Yellow Crazy Ants Kill Red Crab | 4K UHD | Planet Earth II | BBC Earth

For millions of years, Christmas Island has been a tiny crab utopia. However, in recent years an invader has begun attacking and killing the local inhabitants.
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[@laalaa99stl]

2:30 When that crab started wiping its little eyes. I felt that.

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

1:37 "Hi, mom! I'm on TV!"

[@JavierRomero-ri6po]

Yeeeeeeessss❤ Hugs from Chile

[@seetasingh2032]

This is so sad that an invader has come and taken over.I feel so sorry for the crabs.😢

[@gilgvirts]

It's time to introduce them the ant eater

[@GayLPer]

Then what will we introduce to deal with the ant eaters?

[@nguyennam1945]

Ant eater cant do shit ,there to many of them, the only thing that can stop an ant specie is another ant specie.

[@Niojoki]

Ant-Man really held a grudge against Mr Crabs

[@joycampi7233]

😂😂😂

[@sutats]

1:39 Director: Keep moving. Don't look at the camera. Keep moving!

[@Scarface2295OG]

Just by visiting an island we introduced the crazy ants. We had one job dammit

[@texasred1894]

We didnt know. Its so easy to look down on the past.

[@danielward7008]

​@@texasred1894But we know now and we're still doing it?

[@user-rs8ky8hv6s]

​@@texasred1894I mean to be fair, there's still a lot of things we humans are ignorant about. And it's pretty much a fact that every island people have settled on has been ruined by our presence.

[@smnoy23]

I know nature is harsh, and applying human morality to animals is silly, but man those ants are real jerks

[@user-rs8ky8hv6s]

Well yeah, they don't belong there. They would never have naturally gotten there in the time span that they did without our interference.

[@GayLPer]

It's either that or their colonies starve. The ants don't really understand that they're an invasive species, they just have to hunt whatever it is they can eat, and they have to kill it however they can kill it. I realize that probably doesn't make it any more comfortable, though. It is an intense, deep sadness. Nor can I fully blame the humans who probably had no idea they were even carrying crazy yellow ants. The only way to truly prevent things like this would be to never travel. And, well... that's just not an option for us as a species. Same reason why yellow crazy ants have to hunt the way they do. So all we can do is mend our mistakes as we discover them.

[@DundG]

​@@user-rs8ky8hv6s"belong" as if this never happened before. Google why terror birds got extinct and you understand that this also happems naturally.

[@user-rs8ky8hv6s]

@@DundG You, like so many others before you, are completely missing the point. There's nothing natural about this. We humans upend and defy the natural order I'd things, causing utter chaos. Those ants NEVER would have that island on their own in the time span that they did (less than two hundred years) naturally. EVER. On their own, it would have taken them millions upon MILLIONS of years to reach Christmas Island, and even then it would have been complete luck and only a handful of survivors would have survived the journey That's how organisms that can't FLY got to islands in the first place before we interfering humans got involved. TOTAL LUCK. And I KNOW why Terror Birds went extinct, and that didn't happen naturally either! I have strong reason to suspect that humans were involved directly or indirectly with the demise of the last terror birds too, so.....what exactly the hell are you getting at here? None of this is happening NATURALLY. We humans esxew the natural order and create utter chaos. And even if we humans had nothing to do with the end of the terror birds and it did happen naturally, that was because of natural continental drift and naturally being outcompeted. It has nothing to do with humans UNNATURALLY introducing species to new environments they would have taken MILLIONS OF YEARS to reach on their own. Why don't YOU do some research on island extinctions over the last 10,000 years, and how we humans caused ALL OF THEM.

[@DundG]

@@user-rs8ky8hv6s We humans caused the change in climare that lowered the sea level, so that north and south america got connected and terror birds got outcompeted by the sabertooth tigers? Wow, we must've been powerfull back then to cool the planet down!

[@chrisgoldbach4450]

Basically we ruin everything

[@gh-dw3tg]

100% agree... we are the builders and also the destroyers.

[@frogglen6350]

Who's "we"?

[@shlingusdingus4174]

​@frogglen6350 The human species. Fundamentally, we are the most invasive and destructive creatures on Earth.

[@frogglen6350]

@shlingusdingus4174 its called natural selection

[@jimmyjackson8058]

We create our on destruction....😭

[@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0]

Poor crab

[@dd55778]

Ants are prohibited

[@steadydropnem]

1:38 lmao he was like mom dad I'm on tv !!!

[@austingode]

Another idiot

[@JonniD]

😁😆😂🤣 1:39 That one crab annoyed at the camera.

[@hopebgood]

🙄

[@blucat4]

BBC videobombed by red crab! 😄

[@austingode]

Idiots

[@RobinWood-it6id]

Sir David at his usual best - thank you so much !

[@nanangwidodo4006]

Mr Crab said : money, money money,. . . 😁😁😁

[@911choroszcz]

1:38 YOYOYO WAZZUUUUUP

[@steadydropnem]

lmao he was like mom dad I'm on tv !!!

[@blucat4]

That crab totally waved at the camera! 😀

[@abhijeetkushwaha424]

Bloody hell!!

[@yellowboot6629]

Thanks 🤗

[@WorldsNatureMoments]

Great, the video is so amazing

[@4kWildlifeBangladesh]

Amazing video.

[@Natureindica]

Amazing video

[@raihanfarrelofficial]

This scene also documented on Netflix Our Planet Season 2

[@KrazyMitchAdventures]

The same can be said for other creatures that were "accidentally" introduced into other areas, like the Asian green crabs that invade the waters off the coast of the Pacific Northwest

[@jimmyjackson8058]

Yellow crazy ants make me think of humans...🤔😭🤣

[@steadydropnem]

all it takes is one single alate queen after a nuptial flight

[@andrewbailey4970]

One day the crabs will develop a defense …..if they can hang around long enough .

[@christopherrapczynski204]

The ants are clearly infested by the frenzied flame

[@jeffsiegwart]

Wow!

[@MrSeekerOfPeace]

Animals can evolve to adapt insects are natures custodians too. Also tropical ants have very few predators. They are more easily decimated through microscopic bacteria and parasitic disease.

[@MrSeekerOfPeace]

Maybe natural scientists could work on releasing the cordyceps fungus in Christmas Island

[@danielward7008]

Animals that evolved for millions of years without defences to introduced species are more likely to go extinct if nothing is done. Natural fauna is delicate. See the red squirrel in Britain.

[@markb8556]

Holy shit Simant was real. The yellow ant has become reality and is going to single handedly conquer the island

[@joeybulford5266]

I thought Yellow Crazy Ants was just something AntsCanada called them. Didn’t know that was their name

[@geronimo3180]

awesome

[@brofenix]

Wow~ :( I wonder if the ships that brought the yellow crazy ants were carrying a large amount of food or could somehow have known they had ants on board.

[@jimmyjackson8058]

They probably were too crazy an yellow🤔🤣😭

[@steadydropnem]

all it takes is one single alate queen after a nuptial flight

[@amisrivastava5565]

In native language we says "maata" (yellow ant)

[@LuisHamiltonDaSilva]

No, we didnt

[@amisrivastava5565]

@@LuisHamiltonDaSilva we means Indian language 🇮🇳 😀

[@LuisHamiltonDaSilva]

@@amisrivastava5565 हम हमने नहीं किया

[@amisrivastava5565]

@@LuisHamiltonDaSilva Estás loco ?

[@lil----lil]

Cue that crab dance! Da..da..da..

[@btrdaysahead]

A new shipment of 250 ant eaters can be sent to occupy the island in Q2, 2024.

[@user-jc2hq9hq1x]

Semoga semua ini Tetap ter jaga karena Akekatnya. Mereka semua ini Adalah separuh dari sebagian Napas kita...semoga tuhan Memenuhhi pinta kita

[@damienb8096]

Is that camera like 10k resolution … I mean really !

[@joycampi7233]

I stopped watching after the crab tried to wipe its eyes 😢😢😢 The red crab is so beautiful! ❤

[@gabriel-bl4ckh4wk-6]

This is horrible, brutal to watch, is insane how a tiny ant, can take down a crab, I would not believe in it if wasn't for the video proof.

[@Salah_-_Uddin]

Ants are dangerous.

[@nadiradutt8470]

DAVID AND GOLIATH

[@SpringMelodiesAnimals]

I like these crabs

[@EmilyHeider]

Just introduce natural predators to the ants that won't hurt the crabs, like Sulawesian toads. Problem solved

[@jamallaidley4718]

Nice One 🤭

[@-zorkaz-5493]

So that dumbass mobile game ad where the ants attacks the crabs is REAL?!

[@animaloftheworld71]

In native language we says "maata"

[@rajshrivastav8690]

Where is the night vision hunting video??😢 Why is it deleted

[@TheStockwell]

The baboons filed a lawsuit claiming invasion of privacy and emotional distress. The leopard is expecting to file a counter suit. 😏

[@blucat4]

It's still there, I just checked. Look for the video: "Epic Leopard Hunt in Night Vision | 4KUHD | Mammals | BBC Earth"

[@rajshrivastav8690]

@@blucat4 thanks mate..got it

[@aniketjain9905]

That's an ANT climactic end for the crab.

[@kyleefaren3075]

1:17 two holes no eyes??

[@blucat4]

Pause at 1:17 and use the . and , keys to go forward and back 1 frame at a time. You can very clearly see the eyes, it was just too fast at normal speed.

[@proxima4zo6g89]

Just like the dodos 😣

[@sexynelson100]

Always a pleasure listening to Sir David Attenborough.. ( I hope they still use his voice after he is long gone.. using AI )

[@YAH-1]

🙄🥴

[@DigitalXrisXros]

🐜🐜🦀🐜🐜

[@adamadam6517]

Im hungry seeing those crabs

[@user-rs8ky8hv6s]

Of course someone would say that.

[@kingxoxovenom4071]

Second

[@John-by9ty]

First

[@chebeebee2892]

❤❤

[@laalaa99stl]

Just wait a few more years. The rising sea level will take care of crab and ant alike. 😔

[@jerrywhidby.]

Yet the elites in that movement keep buying beach front property. 🤔

[@ghostrider369]

Lol there's always that one.

[@Kenan-Z]

Which will lose most? I guess crabs will survive.

[@chrisgoldbach4450]

Lies

[@texasred1894]

Almost as if this planet has been changing for billions of years but we cant comprehend that

[@FaizanAhmed-id4xl]

There are crab 🦀 are too much so how camera men meck the video seriously 😳

[@bossmatsymoto]

🎀дякую🇺🇦

[@sebathadah1559]

Typical "Humanity bad!" Propaganda.

[@Slothmanpetergriffin]

But one god homemade Ai could evolution will save the Christmas Island crab by making them more powerful to become dinner for the crazy’s ant the crab will evolve dense from the ant making them more difficult to eaten from the ant.