True Facts: Army Ant Riders

Where to buy the Army Ants Book: amzn.com/067424155X
True Facts Poster! ze-true-store.myshopify.com/
Patreon: / truefacts
CREDITS:
Philipp Hönle for the phone call and for introducing me
to Eciton army ants and to their wonderful associates. Also
for allowing me the use of fantastic footage.
Daniel Kronauer for the chat and use of the amazing images from his new book! (link above) - the image in the thumbnail is also his!
Dr. Christoph von Beeren for all of the amazing
research on ant mimics, and ant hangers-on. Also
thank you for the use of your images of Nymphister k.
Kaitlin “Ant Girl” Baudier - www.kmbaudier.com
/ @antgirl7911
For the fantastic footage of the bivouac, the scorpion and the
raid front! So much amazing research and footage.
Matthew Lutz - vimeo.com/matthewlutz
For the wonderful footage of bridge building as well as other
beautiful shots of the ants doing their thing!
Ernesto Carman - getyourbirds.org
For the use of the creepy swarm raid footage!
Primates Peru - Field Projects International
/ fieldprojectsorg
For all of the incredible footage of the ant death spiral! Donate to the Future Black Scientists Fund: www.flipcause.com/secure/caus...
Andrew Core et al. for images from:
A New Threat to Honey Bees,
the Parasitic Phorid Fly Apocephalus borealis
Thank you to all of my Patreon patrons for the
patience, support and feedback
MUSIC: / querflote
Additional footage used under
license from:
Pond5.com
Videoblocks.com
Envato Elements

[@yungambidextrous9781]

Army ant: HELP THERE'S SOMETHING ON MY BUTT Army ant's butt: nuh uh

[@yungambidextrous9781]

@@AxxLAfriku hmm simply try to appeal to the masses more. You have a lot of subscribers as it stands so just keep at it

[@Su1xq]

@@AxxLAfriku uh-

[@FanOfMostEverything]

Two ants walk into a bar. "Rough trip?" says the bartender. "Mimic beetles," says one ant. The ants laugh. The bartender laughs The ants' butts laugh.

[@yungambidextrous9781]

@@FanOfMostEverything Ok this is clever

[@nafslee]

Army ant: I guess you're right, my butt.. Army ant's butt: hehehe Army ant: Wait what?

[@abiseniyya]

"Hey, ants. What are you carrying?" "Food, for our behbes." "But.. those.. those are behbes." "Yes, we're feeding them to our behbes."

[@Yipper64]

you are what you eat.

[@redonion3184]

@@Yipper64 On that note, don't eat yellow snow … feed it to your Pokémon instead (gives them more "PP")

[@stevewondering6311]

eggs

[@Ygyoyu]

@@stevewondering6311 u are egggg

[@crackedemerald4930]

Baby food

[@royaljudas5982]

Yo, imagine a small person grabbing your hand and saying "I'm your hand now"

[@sespious8049]

yeah, I don't think they'd want to be my hand for long.

[@rylanpettus2252]

@@sespious8049 nooooo😂😂

[@cylondorado4582]

It'd be like that show, Parasyte.

[@lordsativa6481]

@@cylondorado4582 Except much less beneficial for you than an alien lifeform that can shapeshift to an extent become your hand hahaha but good comparison

[@TotallyNotYami]

@@lordsativa6481 I am getting Parasyte vibes

[@LabMatt]

Other queens: "My subjects built me a castle." This queen: "My subjects ARE my castle."

[@livewellwitheds6885]

lol

[@gamertwo6263]

… and my children

[@AspenBrightsoul]

That would make a cool necromancer/lich enemy hiding in a castle made of undead.

[@EdmundHawkins]

@@AspenBrightsoul I like the way you think

[@valacarno]

My children are castles! Wait a second... 😳

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

Jerry sucks at proofreading, but that’s just how Jerry do

[@Kallisti3]

True Facts about Jerry when, Ze Frank?

[@Broly-sd4qp]

Yeth

[@OldSkullInn]

@@Kallisti3 True facts about Jerries. Often times harmless in a fight, the Jerry knows to play dumb to completely avoid confrontation. And Jerries are masters of playing dumb. Just look at their pants. Pants don't lie. Not like the Jerries do.

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

@@OldSkullInn butt Jerries are- oops typo- but Jerries aren’t all dumb

[@dionysus6892]

Imagine writing for an funucation internet show and never reading your final scrip after writing it. That is how the Jerry do

[@khalifahmuhammad1574]

"That's a lot of ant babies to feed. And that's really when the murder starts."

[@iidamielikainen5841]

That came out of nowhere and it broke me.

[@TheErow44]

Hilariously dark!!

[@banann_ducc]

Love how he says bebes

[@m_miko6962]

Its anakin and the younglings over again

[@tompotter8703]

I love it when the music cuts out to emphasise the moment,

[@foxxxy1115]

"Much like how groupies attach themselves to the crotch of band members to travel from city to city" I was dying. This man is brilliant.

[@matthewmccown5427]

My favorite part! He is.

[@profd65]

His dad won a Nobel Prize. He should be.

[@hamishanderson6738]

@@profd65 When he was a bebe?

[@danielcastillo591]

"Fake it till you make it" but if you don't fake it enough you're immediately ripped apart limb from limb

[@kemadjounyawillyamcastro200]

😂😂😂

[@gk2370]

just like any social gatherings XD

[@davidvento5481]

Virtually any holiday at the in-laws.

[@paperbort3669]

I love the idea of a beetle pretending to be an ant for food and then accidentally enrolling itself in a raid with the other ants

[@silentlee2073]

Militia buddies for life. Raid or die. Got caught up in the heat of the moment. Peer pressure. The beetle's parents are disappointed though. "He's a good lad" they said, "just fell into some bad company"

[@calebhall4620]

it' reminds me of the song "your in the Army now"

[@salmansadeq1167]

War were declared.

[@charlesmoore6186]

@@silentlee2073 👍 lol.

[@JessZomb]

Taking the whole 'fake it until you make it' very seriously.

[@mr.mercury4247]

When you're a beetle, but look like an ant, behave like an ant, and go on raids with the ants and actively help them in their efforts, are you really even a beetle anymore?

[@JeRefuseDeBienPrononcerBaleine]

My God ! They are Ant-stan.

[@ruthrichardson9717]

Naw, he's just a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude...

[@michelewalburn4376]

No. He was adopted by the ant family so he is an ant.

[@TheHyde8875]

"When you're a beetle...". There's your fuckin' answer.

[@Pineapple-hx9ty]

@@TheHyde8875 what's the point of being a beetle in this case

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

I'm not gonna lie, this is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Imagine being such an efficient hivemind that you develop an ecosystem around you

[@oofyeetmcgee]

If you think about it, we are that. Pigeons, rats, stray cats, etc. have been living around human structures and off food waste for a while. I'm just glad it's that and not butt beetles

[@jinparksoul]

" Imagine being such an efficient hivemind that you develop an ecosystem around you" We humans have created social media platforms to automate that for us. We smart.

[@landroverrangeroversporths2569]

@@jinparksoul no shit can’t say the same for a certain minority, though.

[@quantumblur_3145]

​@@landroverrangeroversporths2569stop vagueposting

[@quinnholloway5400]

It's also kinda scary

[@taukid421]

7:33 "Butt beetles are not- sorry, but beetles" it's crazy how much you could hear the difference between butt and but.

[@swordsmancs]

It’s all in the emphasis Butt Beetles is a name, so it all gets equal emphasis, but ‘but’ is just a connecting word, so ‘beetles’ gets all the emphasis in ‘but beetles’

[@felinecontrolled]

"Ant death spiral" or what we humans call a roundabout.

[@dar13rell]

Gotcha!!

[@suep9445]

🤣🤣

[@MsSwitchblade13]

Traffic circle of death

[@TwoBlade5]

~I'll be the Roundabout~

[@bdough5012]

its called a rotary up in Boston. I dont think its coincidence that we have Rotaries back to back in many places and we have a reputation as very angry drivers

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

My favorite channel to get smarter and dumber at the same time.

[@starmaker75]

Perfectly balanced as it should be.

[@micaylabirondo836]

Thank goodness. I thought I was the only one!

[@KurtCollier]

its smarts is inside its dumbs.

[@danielleking262]

awesome comment 😂

[@aintgonnatolerateit2314]

😂 the "thats when the murder starts" kills me his inflection is just perfect

[@basedimperialism]

4:08 You can't fool me, that's not an Ant line! That's a map of the Lower Nile!

[@vikramm.6743]

the first unspoken rule of entomology: Insects are sadistic bastards.

[@ScionStorm1]

That's why they are in sects.

[@Tengu125]

@@ScionStorm1 Aw man, not cool. Don't compare hive minded murder-ant hordes to soulless, intrusive collectives of unthinking empty husks like the Jehovah's Witnesses! Oh, you meant to make a pun on "insects" not actual sect members? My bad! ;)

[@dqw4w9wgxcq32]

*cough* screwworm *cough*

[@CenSilver]

> Implying humans aren't

[@izzyjones7108]

1st rule=It's Brutal

[@neon0wl2107]

"Dont do drugs ......often" Well that's something I take to heart.

[@destraw6221]

"Everything in moderation, including moderation." - Scott Weiland

[@hamter8707]

jesus christ

[@PrinzEugen39]

420 likes. Nice, but it will gone soon

[@neon0wl2107]

God, I love drugs

[@SeeMyEvil]

noo dont XD dont do it.

[@Flowtail]

8:10 the foot mites are the epitome of "I don't care _how_ you get it done, just do it"

[@motleythewild]

I've never heard someone say the word "murder" said so softly and cheerily like that before but it fits so well

[@moorerecords1022]

"What is my purpose?" "Bridge." "W-What?" "B R I D G E."

[@TheJosue1998]

“ Oh my God” “ Welcome to the club pal”

[@Tsuruchi_420]

It's funny cause bridge can actually be used as a verb? So I straight up didn't realize the joke here for some time...

[@SilverGamingFI]

Ant behbeh: what's my purpose? Soldier ant: *B R I D G E* weaver ant: *G L U E*

[@beahartemisia5249]

They change the song for a few seconds, you see?

[@samuraio33]

@@Tsuruchi_420 it being a verb isn't really the joke here tho

[@NekogamiKun127]

*Ant 1:* Yo, did you get new shoes? *Ant 2:* What? *Foot Mite:* Yeah, what? I mean... Shoe noises

[@ejnissley546]

*squeak squeak*

[@generalkenobi5173]

@@ejnissley546 yo those are some nice sound squeakers. Mind if i borrow

[@liverpool0690]

😂😂😂

[@alewiina]

lmao

[@Purple.mind...Honored.one.]

1:18 "and that's really when the murder starts"

[@crystalidx]

When you see the scorpion even run away, you know it’s bad.

[@DMLand]

"… and that's really when the murder starts." Nobody sums up nature quite like you.

[@redlantern6669]

where in the morning the murder starts again

[@KegTamashii]

@@redlantern6669 sToRy oF mY LiFe

[@typervoxilations2311]

everytime zefrank chuckles at his own script the world becomes a little brighter

[@raccoonman4691]

That’s not actually scientifically proven

[@intheflow781]

He wrote that chuckle in

[@baldemargonzalez-rosas5727]

Yea that's not true

[@shellieblack528]

Dad jokes....

[@typervoxilations2311]

@@raccoonman4691 this is just a youtube video of a man giving animals funny voices while telling us random fact about them that i giggled at my guy, chille lmaoo

[@glenw3814]

Something great about being middle aged is that having watched this video over a year ago, today I got to watch it again with only the haziest memory. It was every bit as good as the first time I saw it (I think)!

[@MossyMozart]

@glenw3814 - Are you sure it isn't because the Army Ants are crawling into your brain through your ears?

[@glenw3814]

@@MossyMozart 🙄 Weak. What happened, did you flunk out of troll school?

[@user-wb7ez9ud4p]

1:05 "and all of these are her daughters" Me: super disappointed he didn't say bebes, major missed opportunity.

[@fatalis-quest1709]

Mom: so If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too? Me: *I'd be the bridge.*

[@Axelovskji]

Would that be assisted suicide?

[@evankurasu3190]

@@Axelovskji bridges dont throw ppl off themselves.

[@verminlordsoulberry8823]

Cha-Cha not afraid

[@zechs7804]

That's how the army ant doooooo

[@dm24cars]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kaptannemo1668]

🤣 “Don’t do drugs....often.”

[@annettegustafson1435]

The best part of the whole video

[@KateCantDraw]

Me: *daily takes medicine for adhd and depression/anxiety* I'm sorry Frank

[@carddu]

@@KateCantDraw same... my condolences, ze frank

[@JacksonDunnoKnows]

🍻

[@heavymetalhippie9217]

I trip every now and then. Not often.

[@OmerSDogru]

I don't understand why I don't have such quality videos on my homepage. I would have liked to have known this channel before instead of the thousands of ridiculous content I didn't follow. Very professionally prepared, enjoyable and instructive. The KZbin algorithm, I think, ignores these 3 issues. Anyway, I enjoyed watching this and your other videos very much.

[@rmschindler144]

I simply can't believe how much your videos please me.

[@ImNotDew]

" What is my purpose? " " you become a wall and hold hands for the rest of your life " " oh god "

[@onceuponalovestory]

Welcome to the club

[@rizZ4bh]

The next Ant Man sacrifice to save the world.

[@Bloodlyshiva]

It's not for the rest of their life, though. They attach and detach as need be.

[@Cancun771]

Beats fetching butter.

[@CallMeMimi27]

Zefrank is the most patiente boss, nobody else would keep employing Jerry for so much time.

[@biasmushroom6311]

I’m starting to think he just doesn’t have then money hire another writer. Or editor to cut the outtakes

[@pskugd8385]

‏Hello i hope you are fine , only if you are interested,Take this opportunity, if you allow me, to tell you something important: ‏that there is one god with no partners ,has no son or wife ‏, God is nothing like him, ‏God sent many messengers, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the last of them Muhammad, peace be upon them. All of them were sent to spread the doctrine mentioned above. ‏What i am Telling you is not a fleeting thing that we can easily take or reject. It is a very important thing for our happiness in this world and our survival in the hereafter. He who is not happy is depressed, and he who is not survivor in the hereafter is mortal. ‏For more informations and to make sure this is true please visit this link and ask your questions , Doubts and any things: ‏www.islamreligion.com/ .

[@magiv4205]

@@pskugd8385 Reported for spam

[@danieldunlap4077]

@@pskugd8385 No thanks. I stopped believing in that bullshit when I was a kid.

[@stardusk1726]

i would hes funny

[@Akandofaul]

Having such hyper specialized evolutionary traits as those beetles is mind boggling, double so for that foot mite.

[@supersmashbro596]

3:35 over... and over... the pheramones... the overwhelming harmony... consuming... the colony.... the circle rules your life!

[@robo_squishy7578]

“THE CIRCLE OF LIIIIIIIIFE AND IT RULES US AAAAAAAALLLLLL”

[@KarticatYT]

“in the morning, the murder starts again” [subway ad plays]

[@danielmiller2886]

I got a pharmaceutical ad, so that’s spot on.

[@recoil53]

An opportunity for a Purge sponsorship wasted.

[@lexh.5225]

I got Air Wick plug-ins, wonder if they can make one that smells like the ants

[@cleverusernamenexttime2779]

I got pizza hut

[@xxDrain]

Imagine being that scorpion. Imagine ants were the size of kittens and they came at you in a swarm of thousands. Being alive is pretty scary at that scale.

[@irondragon1785]

I would try to go down swinging

[@colossusqw3632]

Rest in peace, Steve the Scorpion.

[@terryfuldsgaming7995]

Sounds like cat island over in japan... Or rabbit island over in japan... lol

[@jonathanspolnicki1303]

I think it's easier to think they are like piranhas to the scorpion because they have similar killing techniques

[@claytonpactol8851]

hold on let me see if scorpions can experience emotional trauma edit: no shit comes up for that at all so guess not what was this worth

[@petitpois23]

"for example, if a bunch of ants start walking on your back, hold on tight and stay still! you're a bridge now!"

[@simonphoenix3789]

imagine if an anteater found that clump of ants... what would happen? would the anteater just stuff itself full of ants or would the ants stuff themselves full of anteater?

[@aurafox1]

Zefrank: "Do you have insectophobia?" Me: "Not really, no." Zefrank: "Do you want to?"

[@deathsheadknight2137]

@@justinmiller129 you need to stop this

[@cancercentral9997]

I know right?

[@azurecielo52479]

😃

[@azurecielo52479]

😃

[@americana_incarnate1717]

Jokes on you I already have insectophobia!

[@CharlesUrban]

_...which is why this scorpion is like "Aw, hell no."_ Sheer brilliance.

[@wes4192]

Its just ebonics. Pretty far from btilliance

[@yungjose3369]

I like zefrank as much as the next guy but what's "sheer brilliance" about that line at all? tf

[@Kwiwiwiwi]

You guys are fun

[@sirarnie9837]

I am glad the algorithm sent me here. This was entertaining and informative to watch. I've seen my share of army ant documentaries in the past, but none of them mentioned the beetles or mites. That was something new to me and I found it quite fascinating.

[@buddythemoth]

Just thought i'd come back to this video to say 5:58 is by far my fav clip in this entire video Like he's putting on a show and the termites are the audience

[@themadgamer1217]

“My name’s Pete, and I’m your new butt.” Man, the new Disney movie’s premise sounds incredible.

[@purplehaze2358]

“And that’s really when the murder starts” -Zefrank, 2020

[@susanstaples6171]

Seems like Hallmark should patent this for their cards

[@MCCanaryVideos]

Dr. Bright we have told you time and time again you cannot use foundation facility network access to comment on youtube videos

[@SirDripAlott]

Dr should we contain this specimen for further examination?

[@jacobc8036]

@@MCCanaryVideos I think this should be added to the list of rules

[@humboldt276]

@@SirDripAlott they already have. SCP 2031

[@bansheexqueen]

The way Ze Frank says "babies" is one of my favorite things.

[@leslieshaw1421]

“So Don’t Drugs….too often” hilarious. Great info. How incredible are these orgasms…i mean organisms. How many others said it in Science class because as soon as you figured out which paragraph you were going to have to read in front of the class you started thinking to yourself, “ organism organism don’t say orgasm” and of course you said it. The little quips peppered into your presentation were well timed and thoroughly appreciated.

[@gh00stie62]

Was having the WORST morning and now I'm laughing and educated on something I would have never known about. Thank you Ze Frank 💜

[@rcfrandsen]

Your morning sucks too eh? Go figure. So yeah, I definitely needed a Ze Frank video to lighten my mood.

[@PeteUnsigned]

Evening here, but pretty much same story. Hope you're day picks up

[@bluejay2715]

Same here 🤭🙂

[@gh00stie62]

Much love to you all and I hope everyone's day is getting better now. A good laugh will often do the trick 😊😂💜

[@RazoE]

That's how ZeFrank do

[@vaimlune8055]

"Butt beetles." "That's absolutely the perfect name for them.

[@DconStarstormGaming]

@death knight I would squeal because I think they are adorable!

[@pskugd8385]

‏Hello i hope you are fine , only if you are interested,Take this opportunity, if you allow me, to tell you something important: ‏that there is one god with no partners ,has no son or wife ‏, God is nothing like him, ‏God sent many messengers, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the last of them Muhammad, peace be upon them. All of them were sent to spread the doctrine mentioned above. ‏What i am Telling you is not a fleeting thing that we can easily take or reject. It is a very important thing for our happiness in this world and our survival in the hereafter. He who is not happy is depressed, and he who is not survivor in the hereafter is mortal. ‏For more informations and to make sure this is true please visit this link and ask your questions , Doubts and any things: ‏www.islamreligion.com/ .

[@Tengu125]

@@pskugd8385 Why did you post this here specifically, and with weirdly placed punctuations that makes it look very foreign, as if using a translation program or bot? Just curious, as I bet there are plenty of better places for it than as a reply to a comment about a completely unrelated subject matter under a completely unrelated video.

[@darkskull9166]

Imagine being shrunk down right in front of that living ant colony and accidentally sneeze on one.

[@shannonbaker6810]

I love this channel and I love the comedy you put in this it keeps me watching as with adhd I have trouble staying focused on things for a long time but the comedy you bring keeps my attention.

[@johnwirk]

Talk about intense. That beetle is literally one "cough" or wrong twitch away from being ripped to shreds by the colony yet it holds confidence, grooms, shakes, moves, and blends right in. Thats insane.

[@alternateview8971]

That’s peak “if you act like you belong, you will” energy

[@kdash2657]

Chad bug

[@JackSilver1410]

I respect the hustle.

[@Coryn02]

Among humans, this sort of behavior is called a "Bavarian fire drill": if you act like you belong in a situation, most people won't question it.

[@Starlight.1998]

Nature is insane

[@TerrificRallyMaestro]

Shoutout to all the ant cameramen who have to lie down directly in the ant swarms to get their shots, your sacrifices will not be forgotten!

[@vodyannoi]

Wouldn't they just lower the camera and walk away? Or zoom in from a distance?

[@TobeEvans]

@@vodyannoi yes but they’d still have to get relatively close and if you don’t like ants.. well.. this isn’t the job for you 😂

[@TheDreadedJuggernaut]

@@vodyannoi Some shots were stationary, but you have to move the camera to look at action and single organisms. You can't observe small creatures from far away either for obvious reasons. Most of it was up close shots with a bunch of violent ants.

[@Philtheanimalfriend]

thanks, mate!

[@damnfeds7032]

babeMinzgirlsszz.space

[@scorchbrand4726]

That little foot-grabber bug does the function of the regular foot? Congratulations, little friend, you have officially become an ant shoe

[@elvastan]

I think I once saw a clip of army ants biting into a Stick Insect, and the stick insect was so good at disguise that they ignored it.

[@JustAFace_InTheCrowd]

“Which is why that scorpion is like ‘Heeeell no!’” 😂😂😂

[@patriciainportland5567]

I'm hearing this in Tony Baker's voice.

[@antgirl7911]

Yes. it. was.

[@frick_____you]

Hell no is the proper reaction to army ants

[@SoLuVaBle299]

“And in the morning, the murder starts again.” And this is how the fable of the ant’s psycho cousin and the grasshopper would have gone.

[@sha1324]

😂😂

[@mingxie5009]

,

[@ToaHurlak52]

lmao

[@JohnPaul-yf9xd]

What about the honey bees?

[@pskugd8385]

‏Hello i hope you are fine , only if you are interested,Take this opportunity, if you allow me, to tell you something important: ‏that there is one god with no partners ,has no son or wife ‏, God is nothing like him, ‏God sent many messengers, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the last of them Muhammad, peace be upon them. All of them were sent to spread the doctrine mentioned above. ‏What i am Telling you is not a fleeting thing that we can easily take or reject. It is a very important thing for our happiness in this world and our survival in the hereafter. He who is not happy is depressed, and he who is not survivor in the hereafter is mortal. ‏For more informations and to make sure this is true please visit this link and ask your questions , Doubts and any things: ‏www.islamreligion.com/ .

[@compatriot852]

Ant: what are you doing? Who are you? Rider: That does not matter for he who controls the spice, controls the universe!

[@chauncygardner123]

“Don’t do drugs...often”. Love it!

[@kescaremon2531]

Army ants: Exist Scorpion: Understandable, have a great day.

[@Brokenrain223]

"And that's when the murder starts." We all knew it was coming

[@Tegres1]

I need it on a shirt.

[@pskugd8385]

‏Hello i hope you are fine , only if you are interested,Take this opportunity, if you allow me, to tell you something important: ‏that there is one god with no partners ,has no son or wife ‏, God is nothing like him, ‏God sent many messengers, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the last of them Muhammad, peace be upon them. All of them were sent to spread the doctrine mentioned above. ‏What i am Telling you is not a fleeting thing that we can easily take or reject. It is a very important thing for our happiness in this world and our survival in the hereafter. He who is not happy is depressed, and he who is not survivor in the hereafter is mortal. ‏For more informations and to make sure this is true please visit this link and ask your questions , Doubts and any things: ‏www.islamreligion.com/ .

[@tommymcweedface229]

@@pskugd8385 troll alert!

[@Tengu125]

@@pskugd8385 Why did you post this here specifically, and with weirdly placed punctuations that makes it look very foreign, as if using a translation program or bot? Just curious, as I bet there are plenty of better places for it than as a reply to a comment about a completely unrelated subject matter under a completely unrelated video.

[@freyjaplaysgames3293]

I have been binge watching your channel now for 2 days & love everything about every video. ❤

[@TheT3d3K]

That was quite an amazing video. And the close distance shots are beautiful! Thanks

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The insect kingdom is creepy but really fascinating to learn about

[@aguyontheinternet8146]

First reply boi

[@aguyontheinternet8146]

Also u r everywhere

[@mr.coffee5220]

Insect Order actually, but yes.

[@mcchumunmcshreesh5733]

Damn found u again lol

[@devonagain3053]

Oh hello there dude

[@whisperingcrown591]

The mimic ants while being groomed: "keep cool Jerry. Keep cool. They don't know we aren't ants. I am in so much danger"

[@johnwirk]

No shit right? One wrong twitch from being ripped apart. Even that one ant did sort of a soft bite to test the "stranger's" reaction and it kept cool. Fucking intense.

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

7:54 Ant: "What the heck is this?!" "I mite be your left hand." Ant: "oooh....what?"

[@janetennis3451]

Love this channel. Makes learning so fun. Plus the humor, unique and so...funny. THANK YOU!

[@leo-2b2t51]

"Don't do drugs... often"

[@tamt.5812]

I caught that too!!!

[@70sstreetracergal61]

I snorted ‘cause laughed so hard! Thank youuuu! 👍🏻☮️🤘🏻. It was the “...often.” 😂

[@merlynjep]

You should NEVER do drugs -but that line was so funny whiskey shot out of my nose.

[@sonorasgirl]

My favorite drug advice

[@SonikkuAtrue]

@@merlynjep ironic. You say never, yet you consume alcohol

[@Raptorman0205]

Major Ant: "Wait...jeremy, is my foot longer? It feels like it's longer now." Worker Ant: "It just mite be, Richard. It just mite be."

[@kristieroybal4888]

Nicely played. 😆

[@user-ov2fc5sd1e]

Who are Jeremy and Richard? I don't get the reference.

[@joshelliott1826]

Alright there, Dad?

[@pskugd8385]

‏Hello i hope you are fine , only if you are interested,Take this opportunity, if you allow me, to tell you something important: ‏that there is one god with no partners ,has no son or wife ‏, God is nothing like him, ‏God sent many messengers, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the last of them Muhammad, peace be upon them. All of them were sent to spread the doctrine mentioned above. ‏What i am Telling you is not a fleeting thing that we can easily take or reject. It is a very important thing for our happiness in this world and our survival in the hereafter. He who is not happy is depressed, and he who is not survivor in the hereafter is mortal. ‏For more informations and to make sure this is true please visit this link and ask your questions , Doubts and any things: ‏www.islamreligion.com/ .

[@geefreck]

👏👏👏👏

[@chriscubbernuss3288]

Zefrank's First Rule of Warfare: Don't do drugs. Often.

[@GOBIAS.INDUSTRIES.]

1:54 "Don't do drugs... often." 🤣😂🤣

[@choccy1984]

“Don’t do drugs...often”. 😅 Subscribed.

[@charlesfernatt]

Yo facts😂😂💯💯

[@davidec.4021]

Thank you, I was looking for this comment lmao

[@johnquintiliani5679]

I thought the same thing

[@Goatisme]

This is why communism is only a good idea if you like body contact.

[@koolkat5217]

@@Goatisme good one mate👌

[@bobbodaskank]

Seeing how many things that survive by specifically adapting to not die in a murder ocean that very much does want them dead is some post-apocalyptic horror fodder.

[@BonaparteBardithion]

Arthropods have been around to see a few apocalypses. They're pretty good at it by now.

[@afrog2666]

@@BonaparteBardithion lol, very true

[@SangerZonvolt]

The horrors of the Warp are real, turns out the warp is much smaller than you´d think.

[@iridianatola9150]

Sounds like 2020 to me

[@m1k3y48]

@@SangerZonvolt I understood that reference!

[@stapler942]

Ant spirals is a wonderful illustration of vector fields with a sink.

[@chadcayea3959]

This may be my favorite ze Frank. I know it’s impossible to really pick one, but this stuff is so fascinating, you could never make this up. I should study some more crazy animal stuff.

[@daritapro]

Ah yes the good old days of groupies attaching themselves to the crotches of band members to travel from city to city

[@elfarlaur]

You say this like it doesn't happen anymore

[@daritapro]

@@elfarlaur traveling band crotches are limited these days :((

[@blogengeezer4507]

-Masks make it difficult... for Everything ;

[@_no_moon_]

Army Ants be like: I have committed several war crimes in South America

[@EmrysMalcolm]

Today. I intend to do several more tomorrow.

[@MrGoatflakes]

_lawn mower sound triggers PTSD flashback_

[@thewanderer2113]

I have done nothing but commit war crimes for three days.

[@pskugd8385]

‏Hello i hope you are fine , only if you are interested,Take this opportunity, if you allow me, to tell you something important: ‏that there is one god with no partners ,has no son or wife ‏, God is nothing like him, ‏God sent many messengers, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the last of them Muhammad, peace be upon them. All of them were sent to spread the doctrine mentioned above. ‏What i am Telling you is not a fleeting thing that we can easily take or reject. It is a very important thing for our happiness in this world and our survival in the hereafter. He who is not happy is depressed, and he who is not survivor in the hereafter is mortal. ‏For more informations and to make sure this is true please visit this link and ask your questions , Doubts and any things: ‏www.islamreligion.com/ .

[@Tengu125]

@@pskugd8385 Why did you post this here specifically, and with weirdly placed punctuations that makes it look very foreign, as if using a translation program or bot? Just curious, as I bet there are plenty of better places for it than as a reply to a comment about a completely unrelated subject matter under a completely unrelated video.

[@andersondawn3631]

Can I just say, I love that your videos tell us so much about animals and insects while having a sense of humor. I wish schools picked up this gimmick for some classes. Life’s too short to be serious all the time.

[@minicat3640]

This is such a good video! Thank you so much, always a pleasure and a laugh to watch!

[@k33per03]

"Baby food made out of real bebies!" - line of 2020

[@justinmiller129]

These ants also *_lift up_* one another kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2OxfnSjbpuVpKs&hou

[@lemeres2478]

2024 campaign slogan in the writing.

[@DraeaTube]

I just absolutely love you Zefrank. Please please please never stop what the Zefrank do.

[@SakuraMoonflower]

Lol that made me laugh out loud. XF

[@susannagayi3031]

You are what you eat..

[@lairdcummings9092]

"I'm your new butt." Sentences that have *NEVER* been said before.

[@ukmedicfrcs]

Except by the Kardashians.

[@KatieDeGo]

Unless you're a Kardashian

[@tjgordon5]

It's what the end of the human centipede said. I assume

[@siyacer]

@@tjgordon5 more like AHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@tylersays-]

The voice and music in these videos is so soothing

[@jean-lucpicard3012]

That ant circle pit was brutal

[@felicitarodriguez1637]

"Don't do drugs, often." -zefrank1

[@themedia1271]

That's good advice to follow

[@kumabjorn7992]

That's where I lost it lol

[@richardbeckman5371]

I thought he said "awful" not "often" lol

[@arka9584]

In a year that sucked, Zefrank came through with a Christmas gift :D

[@brandonfoley7519]

Was it really that bad

[@ShayTheBean]

@@brandonfoley7519 ._. Yes

[@thegoodhunter3707]

@@brandonfoley7519 what fo you mean "was it really that bad" do you live under a rock?

[@connielouu]

Fr

[@kevinbeck8836]

the mite that just straight up replaces the ant's hand is my favorite

[@atzmut3884]

I love tha care in selecting footage and the thank notes

[@burnerdaughter]

The more I learn about ants the more I realize that other insects are just animals trying to adapt to the changes of the various ant empires around them.

[@rumpelstilzz]

That is because ants have been the dominant species in this world for millions of years before human became settled and they will be again after we've killed ourselves. Don't mess with ants, buddy...

[@justinmiller129]

These ants also *_lift up_* one another kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2OxfnSjbpuVpKs&

[@samuraijackoff5354]

@@justinmiller129 Fuck monke memes. Retreat to Ant memes is where it’s at.

[@vincevvn]

@@rumpelstilzz actually bacteria is the dominant species since all other life depends on it to survive.

[@freshrot420]

@@vincevvn Our souls probably come from the bacteria in our guts.

[@kylestubbs8867]

I like this new trend of “Let’s back up a bit” intros.

[@The_Charlatan]

It works for some videos more than others. It might feel like a lazy intro. I would not want that to become a crutch.

[@wafl7212]

*record scratch*

[@himadrijoshi]

i vote to add the "aaaaaaaaaa" as well

[@brandonfoley7519]

I see both sides It worked out but could easily become to cringey

[@theelderhunter8856]

Taking the expression "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" to a whole new level.....

[@faraday2286]

His voice and the bg music is pretty relaxing

[@UGNAvalon]

“Butt beetles - oh, I mean, But beetles...” - Gotta love those Freudians’ lips! ;D

[@izzyjones7108]

they're truly Butt beetles 🤪

[@justinmiller129]

These ants also *_lift up_* one another kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2OxfnSjbpuVpKs&hoi

[@Zarastro54]

"I'll take the rapist for 200 Alex?"

[@beachgirl4583]

Justin Miller, Do you *have to* spam almost *every* thread with that link?

[@CJCroen1393]

When scorpions have to run from them you _know_ the army ants must be terrifying

[@hyperion3145]

They can clear out an entire football field of life

[@pskugd8385]

‏Hello i hope you are fine , only if you are interested,Take this opportunity, if you allow me, to tell you something important: ‏that there is one god with no partners ,has no son or wife ‏, God is nothing like him, ‏God sent many messengers, including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the last of them Muhammad, peace be upon them. All of them were sent to spread the doctrine mentioned above. ‏What i am Telling you is not a fleeting thing that we can easily take or reject. It is a very important thing for our happiness in this world and our survival in the hereafter. He who is not happy is depressed, and he who is not survivor in the hereafter is mortal. ‏For more informations and to make sure this is true please visit this link and ask your questions , Doubts and any things: ‏www.islamreligion.com/ .

[@0_h1t3]

@@pskugd8385 blood for the blood god.

[@IamGhede]

@@pskugd8385 Allah is the one true god. The universe did start with an explosion! Fuck outta here and take your imaginary friend with ya.

[@MichaelReed609]

@@IamGhede cool guys don’t look at explosions. Also, we literally have no idea why we’re here but I don’t think we should get arrogant because “science.” It’s merely the newest religion. Especially if you believe were millions of years old.

[@JennaLeigh]

Came for the interesting animal content. Stayed for the laugh out loud commentary. "I do not have Freudian lips- you made a typo!" "Don't do drugs........often." SUBBED

[@jacksondye3446]

i am so happy i discovered this channel.

[@sprucebadger8229]

"that's why the scorpion was all like hell no !" that's how the scorpion do

[@luissemedo3597]

*do

[@banann_ducc]

@@luissemedo3597 ????

[@stahppls2293]

@@banann_ducc *do

[@banann_ducc]

@@stahppls2293 *???*

[@banann_ducc]

I didnt know you could do that to question marks, huh

[@Spot_Faceless-Soldier]

Almost everything that lives in the forest: Army ants: *DISTANT WAR HORN* "MAKE WAY FOR THE EMPIRE!"

[@Enablingmonster]

Quality 🤌🤌

[@ianmarshall3633]

Man, not only are your videos educational they are hilarious 😂. Thank you.

[@user-nf8jj7pz6c]

I missed these. Glad you're back