Puke, poop and tiny cockroaches: How the leafcutter ant queen runs her farm - Charles Wallace

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

Fungus cultivated by leadcutter ants is considered one of the very few, if not the only case of a species being domesticated by something other than humans.

[@TEDEd]

But what domesticated humans? ;)

[@romaaroma]

@@TEDEd Definitely cats.

[@bhinoyj]

​@@TEDEd Corona virus

[@nutzeeer]

@@TEDEd humans :/

[@enzonavarro8550]

​@@nutzeeer exactly.

[@Ronin777z]

The animation on this one is just incredible. Everything from the style to the way it matches the music is so artfully done

[@iceblock4382]

What software was used in creating this stunning animation?

[@med7756]

The weird thing is that nobody asked "how did ants distinguish that leaf are needed for them.

[@MrKimsan1111]

Amazing ❤❤

[@NightspeakerR]

Now that was a amazing study on the growth of a colony and the expansion of their fungus tycoon!

[@krispbreadd]

I saw the title and thought Ted-Ed posted a meme

[@NA-AN]

That's how you know our sense of comedy is absolutely broken via internet sh*posts.

[@soralee1910]

"Broken" is relative in this sense

[@comrontiana2257]

They changed it

[@NA-AN]

@@soralee1910 Don't play mind games you know what I mean.

[@Periwinkleaccount]

What was it?

[@tangytablets5150]

Its pretty crazy and adorable how ants can make tiny farms. This book illustration style is pretty neat too.

[@RoSoliTaire]

The poetic nature of these species paired with TED-Ed's amazing animation, writing and narration is a blessing to humanity.

[@emilyyang3859]

the animation on this is incredible. amazing job to the team!

[@destinynightrunnersilversmith]

For a moment, I thought the fourth species that threatened them all would be humans. I was shocked when I found it who it was!

[@victory8928]

Ngl people are more beneficial to them since the tilled farmlands and forest clearings we make are prefect nesting sites and several crops are viewed as prime veg material for their fungus, so they are more of a pest than actually threatened

[@Termynater]

Turning on all notifications was one of the best things I’ve ever done. Thanks for another good video Ted 👍

[@DataSoong101]

Charles Wallace went from being an interdimensional traveler to talking about ants.

[@SethTheVictor]

On Animal Planet (probably) I watched the same story but instead of eating all tree leaves it showed that, when ants have cut more than enough amount of leaves, the tree starts to produce a certain kind of enzyme in the leaves. When ants bring it to the fungus, fungus start to die. Hence ants get a signal to leave that tree alone and to move on the next one!

[@luchaiwachai]

What a work of art! The animation is incredibly good! I am in the design industry and I know how much time and effort has been put into making this fabulous video.

[@iceblock4382]

Do you know what software was used in creating these stunning animations?

[@chargle]

I took an SAT yesterday and one of the articles was literally about this species of ant farming fungus

[@deegassaway6854]

Hope you got a great score! 🙏

[@justinehercthehuman]

What makes me love these Ted Ed videos are just the wide variety of animation styles to match each topic. Kudos to the animators.

[@adityaagar.371]

One of the finest farmer

[@kj_crayons8287]

A combination of the art style (incredible as always) and the ants and fungus working together reminds me so much of Hollow Knight

[@GajanaNigade]

The production quality on this one is off the Charts! The animation, color themes, sound design 😱

[@scarecrowlego884]

Ted-ed never fails to impress me with fresh new animation with every new video.

[@devlinkamayo1969]

Beautiful art got to give credit for the artist

[@avivastudios2311]

The animation was so unique.

[@zat1342]

All praise to the artists and animators behind this piece. Outstanding!

[@terramater]

Leafcutter ants are so fascinating! Our crew managed to get on camera Leafcutter ants in the heart of the amazon, the footage shows in reality what you guys described in the video. We followed the ant's path and explored their underground farming grounds. It's so incredible to see how they actually use the leaves to sustain this fungus that they grow in their nests to help feed them and their young. One of the most incredible things is to see them transporting their haul to underground nests-the equivalent of a human carrying more than a tonne between teeth- and then crushing and cutting the leaves and even discharging faecal liquids to break them down into suitable pieces for their fungus farms.

[@Geo-iy4jw]

I own a leafcutter colony, if you give them enough substrate they would bury the fungus (as that's how it's in the wild) however, people that own them (captive) want to view the fungus. so they tend to leave them without substrate. I personally own atta mexicana colony.

[@NiklasEdinger]

The graphic style of this video is just amazing.

[@syedmahdi3254]

So freaking cool man. Nature always blows my mind away. Also exchange the character of ants to humans and you got yourself a very very creepy sci-fi story.

[@Pickernik]

This was awesome!! I had no idea all this went on....and this video was well done from start to finish. I LOVED learning this today!

[@MarvinElsen]

Narration, Animation and Information aside: The Music on this one is amazing! Subtle, unique and still supporting the narrative. Is it a custom Soundtrack or can I listen to it by itself somewhere?

[@MrsJudithWright]

Nature is amazing, what teamwork, fascinating learning.

[@rollintweeds234]

Wow, what a remarkably refined and efficient civilization! Presented with TedED's characteristic clarity and comprehensiveness and -- dare I say it? -- love for the object of its study.

[@alimalik6193]

Beautiful animation. Loved every frame of it. Good job

[@عبدالعزيزألأزرق-و5ي]

The animation is outsanding👍🏻

[@ekwem]

Fantastic animation. Love the q-tip sequence 3:28

[@shelbybuan]

I’ve always loved ants and their colonies. I always feel so bad when people kill them. I’ve always tried to convince people to leave them be if they aren’t in the house or causing problems. Poor little creatures

[@allenzhou3051]

I made a home for them before . . .

[@zakaryloreto6526]

Incredibly intelligent, the complexity of eusocial animals is amazing

[@jyusatsu]

This is a very interesting symbiosis between species. They didn't mention though what's the name of the fungus the ants are cultivating?

[@annajimenez4565]

Thank you, Ted Ed, interesting videos!

[@Imtherealtinzel]

This deserves a million views

[@lvrhza]

Kudos to the cameraman who recorded the ants activity to the underground.

[@martinbagneris5345]

Freaks me out how similar they are to humans. They have organisations, jobs, cities, agriculture, soldiers, leaders, nurseries, even a chamber for waste disposal.

[@gailaltschwager7377]

Thank you!

[@magshdz]

The art style they used in this episode is so realistic :O

[@1969kodiakbear]

They grab a piece of home. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)

[@robkenner5456]

This was interesting and amazing. I love the narrator's voice. He has been on multiple videos. Outstanding work #TEDEd

[@bluegaplanim]

i did not knew that life in an ant colony would be one of the best dramas ive seen in my life.

[@kimmycassie]

The animation wow! It looks so real

[@kvd1]

This farming your own food trait is highly beneficial, especially in very harsh places like deserts where food is very difficult to find. And fungi are also much hardier than plants,by living in areas with less sunlight.

[@74mada]

Well, I guess it's good to know that even tiny cockroaches can find love and a place to call home in this world. Who knew that all they needed was a fungal garden and the ability to mimic the scent of leafcutter ants?

[@federicoapl]

Does the cockroaches help in any way to the colony?

[@ttgttg351]

@@federicoapl Some study pointed that the roach might help the queen in the beginning as a supervisor and caretaker of the fungal garden in the early state.

[@milliethechicken5725]

I love leafcutter ants they are amazing they my most favorite ant

[@NinetailsNineLives]

This isn't ted - ed this is animal nature!

[@basukhadka]

god the animation caught me off guard its so good

[@geopoliticsnerd213]

Omg i miss that sick voice, welcome back addison.

[@definitely.not.your.type.]

Okay, so the animator deserves a raise.

[@goliath991]

I Love all of your videos❤

[@keren.icehand]

Wow! Beautiful !👍💜

[@ishigami5071]

This absolutely awesome... I felt like i was watching a movie

[@aryanshukla7305]

I like the treecutters who make those leaf castles

[@kamenidriss]

That animation! 👏

[@pssurvivor]

the more i learn about ants and bees the more impressed i am. Hope they inherit the planet once the mammals have driven themselves to extinction

[@ObservantLearner]

As amazing content as always 😊

[@StealthyDead]

This is exactly what I thought. Little did you know, I already knew about leafcutter ants and their... ANTics

[@Lucy-yc4bc]

Great video

[@MistahBunny]

Gr8! Now, can anyone suggest how to get rid of these pesky ants, in a way where it destroys the queen? I have tried sprays.🤔

[@TonyTylerDraws]

Take SimAnt, SimFarm and the Tycoon games and combine them into Fungi Tycoon

[@maxhill9254]

excellent animation and content

[@octahedronens2285]

It ain't much but, it's honest work.

[@641mamaluigi]

1:08 consuming the infertile ones… hmm that’s a bit interesting considering ant genetics where an unfertile egg STILL hatches, unfertile eggs hatch into male ants… though males are often killed routinely in terms of ant behavior.

so many things that humans tend to think are ours only! What a cool video.

[@garvcricket784]

This graphic designer can make a battleground royale better than bgmi,, not chinese edition though

[@Emily_Travels]

Wow, very interesting video!

[@medusagorgon9]

Just goes to show tycoons are born, not made.🐜

[@sushilskolia]

Awesome 🤩

[@Felipe-lh3ph]

THAT'S SO AMAZING

[@sandro5535]

Do these Cockroaches help preserve the fungus or are they only parasites?

[@pedroaugusto656]

So while hiding underground all she has to eat is her offspring that did not hatch ? Is not there something about thermodynamics that says this shouldn't be possible?

[@miguelpedraentomology6080]

i keep a few species of fungus growing ants, they are really cool.

[@LadyLandsknecht]

ME, WHEN A HOUSEPLANT DIES: It's okay! Gardening is hard. ANTS: 👁👄👁🍃

[@lahmerali7652]

So fantastic and Impressive ♥️

[@ghostderazgriz]

woooaaah, cool animation

[@emom358]

I was hoping to find out why ants take away finger/toenail clippings?

[@bluegate5528]

HXH Chimera Ant arc, in a nutshell

[@chrisforkan2090]

Ants!

[@markushaahr9194]

Complicated way of saying. "The babies need food, the Queen makes food, the Queen makes babies!"

[@NAVEENCHAURASIYAA]

SO BASICALLY EVERYONE FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL

[@jonas5985]

Tanajura

[@jonathanprisbrey9473]

What do the crockroches do for the colony?

[@davidmeier2014]

Was looking for the answer as well, as far as I can tell they are parasites?

[@Chris-sg4th]

So the ants bring leaves to the fungus so the fungus in return can give the ants amino acids and enzymes?

[@Zahri8Alang]

When will we get a RTS leafcutter ant game go mainstream

[@DonnieB.87]

Hint: It's basically what a lot of people that watched the video thought ;) But still interesting and great animated video

[@Tanjiro344]

hey, a few years ago u made a video where u told us what is the ear ringing? so i wanna know if it means anything bad, ive been having it for 4 years.

[@rogzampado1840]

What software you are using about that content

[@Ray-dc9vq]

It was exactly what I thought😊😌

[@frankyfeuilles3511]

Can we have more insectoid colony videos? They're really cool

[@Geo-iy4jw]

Cool, I own a leafcutter colony...

[@Sa-fd7ih]

“The queen’s kingdom” sounds so weird.

[@Zero-y4k5w]

cool

[@rudrajitghosh8257]

So did our observations of these ants lead to early agriculture ?

[@itanchiro5524]

And people are searching for another advanced civilisation outside our planet

[@balamurugan58]

Question related to this topic was asked in the UPSC prelims..

[@ruudvandenhove6905]

Ants are cool!

[@lobarqushoqova1891]

Are there any transcripts

[@RubyCarrots3232]

You know this all started cause when the meteor that killed the dinosaurs struck, the ants bunk went into hiding with a patch of fungi being their only food supply: