These Ants Use Chemical Weapons | Uphill Battle

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Spring is a dangerous time to be an ant. After waking up from their winter hibernation, it’s time for industrious colonies to get back to work - but first they have to re-establish their territorial boundaries. Filmed in the Jura Mountains of western Switzerland, our video takes you deep into the minuscule world of the wood ant, showing you how these tiny but powerful creatures work, fight . . . and die.
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Producer: Philip-Jamie Alcazar
Assistant Producer: Katrin Blaß
Executive Producer: Eva Schmidt
Voice-Over: Sophie Kozeluh
Graphics: Jörg Eisenprobst
Audio-Mix: Stefan Fiedler
Original Production:
"Attenborough’s Ant Mountain", a Terra Mater Factual Studios production in association with BBC and ABC Australia produced by Ammonite Ltd., written and produced by Martin Dohrn, directed by Joe Loncraine.
Production:
Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH
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[@pushpendrachauhan4928]

This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'this is SPARTA'.

[@terramater]

True that! ⚔️

[@batotit]

I wonder if an ant fought so hard and so long that the enemy colony started recognizing him on the battlefield. "Oh shit! Its Achileant! Run!!"

[@MuantanamoMobile]

They are basically all female. So more accurately..Oh shit! It's Mulant! Run!!"

[@ExponentMars]

@@MuantanamoMobile HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Giane19h]

oh my GOD how did they film this !! so clear and beautiful , well done

[@terramater]

We‘ve developed a special camera to film ants from up close. Stay tuned, bc. a Behind the Scenes is coming up, showing how we did it!

[@fernandocuevas6148]

With tiny little ant cameras

[@geechyguy3441]

@@terramater Are you guys planning on filming any other ant stories/conflicts? Maybe try and find some Argentine V Fire Ant hotspots, or Army ants and Leafcutters in the jungles? Anything really involving ant warfare with these cameras would be amazing.

[@carlitocash]

Go pro for bugs. Lol

[@ashuroraha]

Helloo we're in 2021 🙄😒

[@firdausgg6102]

everybody gangsta till the anteater shows up.

[@terramater]

They're really tough! 😧

[@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457]

Ant eaters don't eat driver ants.

[@sicthemutt]

@@wildlifeisthewealthofnatur5457 nerd

[@Batboyjoe100]

LOL

[@2003LN6]

@@sicthemutt and they're wood ants

[@TankieBoi]

Never underestimate an ant's drive for war! Once when I was younger, I captured a few American Wood Ants (Very aggressive!) and put them in a container. My house had a colony of Black Carpenter Ants living in it, which are extremely docile towards people and only bite when pressure is applied to their body. I put a few carpenter ants in with the wood ants, expecting the more aggressive wood ants to win, but instead, the carpenter ants bit first, striking immediately and locking in a death embrace with the wood ants. I never knew that such seemingly peaceful ants had that side to them! Having seen videos now of carpenter ants strategically picking off fire ants, and battling with other species, it's clear that they are true warlords!

[@mytube143]

*Such a creative video ...every minute in detail and cleanly depicted in the video.....soon your channel will reach to everyone and get praised for your work...all the best*

[@terramater]

Thank you so much for your kind words! 🤗

[@batotit]

Imagine the horror of the cameraman if one day, he just noticed an ant shield wall moving in a phalanx.

[@kurtcobainmiral6819]

Oh my god thats actualy funny and scary imagine them having guns

[@mrginn]

1:49 The origin of "pee on your foes to show dominance" meme

[@thearchangel9835]

LoL I wasn't sure if I were playing Age of Empires or just watching a doc. on ants!😂😂

[@terramater]

If you enjoyed this video about wood ants fighting over territory, we can recommend you this well made video about kidnapper ants at the Deep Look channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXSXfp2GgMtmoLs

[@user-ug8ll5st8l]

Bless you @Terra Mater . You guys are so incredible. I would never ever ever forget to appreciate the hardworking you are doing as well as the previous diversity of our planet that is on deadly stakes. Plz keep growing!💜

[@ryan-kun2551]

I am here because the ad and i dont disappointed!

[@dennisthereseus4510]

same

[@terramater]

Great to hear! 🤗

[@terramater]

@@dennisthereseus4510 Welcome! 👋🏻

[@xxissamexx]

Now I am wondering that perhaps I'd be able to tell if an ant hill is nearby by the smell (if they're at war that is) Such details!

[@terramater]

Give it a try! ;)

[@flip6125]

I like how like each anthill is a country and then when they cross borders it’s just an instant war

[@RaptorBot]

Best channel on these topics! The videos show exactly what the title says. So glad to find this channel.

[@terramater]

Welcome aboard! 🤗

[@shaad6050]

MOST underrated channel in KZbin

[@visionshader6549]

This video is at par with the new Kurgzesagt video about weaver ants. Great content.

[@SE-lw8tz]

This is so amazing and interesting to watch, I'm so happy that I've just discovered this channel.

[@terramater]

Welcome! 🤗

[@stevebennett9839]

Ants r vicious lil bastards. I'm glad the colonies didn't know I was the one burning them with a magnifying glass when I was young.

[@mythsclothing_roblox5315]

I’m actually getting a ant colony because I love ants and I know so much about them

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4613]

This is probably more excited than the every war happened in human history lol

[@eyesj531]

Idk if this is true but I heard ant colonies can make alliances, I doubt it’s true but if it is then that’s cool af

[@StupidTeapotProductions]

Oh crap the ants got long range attacks now

[@anwaralomaisi3660]

Question how do you stop the fight ? Dose some of them asking for peace in the end !

[@yeetusmann1796]

*insert Empires of the Undergrowth reference*

[@BudionoSukses]

wow awesome documentary..

[@terramater]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ericechols7638]

All ants are the most fascinating insects on earth. They mean business. 🐜🐜

[@terramater]

They're really amazing! 🐜

[@ericechols7638]

@@terramater yes they are!

[@dnzy4613]

Imagine ants have guns. It would be a dirtier war. 😅

[@lehnddyallapunjaab7960]

ANTS are really AMAZING 💗 And I think they are better organized than us HUMANS

[@terramater]

They're really well organized! 🐜

[@MUHAMMADAAQIB26]

Such great content soon this will be a widely appreciated channel keep up the good work.

[@terramater]

Thank you so much! We hope so!💛

[@pinavinada]

This is definitely not ants go marching one by one

[@thesavvysailor3944]

isn't this just clips of the empire of the ants documentary? idk if it is but its familiar clips

[@aghyaat2625]

Conclusion: majority works everwhere😂 Thanks Terramatter👍

[@terramater]

Thanks for watching!

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

They are better at determining Friend or Foe than Americans 😂

[@roybhaj7047]

Great camera professionally done

[@sanketpatil6711]

Ants have always amazed us!! Thanks for another informative video TerraMater!

[@terramater]

Thanks for always watching! 🤗

[@gobzanuff5078]

So how they know which one are theirs? By smell?

[@TarekMidani]

1:50 did you reaaally get fluid on your camera? 😂

[@2xkiller]

So I watched a documentary with David Attenborough on the Mega-Wood Ant colonies being formed in that area. Because of it, I assumed all Wood Ants there, acted like the ones I saw. Which fed and groomed some of the ants from rival colonies, instead of attacking them. I'll admit it was a naive assumption on my part, or maybe wishful thinking. I mean if ants can learn how to get along with outsiders, maybe there's still hope for Humanity. Unless I'm misremembering what I saw. It has been a while since I watched it. lol Anyhow, great job. I really enjoyed it. Very informative and descriptive. Wish I'd found you sooner, could've saved me some time with my ever-continuing search for knowledge. You've officially earned a Like and a Sub.

[@Norpan506]

How does the queen behave during war?

[@Themobong]

War is bad for everyone

[@sulaimanmohid6039]

Seems like how the medieval foot soldiers would fight a knight in the past

[@kurtcobainmiral6819]

Are there called also as formica rufa?

[@manishbisht884]

a quality video ,from a quality channel.

[@terramater]

Glad you enjoyed our ant video! 🐜 And thanks for being here! :)

[@vaibhavchauhan5407]

Never ending wars 🆒

[@terramater]

Hopefully, it isn't never ending!

[@adrianmetzler2523]

I discovered these ants the hard way, my lips tastes like lemons after I was observing them shoot acid streams in my face. It was cool.

[@marnatural7748]

Ants, the biggest emperors on earth!!!🐜🐜🐜💪💪💪💪💪💪✊👊👊👊

[@likeyou3317]

So we have something in common.

[@Norpan506]

Do ants sleep? Do they celebrate?

[@duanenewstead3282]

Pinned down and pissed on would really piss me off

[@inthirajithkrishnasamy2421]

It's awesome video and wishes for your great work

[@debasishmajumder745]

daamn these ants are better than Al Qaeda

[@adrianmetzler2523]

Incredible footage

[@terramater]

Hi, Adrian! We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)

[@wildchannel3738]

Do some of the ants go and find food during the battle weeks?🐜

[@mydoubleheart]

What a quality of your Videos. @Terramaters. Definetely it matters.❤️💯❤️

[@terramater]

Thank you so much! #terramatters indeed

[@Ilikeavocados123]

Those are kinda cool ngl😂

[@geralt4432]

war never changes

[@justforlaughsmate3900]

What a channel hats off to you 👏

[@tawatchainomany8205]

This means WAR!

[@BrysonJohnsonsStories]

I'm come here to learn English please could make you make subtitle in English

[@terramater]

Pretty cool that you're learning english. There're are subtitles in english, hindi, spanish and german available.

[@martinkullberg6718]

Do they change tactic as per when in europe invasive fire ants attack these ants? Fire ants are much smaller, and may require diffrent tactics.

[@mislamibrahim4106]

saya suka video anda, terimakasi sudah berbagi

[@terramater]

Thanks for watching it!

[@Cleeon]

ok, to be honest, i think they will waging war till the end of one of family from both side, but that's not happen.

[@terramater]

They're defending their territory every spring until the borders are clear again. 🐜

[@Cleeon]

@@terramater hmm..so, that some kind of yearly war, wow, thank you, I ever watch this war at tv, but only your channel inform me, that's a yearly war

[@bizzhat]

wow! fantastic - this is immensely interesting -- thank you! **I could kinda relate this to (what we know of) the Chinese warring periods.

[@realsabab]

so, ant smells like formic acid.

[@rombarth6318]

Waldameisengriechen wollten ihre Helena vom Rotameisen Troya ihres gleichen zurück haben.

[@TheUplate]

"the weapons being used, are chemical" As opposed to what? They don't have access to mechanical weapons

[@terramater]

They are using chemicals from their bodies :)

[@kateverrall3015]

pleas more

[@maehulrukhaiyar5646]

Great job on the ad guys. People like me will come and subscribe definitely.

[@terramater]

Thank you & welcome to our channel! 🤗

[@cagexnorris3792]

Who won?

[@maximusspartan7409]

CRAZY!

[@terramater]

right?!

[@binkybunnysway943]

Wow omg!!

[@terramater]

Thanks!

[@abras101]

Who is the winner?🥺

[@marhellasatner7111]

this is just…. Wow

[@terramater]

Right?!

[@Endemule]

just wow.. . .

[@terramater]

🤓

[@raghusfactsanddailylife3690]

No no no a formica or wood an colony can have only 1 queen which is most of the time but sometimes which becomes rarely when 2 colonies meet they will merge together but most of the times it will be war and if both the colonies are of same species then it depends on the number of workers which include the minors, normals, majors and super majors at start and at end will be the success of the colony. But if they are 2 different species then its definitely war and succes of the colony depends on the size because smaller the size it takes less time for the eggs to become workers and its also easy to not become prey.

[@362436yy]

War with a sense.

[@terramater]

💥🐜

[@sutapamazumdar1338]

Do these ants know that humans were watching over them?

[@nomadthunderbird2809]

🧐

[@philosoftfurkitusjunkyard2462]

3:35 such a beautiful vantage point in such a horrific battlefield. This video is brought to you by Shiva the destroyer and Mars the God of war. Adorned by the flower fairies.

[@terramater]

💥🐜

[@philosoftfurkitusjunkyard2462]

Uhum, I must admit that I have had poisoned colonies of ants each with only a small dose. So, we humans are still the worst. May the universe forgives me.

[@abdellahbenm4152]

respect

[@tinotales]

Sir David Attenborough is coming for you

[@czowiek2040]

that's not true in wood ant nest there can ba up to 23000 workers and 1Queen rarely 2

[@poisebuildbetter]

"We should be more like animals, they are not racist!" Ants:

[@marnatural7748]

😅👍👍👍👍🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜

[@JBSCORNERL8]

It’s not racism. They aren’t fighting over the color. They are fighting over territory which most animals do.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

@@JBSCORNERL8 indeed

[@ferdieramadhany5770]

Im sorry, i want to give some suggestion.. can you narate a little bit slower so it feels more dramatic, thank you

[@terramater]

Thanks for your input! We're always happy if we get feedback.

[@xavieryoung8653]

They all look related, why they fighting?

[@terramater]

Hi Xavier! They are from rival families

[@xavieryoung8653]

@@terramater lol obviously was joking

[@terramater]

🤓

[@austinfundador8916]

Wow

[@pirmankun5654]

I hate ants ,i acciendtaly eat cake with much ants,then they're bite my lips.

[@terramater]

Nooo, that sounds painful!

[@tubetubecommentor4795]

I'm not sure which one to root for. They all look the same

[@hehe-ly8rd]

ambatukaaaaam

[@jewels.]

Earth is the planet of conflict. All living things are in conflict Even plants fight among themselves Life and conflict are two sides of one planet (Earth)

[@terramater]

True that life and conflict are two parts on one planet!

[@bestamerica]

' right grammar is a Ants at War ! | How the Ants Fights over Territorys... Ants at War! | How They Fight over Territory... ants are NOT -- they --

[@TerriYoung-n3n]

Love

[@williewhite1161]

Why does this remind me so much of humans?

[@maxsuarez3458]

🤯😵

[@mysticlegion8088]

This is not your content at least u guys can give credit to the original.

[@terramater]

Thanks for having an eye on copyright! But be assured that this video consists of our own content only. Footage is taken from „Attenborough‘s Ant Mountain“, a Terra Mater Factual Studios (that’ us!) production in association with BBC and ABC Australia produced by Ammonite Ltd.

[@mysticlegion8088]

@@terramater I love the tweaks u guys gave to the footage and ty for the honesty because you could have just deleted my comment. U have gained a new sub.

[@bestamerica]

' this videocamera is a bad problem with blur focus and blur depth of field

[@aref111]

I didnt see paramedic

[@terramater]

Good question! Where are the paramedic ants? 🤔🚑🐜

[@mrantmr6782]

You copied bbc:s footage. do you have rights to do that

[@terramater]

Thanks for noticing! We can see you're into wildlife documentaries, that's great! 😉 Rest assured: the footage is ours. It's part of a co-production we made together with the BBC and ABC Australia. Have a look: www.terramater.at/productions/attenboroughs-ant-mountain/

[@HoxtonLive]

First she says ants recognize friend and foe chemically using their antennas and later she adds an ants climbs a vantage point to observe the battlefield 😹 Presuming that ants have great eyesight, the battlefield will still look like confused mess to the watchman on the vantage point. Just enjoy the scenery and don't take any if her statements as scientific facts especially when she talks about things 60 million years ago 😹