Why Can Ants NEVER Overcome the Drawn Line and Die of Exhaustion?

Why Will Ants Stay to Death If You Draw a Circle Around Them?
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[@mr.chimichanga6947]

"While ants possess intricate organization, they're surprisingly susceptible to manipulation." Sounds like another animal I know.

[@jamiejohn1382]

XD yes, yes it does

[@Nihilism4U]

Yeah especially in the countries with populations over 50 million people 😁

[@hellacooook]

Manufactured consent and every monetary system is indirect slavery instead of having people at the center of the ideology. It’s fixable with the right leadership and with emerging medicine of MDMA to show people how to live life with better emotional management

[@IdontagreeWithhowmylifeisheadi]

Human?

[@shimrrashai-rc8fq]

Probably every animal on Earth, I'd think. Anything can be manipulated if you understand enough of how it processes information and are able to suitably control the inputs.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

The lions see the chair legs as antlers or horns. They instinctively avoid attacking the 'dangerous end' of horned/antlered prey.

[@DudeSoWin]

That explains why our ancestors attached antlers to their backsides.

[@user-pt8gk8qg4m]

Cool

[@EdmundSampson-pd7vi]

Yeah that makes more sense

[@Phantom_Zer0]

Lol nonsense, the truth is that they have seen the statistics of how many people die from chair accidents, so they are afraid of chairs, obviously.

[@thenamestails7152]

You mean, ANTlered?

[@bigseven8227]

Deer when a twig snaps: 🏃‍♂ Deer when 2 tons of steel is charging at them at 100km/h: 😶

[@odin13th76]

Specially the last deer, the first one usually makes it lol

[@lypros892]

Well they evolved to avoid predator sneaking up on them, not to avoid absurd amounts of metal coming toward them at a very fast speed, it just wasn't taught in class.

[@knightpal1545]

More like: 👁️👄👁️

[@psychicchicken5263]

Deer react to cars like a cartoon character

[@godknightomega]

Correct me if I'm wrong but it's the headlights on the vehicle that causes them to freeze in place. Which is why it's considered "unsportsmanlike" to hunt deer with flashlights as it basically acts as an "off switch".

[@jostro83]

I tried the ant test. The ant ran right over line every time. It must've been the ant-hony.

[@soulwarrior7721]

Remember Ink came from Squid. And Squid produced ink as a Defensive mechanism.. Means there are Pheromones in that ink that they can detect and we cant. If you use china synthetic ink it probably wont work.

[@theodavis4832]

Same for me 😆 😅 🤣

[@jaylee9552]

Well, I never tired it but I had ant run across a paper I was writing on once and it didn't seem to mind the ink 😂

[@pac-manandtheorangeghost717]

Because you didn’t cross the ant’s scent trail when drawing the circle

[@Jobocan.]

@@pac-manandtheorangeghost717 I mean, it's a circle. Some part of it must have.

[@AllyDontObey]

So depending on the ink/pen you could make a maze that the ants could find a way out of???? 🤔🤔🤔

[@annekabrimhall1059]

I want to see that!

[@whitewolf3051]

Wondering what type of ants are in the thumbnail or seen in the video, never seen ants that big.

[@Walter_Hartwell_White_Senior]

​@donttreadonme-rc2zxants won't walk over the ink if you take the ink taken from squid not some chemical ink used in pen's refill

[@seanknox5785]

@@Walter_Hartwell_White_Senioryeah, really

[@runewolf77]

Would printer ink work?

[@Sky_lars]

If a deer freezes on the road turn your headlights off and they'll run off. The deer look directly at the light and then areas off the road look like walls to them, so they think they're trapped.

[@odin13th76]

The only time I had a deer stuck on the road from my headlights, I switched my high beams on and off and it broke its trance and ran off.

[@Apophis40K]

I dont think the road make them belive that they are traped considering that pouchers used oil lamps to stun deers long bevore cars where a thing

[@Sky_lars]

@@Apophis40K Deer aren't as smart as we are, so when their pupils construct from the light they can't see into the forest. This is an optical illusion, a bad one from our perspective, but when they panic the forest looks like walls of black. Deer freeze before they run so you can basically stun lock them with a bright light while you get closer to them.

[@brandenrosin4547]

How could you possibly know what a deer thinks?

[@aoyuki1409]

@@Apophis40K no no, what he meant is that headlights are so blinding to deers that they cant see where they're gonna walk to originally. since their eyes arent suited for rapid light change environment like us

[@Reddotzebra]

"Sharks are supposed to be apex predators!" Well, not all apex predators are smart. Sharks have just evolved into a niche where they can just swim up and ice cream scoop meat out of things. They don't even like the taste of human but they still sometimes mistake us for food.

[@adamalvarez5440]

Sharks are very smart

[@Lineproof]

man I hope you don’t believe they’re dumb

[@azaze88]

They don't mistake us, that's such nonsense, after all the attacks the past couple of years it's obvious sharks know we are easy food, they usually stalk and wait until they think you can't see them and they take a bite, sharks are meat eaters and they will eat any meat that's easy

[@haroldcruz8550]

Not while Orcas are around.

[@abdullahazzama2570]

It's just word flavour. He didn't really mean it

[@jeff2758]

I'm back after a month. I bought 500 bullet ants for an open air terrarium and drew a line of ink around the floor - set it up and released them before bed. Woke up in a hospital bed. Don't try at home.

[@connorscott-mcaliley2347]

Do a thousand next time.

[@seanknox5785]

Yeah fursure You didn’t use enough

[@jeff2758]

@@seanknox5785 fair enough, full send 2000.

[@michaelstars1175]

Probably should've used sugar ants for the first test but I admire your commitment

[@onerider808]

Wrong ink

[@YodaMan.]

you know how light leaves a spot on your eye for a few minutes? could that be why deer freeze? could their eyes be more sensitive and the spot lasts longer and they just simply cant see so they dont move?

[@Accrovideogames]

Yes, that's exactly it. Deer eyes are extremely sensitive to light and take forever to adjust. They freeze because it's safer to stay in place than risk moving while blind. Unfortunately, this instinct backfires when cars are involved. When they hear a car approaching, they look in the direction of the sound and get blinded by headlights. They don't know that it's safer to move out of the way in this situation. It's not something that happens naturally in their habitat, so they didn't learn the correct behavior. Obviously, this doesn't happen during daytime. Since they don't get blinded by headlights, they're able to see the car as a threat and move out of the way. If cars weren't such a rare occurrence in their habitat, they would learn to avoid the road during nighttime. If that wasn't an option, they would at the very least stop looking in the direction of the car when crossing the road and quickly move out of the way. In the event that they accidentally get blinded by headlights, they would know that staying there is dangerous, so they would totally risk getting a minor injury by running away from the road. It's best to trip on a bump or run headfirst into a tree when the only alternative is to almost surely get hit by a large and fast moving heavy object.

[@gamma_centauri]

@@AccrovideogamesAdding a minor tidbit to this for anyone interested, but I believe deer eyes have two light absorbing layers within, and when light enters, it bounces around between the layers before settling. It’s like a deer’s version of long exposure so they can take what little light they have to work with and use that to see. Someone smarter than I can correct my errors.

[@pondboy3682]

I've personally had a lot of luck switching to parking lights around deer.

[@error8119]

@@Accrovideogamesto the Deer’s benefit, they usually tank the car anyway so it’s not like they’re in a hurry to learn to move out of the way😭

[@MAML_]

an effect similar to getting up too fast?

[@NikeaTiber]

Alligators can live up to 100 years. This is why there is an increased chance that you will see them later.

[@siggyretburns7523]

UC Berkeley did s study on ants and found that 4% of them pretended to be working but was actually just walking around. 50 students participated in the project 2 just kinda walked around.

[@IamEscBoy]

source? please? that's hilarious

[@tigerxra8515]

2:58 In the glorious internet culture this also know as 'GET ROTATED, IDIOT'.

[@blackswan5034]

The ants in my house are too smart they never fall for these tricks and they even show up right as dinner is getting served every day 😅

[@whitewolf3051]

Wondering what type of ants are in the thumbnail or seen in the video, never seen ants that big.

[@hmmerfall]

@@whitewolf3051 weel you got those amazon ants that eats chickens

[@whitewolf3051]

@@hmmerfall 1) what is "weel," is that supposed to be "well" or a southern version? 2) That doesn't answer what kind of ants those are in the thumbnail. 3) I didn't ask for where they are from or what they eat.

[@biggamerjfk8091]

@@whitewolf3051 They were pretty obviously addressing the "never seen ants that big" part of your comment. Think a lil harder next time before talking so big.

[@ddneq677]

The pigeon thing is pretty cool. Also, the bright light thing works on flies too. Shine a bright light on a fly and it wont flee before you squash it.

[@IliterateAshole]

Now THATS good advice

[@mrcryptozoic817]

OH! I hope I remember that one.

[@bbd121]

Wait, really? I'll have to get a good flashlight to test that.

[@TBNAfrangsYT]

The ant is a 2.5D creature!

[@jamesdietz29]

Don't mess with the crows! They never forget! N e v e r!

[@justingould2020]

And they will teach their offspring that you're not to be trusted, so even death is no escape.

[@videoawesomeness5234]

@justingould2020 oh God hereditary hatred sounds terrible

[@3XP3RIM3NTA7B0Y5]

My hypothesis with the sharks: sharks often ambush their prey from beneath, so they see shadows. The drones shadow mimics prey

[@pauljs75]

The quad-copter shadow is shaped similar to a sea turtle, which is basically a shark snack.

[@euphoriahope9885]

I think whether the ant gets out or still scuttle around inside the circle depends what type of kink you used? Like if you use a regular pencil I think it won't work, imagine you're heading to the grocery shop and some sadist messes with the road signs you'll end up in the middle of nowhere unless you're quite familiar with the road and that neighborhood, this is what happens to the ant when we draw a circle around an ant :)

[@thedestroyerofbirds]

"What type of kink" 💀

[@user-mc8ox8cl6i]

One hell of a typo

[@gimygaming8655]

​@user-mc8ox8cl6i, especially with using "sadist" later. Dude is definitely into.... some things

[@gimygaming8655]

Best comment

[@haroldcruz8550]

Kink?

[@shifty6532]

These transitions were so good you got me to watch a 9 minute video when the question I was looking for had already been answered

[@michaeltyler7166]

I think this is a cool and interesting way to change the editing style. But also find it a little more amusing. I think it's cool too watch your channel evolve and change

[@Sphendrana]

I'm on the other end of the argument. I can't stand normal voice Steve which is just modulated Voice Over Guy. OR the other way around, which is even worse. Doesn't sound right at all.

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

@@Sphendrana whats wrong with his voice?

[@Sphendrana]

@@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel if you noticed, it's the narrator's voice, pitched up. It feels honestly unsettling to me.

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

@@Sphendrana so his normal voice is wrong and his edited one is fine?

[@Sphendrana]

@@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel The deeper voice is ok, the higher pitched one irks me lol

[@tuxuhds6955]

3:20 I suffer from tonic immobility - Every time I finish a Gin bottle.

[@rathersane]

Next time, skip the quinine and have a martini instead!

[@billkeithchannel]

Same here. Every time I hear _If I could Only See_ by Tonic I have to stop what I am doing and sing my parody lyrics instead.

[@tuxuhds6955]

@@rathersane Well said, though I'm actually a smoky single malt lad.:)

[@aaronolson6736]

I don't think it should be in every video but Steve being "in" the footage is fun

[@Sphendrana]

I think Steve should just go back to research and editing.... And find less disturbing thumbnails and titles.

[@Kittycat-mr4im]

It should be in every video

[@matthewchandler7845]

1:22 I really really like the WATOP man providing visual clarity.

[@kyllernotkiller]

Brains are really like computers: if something that it can't comprehend appears, it just crashes

[@janusn9]

Ideally, most people learn something new when confronted with something they dont comprehend. Lol

[@martin2289]

That's not how computers or brains work.

[@billkeithchannel]

Like sounds that are incomprehensible as speech, until you read what the noise could be saying then you understand it perfectly and can't go back to it being unintelligible.

[@punpck]

the shark and aligator thing is very interesting ... like an edge case of undefined behaviour that actually never happens in normal life

[@andrewlide4527]

I live 3/4 of a mile upwind from my local landfill. So naturally I have issues with mice and rats in the warm seasons. I have chickens and during the warmer parts of the year I'm just sitting on my porch with my bright little led flashlight. Those guys just freeze and pow, no more rat. And this is all done with an air rifle so to not wake my family and neighbors.

[@odin13th76]

Thought your chickens were gonna scare them off but nope just the air rifle got'em lol

[@budgetproductions1178]

it's fun to see my game with ants 10 years ago is now being discovered

[@cornelrusu9789]

The pigeons are like "Damn, not the alphabet people! I'm out!"

[@Rinabow]

カラス進入禁止 signs had me laughing so hard

[@roller4312]

Maybe they know something we don't 🤔

[@realdragon]

Imagine some extra terrestrial being trapping us in laser cage and laughing that we can't escape "simple obstacle"

[@billkeithchannel]

_There's nothing left to explore Truman. No need to leave this town... ever._

[@qaassimmahmood548]

Steve is constantly changing through out this channel As if they are hiring different editors.

[@schrodingersdino]

Steve have been busy, can't you see him in the video studying animals behavior to show us? 🥲 What an amazing job, lovely...

[@indisputable3]

You can't forget the music and atmosphere getting worse and worse, I think you're right

[@Sphendrana]

I really want WATOP from two years ago before this started.....

[@rdq2588]

Remember using my finger to disturb ants paths as a kid. When there is a long line of ants, just cross it with your finger and you'll see ants getting blocked in each sides of where the pheromone path was disturbed (it lasts only for 20/30 seconds though but the blockade is pretty impressive with ants walking along your finger path without ever crossing it).

[@peteryeung111]

What do you call a deer that can’t see? No eye deer 😂

[@donnababel652]

A blindeer

[@anormalhumanbeing.3838]

No idea

[@MaxIzrin]

There's also a trick to hypnotize chickens: press them down, and draw a line in front of them, from their beak, and away from them in a straight line. Then when you let go, they will just stay there, seemingly paralyzed for a while.

[@accessdenied3350]

The meow coming from the shark had me in fits 😂

[@Raizahri]

Ants are the prime example of living in 2D world 😂

[@krikeydial3430]

That's one more dimension than most humans.

[@videoawesomeness5234]

@krikeydial3430 I don't get it do u mind explaining? 😅

[@nikhil-kulkarni]

Wow! This channel has great content on animal behaviour! Liked and subscribed.

[@rachelspurrier2417]

Are we still talking about ants? I love this channel. It always teaches me about animals and I love animals!!!

[@AlanaeImontae]

I used to do this with chalk when I was younger but whoaa. Nice to know the science behind why they react like that

[@oliverwortley3822]

stop trolling and bullying the ants 😭😭✋🏼

[@k4rthus860]

Keep it up that animated character kept me happy

[@RayMak]

My tests fail all the time. Maybe my ants are smarter

[@Ithenna]

I imagine it might have to do with what kind of marker you use, if it does actually work. Some markers are pretty weak and watery, while others are more oily and sticky. And then some of them are odorless while others have super potent fumes that last well beyond when they dry.

[@eurosonly]

Steve has become his own mascot on this channel lol by injecting himself into the videos.

[@t1aonation673]

Deer just think our cars are the second coming.

[@Yerinjibbang]

steeve with googly eyes is just amazing!! xD

[@trevorstevenson4038]

That elongated cat meow set to the 'open mouthed great white' hahaha!

[@RAY_ERROR]

the fact that he edits himself in different situations makes it x10 more entertaining then it already is

[@TheeSlickShady]

I watched thr whole video Liked and subbed 🏆👍🏼👍🏼

[@spaceshipgozooooom5646]

I honestly didn't know that. Thats pretty incredible

[@annatsukiya]

Shark crying in cat's voice made LOL so hard. 😂😂

[@AlexisStarHeart]

Rip coffee intro. I reaIIy Iiked it. Mini Steve is funny though!

[@deehinker1848]

I was doing that introduction about ants when I was 7 or 8 years old, did that accidentally when I was writing on the paper and saw an ant. lol!

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

Nice visual character throughout the video. Haha

[@rodigo2012]

the pigeon thing is freaking new lol

[@Cyanide708]

Steve looks so weirded out in these thumbnails😅😅

[@2012TheAndromeda]

A tip if a deer freezes to your headlights on the road. Flash your headlights. I heard it 'resets' their focus/minds or something and they 'snap back to reality' so to speak. Never had this happen myself, but just something I've heard.

[@billkeithchannel]

The Deer Whisperer hold up a piece of pineapple and they come over for a sweet snack.

[@spfein]

The ink messes with the ant's scent tracking due to the smell the ink gives off

[@NeverKilledHillock]

Oh nooo... until now I didn't know I needed a shark sounding like a cat in my life, thanks.

[@mezmerized4lifejay654]

Is it the chemical smell of the ink that deters it or confuses it. It laying a pheromone trail in a circle over and over just makes it worse lol

[@Theosibo]

Well, I had no idea I needed this entire video series in my life. I clicked on a video to learn how drawing a circle on a napkin could trap an ant till it starved to death and ended up learning a lot about how to increase my chances of survival in many very dangerous predator encounters. What a fun way to learn about the world we live in!

[@billkeithchannel]

Take that Animal Planet!

[@rirururu4697]

So you're telling me the entirety of the Jaws movie franchise can be solved by tilting its nose downwards

[@videoawesomeness5234]

Or by just flying a drone over 😂

[@billkeithchannel]

I think the mechanical shark they used had the same problem.

[@garyr7027]

Seen that Thomas guy living with goats on a local news channel once, the news anchors lost it laughing their asses off when they seen him chewing grass.

[@AnarchyIsLove]

"dat pen stank, I choose death"

[@billkeithchannel]

Don't you just hate the pen ink that smells like toe jam?

[@bsfishing7073]

So I guess the crows spiritual animal😂

[@mCblue79]

I bought some really tiny glasses and roller skates on eBay for my ants. They left the circle straight away.

[@crazyrush2138]

This video is so underated

[@venonat80]

With a house cat, make a box flat on the ground with tape and put your cat in it. They think it’s an actual 3 dimensional box and feel comfortable and won’t step out of it despite nothing is actually keeping it in the confines of the taped outline. It’s adorable. 😻

[@Princeofpurge]

The meowing shark 😂

[@klakatyklak6826]

hahaha wow I remember this from YEARS ago. I had forgotten about it though till now when I saw this video. it's so weird and cool

[@The10mmcure]

I've noticed from years of working at night, dodging deer....sometimes not dodging them, that when I run my hazard lights combined with frequent changing from bright to dim, that scares them, they run away quickly from that. If the lighting is constant, especially moving under 55mph, a deer will stick its head down and act like its sneaking across the road. I think flashing lights screws with them, makes them think "oh no it sees me"!

[@SupergamerX]

I found the bit with the sharks adorable.

[@billkeithchannel]

It was a good sound byte.

[@billkeithchannel]

It really gave me some info to chew on.

[@wolfwing1]

my favorite example is the ...tarantula hornet? Or something like that, it will check the tarantula go into the hole and check it then come out, but if you move the tarantula it will get stuck in a feedback where every time it goes down you move the tarantula and it will check it then check the hole continually.

[@muayboran6111]

That pen squeak killed me inside

[@basabaula7428]

disclaimer: no ant harmed during this video

[@gravyz2cute4u]

When I get flashed with high beams in the middle of the night, I feel somewhat blinded and disoriented too. Poor deer.

[@OwOUwUOnO]

Ah yes, I was wondering why my nephew has been doing lines, all over the driveway. Now I understand.

[@owencole2406]

0:29 it’s why death spirals happen the pheromone trail gets covered and one ant follows another causing a massive spiral of ants.

[@warren52nz]

I read that some ants can live up to 10 years! Also I know a professional animal trainer who has a pet Magpie (bird). He does a trick where he rubs its beak gently for a few seconds then puts it on its back and it stays that way. A very dangerous position for an animal whose escape strategy is to fly away!

[@autumnwhistles-yc5xb]

oo this is so interesting! I love crows

[@Mr.Nefarioussness]

1:21 really startled me

[@Mystikan]

Galahs (a species of Australian parrot) recognise guns. If you point at them, or point a stick at them, they will ignore you; but the moment you point a gun (or any hollow tube) at them, they're out of there. They've learned that things pointing at them that don't have holes in the end are harmless, but if there is a hole in the end, it means death!

[@Hscaper]

I’ve never been able to break any paths with tricks like this

[@lockaltube]

Politicians: ha, just draw a line on a map and people will not cross it. Some of them may even die while never crossing the border.

[@Optimusj1975]

That was the most comical pronounciation of Nossa Senhora da Consolação I heard. I'll use that name against every foreign friend I have from now on.

[@johnqueen2754]

This gives the meaning of circle jerk a different meaning. 😂😂😂

[@Mr.YExplains]

thanks

[@thekidthatshoots]

The shark wanted rubs like a dog lol

[@teptime]

I heard this ages ago, and my brother and I tested it. Ants walked right across the line every time.

[@CourtneyIsGoblin]

Imagine someone asking you what you do for a living and your answer is "I flip sharks". lol

[@a-3841]

Humans: We are the smartest, most advanced species on the planet. Also humans: Let's go flip a bunch of predators upside down to see what happens.

[@Synthi_Soul]

Noticed the same thig happens with sidewalk chalk when i was younger. It would only take a few minutes to escape.

[@FakhriaNoori]

You forgot to mention hypnotizing a chicken with a line

[@o-shawnspecific80]

This makes me wanna draw lines in front of all my windows and baseboards.

[@TayWoode]

That bang at 1:21 made me think something had fallen over in my room

[@valecasini]

TL;DR: The marker odor is just confusing the ant because it thinks it's a pheromone odor left from another ant to mark a dangerous place or smth like that

[@hagenanon9484]

well that cured my lowkey fear that ants may one day evolve far enough to rival humanity

[@solec23]

Only seen the the shark thing in the "get rotated" meme

[@alibi247]

So if this turning the sharks upside down stuns them perhaps it could help someone who’s under attack from one?.

[@e205536]

1:43 Simba?

[@nycstreetpoet]

Those color circles seem a lot more human than the spikes installed all over the place to keep them from roosting.