Termites vs Ants: Who’s King of the Hill? | Wild to Know

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A termite mound is a strong fortress, made of packed earth and saliva. In the Central Highlands of Brazil, millions of insects live inside these towers, with each colony run according to a strict social hierarchy.
Right at the top is the queen 👑, who must be protected at all costs. But what happens when a hungry anteater attacks? And how do termites fight a different kind of enemy: wildfire?
Watch now to learn the answer…
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Chapters:
00:00 Termites rule!
00:49 Inside the Termite Castle
01:35 Audience with the Termite Queen
02:12 Anteater Attack!
03:16 Ant Invasion
04:42 Termites go shopping
04:59 Wildfire spreads
05:33 Royal Wedding
06:03 Endcard
#terramater #terramatters #anteater #termite #ants

[@terramater]

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[@thegametroll6264]

I haven't seen ants build a structure like a termite mound before so they got ants beat on architecture.

[@DrGero15]

This needs to be longer. It reminds me of an old documentary called "Besieged Fortress"

[@terramater]

Cool documentary name!

[@DrGero15]

@@terramater I think's it's still on amazon. It's very good.

[@FlyingDwarfman]

I must say that this was one of my favorite videos done by Terra Mater. I truly appreciate the time and effort necessary from your videographers to collect this footage and your writers for compiling the narrative needed for this short, ~6 minute video. As a teacher, this is something I want to find the time to share with my students. As a parent of an infant, this is something I want to save so that I can share with my daughter when she's old enough for it to be salient.

[@JJ-ji9xx]

Hahaha the thumbnail 😂

[@terramater]

Full action!

[@JJ-ji9xx]

​@@terramateroh no why'd u change it 😢

[@igorz3551]

​@@JJ-ji9xxwhat was it?

[@yourlostcarkeys3261]

Absolutely amazing video as always ❤, this should be getting millions of views!

[@terramater]

Thank you so much, and thanks for watching it!

[@NailyBFDIA]

ive never been outside for so long that i forgot anteaters exist💀😭

[@neoselket562]

If you want to play a game about ants or termites, play Empires of the Undergrowth. It's primarily an ant game but you can play as termites too, it's really fun!

[@elisamf]

Insects are totally underestimated!

[@terramater]

true that!

[@pigeonaviation801]

"when the anteater had eaten the termites,karma sold her fate."

[@johnanson5894]

Truly wild to know! Incredible video🐜👍

[@terramater]

Thanks for watching it!

[@brycekirkham6896]

Great video, really fascinating interaction. Insects are amazing little creatures!

[@terramater]

They're 100% underestimated!

[@isaiahnaegi645]

Life of a termite colony is basically akin to Medieval/Dark Ages. Except Older, Authentic and way more Fun to study.

[@terramater]

Interesting way to put it!

[@stevebennett9839]

I love these videos, I always learn something new and they're fun to watch.

[@terramater]

Hi Steve! That's so nice, it motivates us to keep on doing more videos like this! ❤️

[@vortex5896]

Incredible!

[@olegb.4604]

Someone needs to make a game "Ants vs Termites".

[@Ikkipepsi]

Theres a game called empires of the undergrowth, check it out!

[@Spacetime-Forces]

if you want a game of it, make it, but if its too hard, listen new saying: any hard creation made by man, he can remake it easy

[@Cobrax_x]

Empires of the undergrowth, metebale ant update is coming with termites and driver ants. One of the best single player RTS games

[@ifandtanaka]

Nice bro

[@muddaththiribn-inadhir6271]

Superb. Aptly filmed.

[@terramater]

Thank you! And thanks for watching it!

[@TheyCallMeNewb]

That poor young ant eater -- and it's mother.

[@dahlgalai]

Ants and termite were busy waging war with each other until furry beast with long tongue appear and slurped all of them

[@TakeOneSip]

A KZbin channel with exclusive content and footageواو Nice ide!

[@i_love_capcakes6853]

how do you all get the footage inside the nest?

[@terramater]

Our camera crew is just amazing 🤩

[@vernonfeza3189]

Come for this video after empires of the undergrowth release v1.0, thats crazy

[@Vikyparrot]

Great

[@terramater]

🤩

[@donnadwarika6370]

Best one on termites😂.

[@124085]

How can you mention termite vs ant battles and not mention the giant glue gun on the termite's forehead?

[@sergywolfy6834]

How the hell they get the camera in the termite mounds?

[@bari2883]

Aww I didn’t need to see that poor baby like that.

[@terramater]

😢

[@jazzalie866]

Did I'm the first viewer commenter❤

[@terramater]

Woop woop 🙌

[@easternhealingarts33]

Prehistoric anteaters where huge

[@terramater]

True!

[@jayaputrabengkulu6642]

Call off duty:termite at war

[@terramater]

😂😂

[@K1ngKenForevs]

Your videos desrve more view. The quality is excellent

[@terramater]

Thank you so much! Let's spread the word about it!

[@AironSmieciowy-di3qy]

Gteat video!

[@terramater]

Thank you!

[@Jay.B.2046]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@ryan_the_akm]

As ants are retreating, i heard the whistle sound which is the retreat sound from WW2

[@andersthons]

TURN DOWN THE MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS!!!!! cant hear anything you say!

[@Drawgur2705]

Termites are strong in numbers, strength, and they are great builders. Ants can't defeat the whole army, but they can take the queen and king and doom the termite kingdom.

[@GalaxyUniverse5828]

Ant eaters touché is like a worm

[@jase123111]

Poor baby anteater 😱

[@terramater]

😅

[@jericoverzosa6323]

The cameraman has xrex now 💀

[@dredayalldayerday]

I was rewatching Antz for the millionth time and decided to see why ants and termites don't like each other

[@terramater]

😂

[@chloesantos5707]

Million years of war 😄

[@SOMEONE-hv3xc]

what species was the termites shown in the video?

[@ivankovac7844]

Visually to me they look like Procornitermes araujoi based on a few images I saw but i have no info on the species besides it's Latin name.

[@SOMEONE-hv3xc]

@@ivankovac7844 ty

[@tlou34]

That was seminal! Footages were too good to be true.

[@terramater]

Thanks for the feedback and for watching it! 🤩

[@JhedDkatigbak]

3:13

[@ColossalSwordFormAndTechnique]

Termites aren’t blind. Their eyes are just really tiny ☝️

[@phoinxgamerklopp4920]

Rip anteater baby

[@terramater]

Nature is brutal 😔

[@drtwelvvy1668]

Game of Thrones in 6 minutes

[@terramater]

😂😂😂

[@lindamayjuarada3488]

I have a question what spices of termites is that 😅

[@Krankenwagen571]

Red chilli

[@SOMEONE-hv3xc]

there r times when just a few termite soldiers crowd a small entrance and hold off entire armies of ants.

[@terramater]

They’re incredible!

[@jans_]

why did you change the thumbnail lol

[@terramater]

To try something new :D

[@jans_]

@@terramater I see, but I like the first one bc it's funny. great video! I always love your videos!

[@Crunchy-wd6vc]

Red ants?

[@claudeJUNIOR]

Thank god I'm not a Cupim, I wouldn't be able to deal with Tamanduás or Formigas...

[@terramater]

Yeah, we it's a tough life!

[@hemanthk4075]

This rivalry (ant vs termite) is more ancient than Roman empire infact many more empires.. also this battle can be found in every backyard, also termites are literal engineers in soil, sometimes build too much into our homes..😂😂

[@hemanthk4075]

So 😢 for ant eater

[@terramater]

😂😂😂😂

[@Krankenwagen571]

Yeh shi tha bro 😂

[@Slick-Wit-it]

I love how the ants steal the termites eggs of their babies.

[@kennethbayot4547]

🗿🗿🗿

[@Mojo545]

This was too intense for me to watch. Nature videos should be slow and relax imo eventhough nature can be brutal.

[@terramater]

Nature can be brutal indeed!

[@estevan128]

We’re just ganna ignore the baby ant eater falling prey to wildfire? Nature sucks.

[@Croissant_dude]

What part 😮

[@BugBoyBugBoy]

​@@Croissant_dude5:25

[@jasonchen1778]

Yeah kinda sad…

[@hbpu2156]

Wildlife is mostly a man made disaster. Nature is beautiful.

[@Dablueguy22]

Womp womp (what is wrong with me)

[@bestamerica]

' that is a wrong grammar word... bugs / insects are NOT '' who ''... right word is a '' WHICH '' one would be winner... '' who '' is a only person... not animal / not bugs-insects

[@pplusbthrust]

Hard to believe all those interdependent animals just came along by accident - evolution.

[@terramater]

It's fascinating!