@saintlikegrimm]

Lol

[@erinstinky]

Termites getting prey: HEHE SNATCH HER Anteater: pfft *uno reverse card*

[@2nerC9]

Those weren’t even termites. Those were headlight Beetles it said it in the video

[@tam2237]

@@2nerC9 *beetles

[@jonathanbethards3689]

Imagine if people were tiny and lived underground and we had to fear an invasion of this monster. Whipping it’s tongue along our streets and homes, slurping up whole families..frickin terrifying

[@cheeseman463]

Moonshine mob in a nutshell

[@RosiBe2]

I laughed so much with your comment.🤣🤣🤣

[@BeenPaidRayy]

3:24 "AHH SMOKERS GOT MEE!!"

[@alinapzch3473]

I can't think now about anteaters without thinking about Wilbur

[@Sir1626]

I was not expecting that light show. That's amazing

[@chunLi29]

0:50 that time-lapse looks so neat

[@jimlepeu577]

35,000 a day to each ant eater, that’s why South America doesn’t have a termite problem lol

[@angelasudi710]

Hahaha

[@nikolaiblm1255]

Giant anteaters are endangered though, and there are only about 5000 left

[@jimlepeu577]

@@nikolaiblm1255 wow! Any explosion lol

[@nikolaiblm1255]

@@jimlepeu577 To be fair, there are three other anteather species in the world, none of which are endangered like the giant anteater is

[@jimlepeu577]

@@nikolaiblm1255 OK 👍🤠

[@greco3751]

Can't believe some guy spent 15 years studying them.

[@beckab4726]

People are saying the anteater is ugly. Meanwhile here I am watching this while holding my anteater plush.

[@arturobaixoclero6527]

These clips are a bit exaggerated, but this shot of the tongue is just incredible.

[@jurupinga7282]

Well, nature documentaries are like that, without the drama it would be boring

[@labradorislove]

Just remember that someone has spent 15 years studying them and published a book that is anti climatic .

[@kbeny561]

I am absolutely impressed by those camera shots!

[@MikeWill30]

Not sure why I watched this video, but I’m glad I did

[@idklol4197]

its pretty cool that ants probably cant feel fear because they have a lot to be afraid about

[@erinboyer751]

I seen one today. A beautiful creature. Truly a spectacular creature.

[@csak47gaming]

Imagine being a termite, the last scene could make an action movie

[@simpolang]

Imagine having a tongue like an anteater... You'd be a King

[@quintencornelissen2274]

I love how so many people are here from Wilbur and phil

[@CD_15.]

Anteaters eat ants, ants bite my toes so I happy

[@lucyloo2733]

Wow!!This is very interesting!!Love it!!

[@pearl._.9497]

Ikr

[@nitamariapulanco9137]

@@pearl._.9497 ķ

[@indrarai4648]

Ok nj

[@indrarai4648]

Ink on in in in ok ok i

[@indrarai4648]

@@nitamariapulanco9137 jj no in in jj in

[@allgood6760]

Wow! 👍

[@insertuniquenamehereandher4241]

I can't with this. So dramatic yet it's about termites and an ant eater 😂😂

[@ahiyaahmed2411]

Can you see the beauty of creation of God. No imperfection at all!!

[@bishopadhemaroflepuy8377]

If you take the anteater's skull and blow into its nose it plays a beautiful song recounting the animal's entire life. And then security escorts you out of the museum.

[@helpmireach66subwith0video9]

Big CONGRATULATIONS for camera man 🤝 He doesn't care even inside a tiny hole🤣

[@Dizzz127]

We got lucky it decided to eat ants, imagine that thing going carnivore, jumping and leaping from trees. Those claws look serious. 😮

[@kate93533]

They look like they should’ve gone extinct with the dinosaurs

[@giovannyfernandogonzalez5517]

This must be exactly all other specie's thoughts about us.

[@charadreemurr4694]

P f f t I love how almost every comment on this animal planet video is about a British Minecraft youtuber’s hate for anteaters

[@bambee6542]

Now i see why wilbur doesn't like anteaters-

[@reaper7015]

This camera has a better close up than any security camera in a bank.

[@winglau3128]

This is me when i have my milkshake. Especially those at the bottom of the cup.

[@faisalbashir4563]

Fact: Giant anteaters can & have killed Jaguars.

[@bingoreddraaz7363]

Glad I clicked

[@yoko6028]

I came here from the video where Willbur Soot told how much he hate anteaters

[@slowslugsoup]

I now agree with Wilbur's hatred for anteaters

[@sh4yz]

LMAO ARE WE ALL JUST HERE FROM WILBURS HATRED FOR ANTEATERS

[@threecatsinacoat]

absoluelty. I kinda understand ,they're faces are very strange looking

[@williamtimothy2537]

what's a wilburs

[@threecatsinacoat]

@@williamtimothy2537 @WilburSoot on twitch.tv

[@Andrew-fe7zi]

yes, and after seeing this we all agree with him

[@vortexbadmintondavao6195]

Cameraman good job

[@ythewoodpeckerfan5286]

Props to the editor for shrinking himself to get inside

[@ythewoodpeckerfan5286]

"nO hE dIdN't sHrInK hImSeLf tO sEe ThE tErMiTeS!1!1!1 hE pUt ThE cAmErA iN!1!1!1!1 !!1" r/wooosh

[@bloxycola_enjoyer8756]

@@ythewoodpeckerfan5286lol

[@earthsgard]

I'm here from watching Sammy the snail getting devoured but this giant ant eater has cheered me right up, mother nature is marvelous... rip Sammy 🙏

[@Eggy_The_Egg]

Anteaters are dope as hell

[@juuk3103]

She looks friend sized to me, if agressive then why cute looking? Exactly!

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

Absolutely interesting and incredible 😶👀🥰

[@bendy-boi3011]

I can see why Wilbur hates these things

[@getobrnrt]

Someone send that to Wilbur.

[@_Tundrra_]

I understand why Wilbur hates anteaters. They really are awful, oh my god.

[@sadhanaroysadhanaroy8126]

Fascinating

[@MikeZ8709]

The Giant Anteater is def in my top 5 favorite animals. 35,000 ants a day!

[@katherineaplacador3069]

This is the proof that nature is balance. We humans should stop abusing the Nature 🌲❤️

[@aoibheob7186]

Let's hope Wilbur Soot does not see this video

[@malekkamal4197]

where to get this animal. my house got many termites

[@ursapolargalactica]

South america ma friend

[@dute007]

18 inch termite detector 🤣

[@metalxmecha567]

Pest Exterminator: Cost & labor will price it a little over $500 Ant Eater: I gotchu for free just cover the lunch for me.

[@smartasskickass4260]

Amazing, but uck so digsuting to look at those Ants

[@TheRalphie2020]

I had seen them in Australia and they are quite awesome!

[@NOTturke]

Ants: exist Anteaters: can u dont

[@Bwijaya2301]

Big shoutout to the ant who is carrying the camera

[@bigmeeps1239]

Jaguar: gonna eat a anteater Anteater: HELL NAW

[@reckless9070]

Why does this guy sound so serious lol

[@Realkeepa]

One thing murders 10000000000things....hmmm be the ant

[@Realkeepa]

It is!!!thats what live is

[@Squeenix1]

Nature is so amazing and wondrously balanced. Almost as if designed to be in perfect harmony...

[@UnitedKingdom100]

It is designed to be that way it's a creation of someone's imagination and intelligence despite knowing all that it's still a mystery far beyond our reach

[@DracoReptoidsExposed]

Yeah, everything is designed to kill and consume everything else. Very primitive

[@josephjoestar3631]

I just got through watching ants tear through a slug, so knowing these guys exist is just karma

[@garikm24]

Anteater : digs termite nest Termite : did I hear boss fight music?

[@onechampion4128]

3:20 Man: Bring me that mammal Scientist: but sir Man: Bring me that mammal

[@parrotbrand2782]

What a cool creature...

[@nopretribrapture2318]

Mounds at night look like Christmas trees😁

[@averageforzaplayer1048]

And The Anteater is Evil Santa

[@susovanmishra7516]

Woh thats a really huge *snout!!*

[@asocial957]

Love the termites, since dali has a ant eater for protection reasons.

[@stricttranslator7871]

Best photographer

[@rremac0001]

I do love anteaters and such that eat bugs cos I can and could never feel bad for termites and ants

[@pavise6333]

They look cuddly with that thick fur

[@awfulrad]

wilbur soot.

[@into_the_void]

The green glow is amazing

[@Folkmoot]

*Vow of the Disciple Day Oners having PTSD Flashes*

[@ThunderingEagleJediBob51]

"Take a closer look at that snout!"

[@therevelator31]

Evolution is a beautiful thing

[@kdouble9618]

Termites: Building burj khalifa Ant eater: Tasty food

[@arjunator2688]

*and looks like she’s been drawn by a seven-year-old on a sugar rush* Damn, you didn't have to do her like that bro

[@amitbisht2713]

Nature is full of surprises man!! This is like thing from another planet

[@iskasexyboy8939]

0:15 so that is what Alien movies are all about...

[@ReeeMonke]

Anteaters are so cool. Their toungues are pretty gross though. But thats what makes them cool!

[@arcane5684]

so these things can disembowel people and kill jaguars? ight imma head out

[@jakkha007]

Wow...beautiful

[@Tonetare]

Fascinating and how in the dickens did they get the cam corder in that termite mound to film the tongue slopping up insects is what I'd like to know.

[@zhangao4530]

Imagine getting left hooked by one of those claws

[@makeherclimax]

Idk what wilburs on about these things are adorable

[@kitsuneonna59]

I can half agree the small ones are cute their bodies are just about right but the big ones- how did they even got that big?

[@esinesendemir4074]

I LOVE THEM!!