How Termites Evolved to Build Massive Mounds

[@BranoneMCSG]

The tallest recorded termite mound is 12.8 metres, located in Congo. That's 3000 times the size of a termites height. By comparison, the Burj Khalifa, the tallest man-made structure in the world is 828 metres and therefore about 500 times the size of a human. It goes to show that despite being a little white ant, they are capable of building structures six times larger than we have and that's without any technology, just their bare bodies.

[@bossmanviking]

if we wanted to make a tower of shit im sure we could of easily made a bigger mound

[@BranoneMCSG]

@@bossmanviking With our bare hands and no technology to assist us. You think we could make a tower six times the size of the Burj Khalifa out of dung? Ok buddy, good luck 👍 Let go of your hubris dude, I wasn’t stating termites are better than humans.

[@savvy4915]

You underestimate the power of their saliva technology and the fact that millions are building one structure

[@Theshortscentre]

I kill them with my mother slipper

[@AttaMan]

Well they don’t have to worry about lack of oxygen and gravity like we do

[@btknight17]

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[@frankenscience3802]

Thank you so much!

[@oliverrosslhumer9757]

I couldn’t aggree more

[@satyr1349]

Absolutely right!

[@hindugoat2302]

@@satyr1349 im building a massive mound just thinking about it

[@jesusjoseph1899]

Terra mater: Bet you havent heard us.

[@IntotheWildFilms]

Very informative little doco, beautifully produced, narrated and very well presented. Thank you for sharing. Cheers Phil

[@frankenscience3802]

Really appreciate the comment - thank you!

[@bugjams]

Worth noting that humans studied termite mounds when designing ventilation systems for skyscrapers. Without termites, we may not have been able to build buildings as tall as we can now.

[@BranoneMCSG]

The tallest recorded termite mound is 12.8 metres, located in Congo. That's 3000 times the size of a termites height. By comparison, the Burj Khalifa, the tallest man-made structure in the world is 828 metres and therefore about 500 times the size of a human. It goes to show that despite being a little white ant, they are capable of building structures six times larger than we have and that's without any technology, just their bare bodies.

[@JosephCyrus-mx8gp]

Dude are you jealous of termites?

[@Zfast4y0u]

oh shut up...

[@MatteoPicone-yy7pk]

​@@Zfast4y0u there's no need to feel ashamed about taking inspiration from nature and other animals, if something is succesful why don't do that ?

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[@pessoaaleatoria6802]

There could be a pixar movie about termites for sure

[@thedeadbaby]

Humans are like termites too. building skyscrapers and what not. I bet termites feel like they are some advanced species who rule the world.

[@100Creed]

bro you cant compare those species at all. but hey i like your imagination.

[@JosephCyrus-mx8gp]

Termites do what they can.

[@Skittenmeow]

We have these mounds across the road from my house - Albany on the southern tip of Western Australia. Admittedly they're smaller mounds (4-5 feet tall) but it's relatively cold and wet here compared to the rest of WA. The aircon system and mound design is likely for heat retention rather than cooling.

[@addisonpage1]

Dude your neighbours are termites

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

Great video! But it did leave a important question unaswered: what do the mound building termites eat? If the rainforest turned into savannas filled with termite mounds, how do they get their rotten wood meals?

[@derpychicken2131]

Still decaying plant matter and wood. Fallen leaves, twigs, and wood is still plentiful in those biomes. They also feed on fungal material and softer plants as well. Does not need to be a wet rotting log, most forms of wood are still edible to them

[@eetuthereindeer6671]

@@derpychicken2131 oh I see thank you! Its pretty amazing how effecient they are at eating. Doesn't look like much is available yet there are still so many termite mounds

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[@dayangmarikit6860]

Are these termite mounds individual entities, each with their own queen?... or are they all connected to each other by subterranean tunnels?... I mean, if you see two termite mounds not far from each other, like 2 or 3 meters apart, would those mounds be individual entities or connected to each other?

[@noble7065]

Do termites even have one queen per nest like ants? they could have hundreds of queens each.

[@dayangmarikit6860]

@@noble7065 According to the internet... ("In most termite species, including R. speratus, colonies are usually founded by 1 king and 1 queen.")

[@RuitpootBuizerd]

@@noble7065 It depends for ant-species as well. There are like 40.000 different ant species. Some have one queen, some have more queens, and there are even some species who can replaces their queen (like bees can)

[@daleicious1528]

@@noble7065 There can be secondary breeders

[@dayangmarikit6860]

@@smeggiamagarwine I've read that one termite species in Brazil had made a colony as large as Great Britain, all of their mounds are connected by subterranean tunnels. Those termite mounds are also some of the oldest, dated to be at least 4,000 years old.

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[@drcalliber732]

I am near certain that if humans were to ever go extinct. Termites, Ants, Bees, and/or wasps would become the dominant sentient species on earth. I can only imagine how cool it would be to see these insects evolve slowly into their own form of intelligence.

[@Jayjay-vi9jk]

Chimera ants fr

[@greenpulseeducation5002]

lol. All plants and animals created in fraction of seconds. science proofs there is no evolution. Its our heart that is closed,

[@mikoonblitz5966]

But they don't need to

[@crazycrookerr]

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[@qwertyuiopoiuytrewp]

No, probably corvids or primates would.

[@abstracter8627]

Excellent video as always

[@frankenscience3802]

Thanks!

[@dinomentary2921]

Amazing video. Keep it up man

[@frankenscience3802]

Will do! Plenty more to come 😃

[@bobatking7985]

Such magnificent and fascinating creatures . Be so glad they are so minute in size. I can only imagine their reign on earth 😬

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[@CMZneu]

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[@freddiejensen401]

I disagree I could still hear him very clearly throughout

[@TheJayman213]

Very insightful materialist explanation. Now if only people applied the same scientific methods to the evolution of human social forms.

[@VtKal-cv1uf]

They did. Actually study some fucking material

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[@jonathansmith3081]

Super underrated

[@andrewkinsey8754]

Beautiful video

[@dandeodelacruz1037]

What's this mound-building termite called?

[@brotha.b]

“these mounds are made of the simplest ingredients” spit, shit, piss & dirt

[@pedropequeno7353]

Very well done, thanks

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You like robot voices? You must be young.

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[@Inpreesme]

Thank you

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[@yesterdayschunda1760]

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[@twowheelunicycle8603]

These mounds are hard as concrete too, someone crashed a HMMWV(humvee) into one and the mound straight up mangled the front end of the vehicle.

[@ladyJustis]

Omg ancient himans carved those beautiful castle out of these😮

[@HerrW0lf]

Looks like a great source of protein 🍽

[@GreenLeafPictures]

Very good film. Well done. Amazing insects!

[@ns2qhd520]

How termites evolved to build massive nests: "They just evolved to build massive nests"

[@waynelevi5053]

Dude, you are on par with David Attenborough. Why are you not more known???!!!

[@stevekima8881]

Ive gotten bitten by these. It burns like hell and the pain is piercing

[@Hmoo424]

Evolution simply can’t explain how a tiny creatures with a simple brain would build such a marvelous structure considering the laws of thermodynamics and the principles of architecture.

[@LudwigVaanArthans]

You used a lot of words that you definitely don't understand the meaning of and are now happy about yourself as a pigeon flinging poop on a chess board is

[@adnanbashir4304]

Best quality

[@A_termite]

Yep they call us architects

[@tastemakerguidie]

i just can't escape YOU there

[@anguemr3868]

Reminds me of the Tesla valve!! spicy video

[@We_Are_Borg_478]

To a bug, that is basically Saruman's tower, but hundreds of them.

[@HerrHeissler]

isengard*

[@We_Are_Borg_478]

@@HerrHeissler Yes

[@jasoncasey6667]

How could your voice sound so charming and calming at the same time Just I don’t know what to say…so lovely

[@mostlyorchids]

Termites are kinda cute with their chubby bodies

[@comradeweismann6947]

Comments for the Algorithm God

[@kizzakasule4929]

History has it that the termite hill known in Luganda as a Kiswa or in Arabic known as Al-Aqsa or al-Aqswa were the first Temple on earth built on orders of King Solomon and while building hills or temple the termites ate the stick Solomon was holding and he fell down and died and Solomon was buried where he died in a termite hill known as Al-Aqsa or al-Aqswa!

[@JulianLowly]

Interesting brother I kinda look at this video of termites building and the guy said they build it out of spit and feces and I thought of the tower of Babylon and I thought of some people building their foundation on something else other than God and the Bible and it’s like a mound of feces spit and toilet paper

[@tastemakerguidie]

where are they n\a brunch

[@MutantAnimaIs]

are they all connected to each other by subterranean tunnels? 🤔

[@gaboratoria]

I wonder how mound building evolves

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[@RuitpootBuizerd]

If you didn't see it already: there is a link in the description.

[@MrDMIDOV]

Oh my god, thermite empire

[@Y0Leeroy2]

choking on the splinters

[@marvintyronmalteamutan9958]

anteater's new target

[@dallasdedmon-ux7cf]

Y’all are nerding out in the comment’s

[@JonathanEasterwood]

Good to know that all i need to build the tallest building ever is some shit, dirt, and spit.

[@javerr.6572]

He sounds loke a grown up stewie

[@magdelyn]

That means there its gold place

[@c101nookazon5]

And that, is what happens after colonization.

[@jokubass4718]

7:04 🗿

[@AlirioTavaresA]

God is great, look how amazing what He created, truly amazing, the most skilled artist.

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[@tastemakerguidie]

you thought right and jello shows not

[@hindugoat2302]

if theres no trees in the desert, how is there enough food for so many termite mounds?

[@x42brown33]

not all are still ocupied by termites. The mounds stay around long after the termite nest has died. The mounds form a useful home for a lot of other wild life after the termites are gone.

[@hindugoat2302]

@@x42brown33 so maybe it was a forest hundreds of years ago. climate always changing

[@treycopeland1368]

Not all termites eat wood

[@hindugoat2302]

@@treycopeland1368 well they seem to have built a lot of huge colonies there, in that desolate dry desert, where did they get their food?

[@treycopeland1368]

@@hindugoat2302 Decomposing materials

[@tastemakerguidie]

your the type to send in the moths not the

[@StuartBarclay-rm3cj]

Awesome until they start eating your home to make theirs

[@tastemakerguidie]

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Most dangerous things on this planet 🙄

[@tastemakerguidie]

jello

[@tastemakerguidie]

&

[@AmeenAdde]

Allah is great God owns everything on this planet

[@linoserrato2382]

No

[@DMS_Knighted_Drifter]

Yes

[@randomnobody8713]

maybe

[@kissmyass594]

Possibly

[@christophehumblet9063]

Certainly

[@WyattOShea]

Indubitably

[@cleopaspedzisa4623]

The world is not even 10000 years old

[@JohnDaker35p]

Earth is 4.543 billion years old. Unless you're religious, in which case there is no point in me debating logic against an illogical idea.

[@iamzion4446]

Bro climate change can’t change a whole landscape

[@casszanggonmiah]

God created Termites... millions of years 😅🤣😂

[@treycopeland1368]

What? They evolved to build mounds over millions of years.