I Used an Endoscopic Camera to Peek Into an Ant Nest in My Giant Ecosystem Vivarium
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- čas přidán 26. 01. 2024
- I created my dream rainforest vivarium, named Pantdora, but it has completely been taken over by invasive black crazy ants, who occupy one of the most coveted spots in the terrarium: the Hallelujah Tree Stump, a giant piece of driftwood hallowed out by termites that many of the inhabitants of the rainforest call home. In this episode, we use an endoscopic probe camera to look into the stump and learn about the nesting behaviours of the invasive ants in hopes to stop them from dominating the ecosystem. Hope you enjoy this week's episode, Part 10 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.
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Guys, I can't believe we did this! It was crazy! Let me know what you guys think. Ant love forever, AC Family! XOXO
ant love forever!!
I love it but maybe add a bird or something
Edit maybe add a leopard gecko they are my favorite species of gecko or maybe a leaf gecko also one of my favorites
2 min ago 😮
It’s always a treat to watch a new National Geographic movie… oh wait!
ants for the win!
I walk away from this guy for like 3 years and he goes from 8 12 gallon tanks in his apartment to an entire ecosystem in his house. Respect the dedication
I feel you I haven't watched since he moved 2 years back
@@danielderbedyenyev6964 >I walk away from this guy for like 3 years
Likewise. Where did he get all the 💰..
5mil subs helps@@ccptube3468
He owns a forest btw
How is nobody talking about the crickets getting spawn killed 💀
thats literally what half the episdoe was about
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Those crickets got folded 💀
Ants were using aimbots. Plant mods are taking action.
Yeah, sad. 😢
I have to say, my favorite part of this series so far is the running storyline of the acrobat ant (and for the purposes of the story, it’s definitely just one individual acrobat ant) constantly talking trash to much larger creatures and threatening to spray them with formic acid while they either completely disregard him or fail to notice him entirely.
Thanks for watching!
😂😂😂
She is a menace and unjustly underrated
His "butt acid" 😂😂😂
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This is crazy how you causally make a high quality documentary almost every week
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Documentaries don't have people pantomiming silhouettes.
@@dukeofthedance8062 he talks during the entire video that goes against the definition of pantomiming😭 and in no definition of documentary does it even say pantomiming isnt allowed, hes documenting his animals in a factual way while adding fun details therefore it still could fall under the definition of documentary
@@Jikavi ok
@@dukeofthedance8062 it's the first time I've seen someone use this term, could you explain what you meant when you used it? I'm generally fairly clued in but I couldn't crack this one, thanks.
You should put blind snakes in the ecosystem. They eat up ant brood, and since black crazy ants can't defend themselves against the blindsnakes and the marauders can, they might be able to reduce the population of the black crazy ants
I totally would but I don't know where to ge them and I'm afraid they will prey on the termites and marauders.
Go team Marauder!
I think they would likely prey on marauders as well as they live in the ground and can't move their eggs away as fast
@@AntsCanada Maybe in the soils of your backyard, I've found them in pots or under bricks very often, so they wouldn't really be a hassle to find. They might prey on the marauders and the termite(they could be an easier target, but seing how hidden they are in this state, they would mst likely bump into the black crazy ants and their brood pile before meeting the termites), but the black crazy ants are the easiest to hunt as they are fragile, and most they could do.is Spray acid on their scales. The marauders could still defend themselves using their large majors to bite onto the snake, hopefully scaring it away. Also, keep the series going as long as you can. It's really is helping me learn how ecosystems work, so maybe soon, I could make my own.
@@duploman1000 ye, these snakes are pretty much like earthworms, with their main defence mechanisms is their point tail. They also have super small mouths, being able to only eat the larvae of the smaller majors and the minors in the marauder colony. Plus, the marauders could scare the snake off by biting down on its tail, making it flail around.
The black crazy ants can't do anything like that. The only thing they could do is spray acid on the scales of the snake, which to the ants seems extremely tough. The termites are the easiest target, but they are hidden deep inside the stump, so it would likely bump into a huge brood patch of the black crazy ants.
The worm in the video: Terrestrial planarians, relatives of the well-known regenerative flatworms, are fascinating creatures. Known for their remarkable ability to regenerate, these land-dwelling planarians can reproduce through fragmentation, where each part has the potential to grow into a new worm. Even more intriguing is their predatory nature, especially evident during wet weather when they actively hunt. They utilize viscous slime trails to trap small prey like slaters and millipedes. The planarian then engulfs its victim in slime and feeds through its belly-located mouth. Interestingly, their digestive system has only one opening, serving both for ingestion and excretion. This unique biological feature, along with their regenerative abilities, makes terrestrial planarians an intriguing subject of study.
I agree, looks like an Australoplana sanguinea to me.
This is exactly the way to utilize chatgpt. For helpfull and eyeopening facts and info. Ty for comment, had no clue what that thing was xD
Flat worms are so gross to me. We have them in Florida but they're black and considered invasive. One of the few things that creep me out.
Its movement looks extremely similar to a leech, but looking it up leeches are segmented flatworms and this worm doesn’t look to have segments, so you are probably correct.
You are right! The latin name is: Rhynchodemus (sylvaticus)
I never thought I’d be spending a Sunday yelling “OMG RUN JIMINY NOOOOO!” to a baby cricket on CZcams, but, here we are 🥺 I’m so emotionally invested in this vicarious! You are a fantastic storyteller AC x
Thanks for watching!
I caught myself yelling that too
I've never been so invested in the survival of a bunch of baby crickets...
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I hope this series never ends. It is seriously bringing me so much joy and comfort.
Same this channel is my happy place
can’t agree more love you ac !
well i think the whole point of the ecosystem is for it to never end XD
This series had me put notifications on for all videos again for this channel.
Right I've watched every episode on Saturday for the last 3 years
This channel is single-handedly keeping that joy of watching animal planet when I was a child alive
Indeed. Network television has become infinitely worse over time.
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I watched animal planet so much as a kid my dad banned it from being on after dinner lol
Oh 100% 😊
@@dplocksmith91I haven't watched it in over 7 or 8 yrs now
I did some research for you, sulawesain toads feast on crazy ants. Im not quite sure what kind of impact they may have on your ecosystem. But it may they help with put some control over the invasive species.
you will need a literal PHALANX of sulawesain bros to displace these crazy MF's lmao
I homeschool my 14 year old autistic grandson and when we got to Ecosystems in our Science book he introduced me to your videos and we are watching them religiously and learning so much. It is fun and makes Science so much more enjoyable. Thank you for your creative and wonderful photography and dialogues! They are great!
Thanks for watching!🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
That's awesome!!!
I can confirm the green reapers exact species because i have her in my collection:its a green morph of the Philippine marbled mantis,i can tell due to the leg stripes, also the “male” mantis is actually a female and both mantids are stil not fully grown
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how can you tell the sex of a matis?
@@OMT988 lots of wine.
@@macglower1419 ahh the traditional start of any mating dance 🤣
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I like the vacuum idea. Even if you don't get rid of the entire hoarde, you are the best and most effective predator possible. You can be specifically targeting them alone. You can take as many as necessary without having to completely eliminate them. You can do it without harming anything else in the environment. Gradually, your vacuuming will become less and less necessary as the balance of life reaches homeostasis. Eventually, even the crazy ants will be brought into check. I look forward to watching the journey!!!
Without the vac the crazy ants will never get in check. Just gotta get them all out
Or he can always release the Kraken.😂
I agree! I think it's the most effective way to at least curb the explosive growth - even if they can't be eliminated they can be kept from being an apocalyptically dominant force
Agreed. Some active management can help the other organisms to have time and space to adapt effectively.
I agree, just do periodic vacuuming to keep them in check.
No thriller, no matter how exciting, would have captivated me as much as the fear for Jiminy's life.
My heart was racing behind the camera filming it. I was cheering him on!
I am not at all a bug guy... in fact I find most to be repulsive...especially spiders... but I have been binge watching this! It is amazing and incredibly entertaining! You must feel like a God of your own planet! Keep up the great work!
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Ugh. Same here. I love watching the dynamics of a thriving ecosystem, and I really wish it were feasible to manage one that wasn't 90% arthropods. But it's not feasible, and the real world is like 99.9% arthropods, so I'm just amazed to see what AC here is able to pull off. This environment is amazingly natural, its progressive changes are really logical, and this is really well documented, so in spite of it all I can't look away... "ew... oh cool... ugh, c'mon... oh hey, neat... ick, why... oh wow..."
"I'd love to pair this male mantis"
Female Mantis: DID I HEAR SOMEONE SAY FREE FOOD?
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Lol first thought I had, although another comment said the second was also female
7:13 - the worm represented here is resembling a soil-dwelling nematode. They eat pretty much everything that their environment has: soil, plants and roots, living or dead animals, fungi or even bacteria. Some of their species can be pests if they happen to be in farming fields, but some are important in maintaining the nutrient cycle in soil and for pest control. And they don't have eyes at all, these are specs of dirt stuck on its head.
I was looking for you 😊 thank you!
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Sure seems like it! It’s kinda cute lol
They can be seen by human eye it might be something else too
yep... looks like a bigger version of the nematodes we use in integrative pest control
I love those Maurauder Ants lol they’re so calm and dedicated
The unveiling of the carnivorous plants was epic. Great film making AntsCanada, thanks for the years of amazing content. Just like the quote you mentioned, your channel is in that same state of evolution and its been a ride watching it progress throughout the years.
Much appreciated!
You actually called her Green Reaper! Thank you for that, means a lot💚
Digging the name choice as well! She's beautiful
@@conryykrobertsonYes! I was the one (or at least one of the people) to suggest that name! So I'm very happy about it
As I commented a few episodes ago, some kind of dedicated ant predator needs to be added to the vivarium. The explosive growth of the Dark Horde means that without some kind of biological control, they will soon destroy the ecosystem and hunt out all prey species.
Now I’m interested in what types of critters might be dedicated ant predators
Ant Eater? 😁@@vee_tinymoose
I think the lizard and frog population could be increased for that, or if they're too big antlions might be a decent option
@vee_tinymoose come on, the answer is pretty obvious when you think about it. Bros gotta add an anteater
A Giant Anteater!
Pandora has been your best idea yet, gettin you 1 million plus views weekly...congrats on your win
Not even four minutes in and an acrobat ant is already trying to throw hands
It would be really cool to have a camera running a 24/7 live stream of Pantdora while keeping the amazing weekly episodes for story and big updates.
Go to bed.
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YEAAAAAA
He’s put a poll up about this so he’s taken it into consideration
Careful mating the Green Reaper! Approximately 150-180 young mantises can emerge from each egg case. My family learned this the hard way once... a Christmas tree had a few egg cases, and many hundreds of mantis hatched in our house.
Food for everything.
There aren't any predators in your house to keep their numbers down. The numbers will be cut down significantly by predation in this tank.
Knowing how huge and unstoppable crazy black ant currently in the pandora. Their are more likely will end up like the cricket and AntsCanada can always added more predator just to eliminate over populated Mantis.
No worries, there are two tree frogs, two geckos and one big anole, plus a tarantula roaming inside this marvel.
Ooohhh!!! 😍😍😍
3:43 "Hey! New frog! Yea I'm talking to you, what of it!? You think im scared just cause I'm an ant?! I'LL FIGHT YA! come at me!"
Another epic episode. Never thought I would be so enthralled by the birth struggles of a baby cricket, yelling & cheering it on; go Jiminy GO!!! 🥰 Love it.
Thanks for watching
As others have said, if the dark horde is getting too out of control either introduce a predator like blindsnakes or Draco volans to the ecosystem or vacuum up some of them when they migrate. You can treat the vacuuming as an ecological event. "This vacuum simulates how an anteater or echidna would feed upon a colony in the wild!"
What about adding a blind snake/worm snake? They’re a species of snake that feeds mainly on earthworms, but will also feed on slugs, snails, spiders, caterpillars, and yes ants. I remember that you’ve previously had an experience with one of these snakes way back in 2017 when one found its way into one of your terrariums. Back then you were scared it would eat your eats, but perhaps in a massive vivarium like Pandora, it’d be nice to have an apex ant predator to help control the ant population. Just a thought, you’re doing great with this documentary on Pandora by the way! Ant Love Forever! 🐜❤️
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This is the best comment on this video. The weight of this destiny is too much for AntsCanada to handle. Fr though this is a great idea
Also he can just pour boiling water in the holes to kill them off
I think he found one that came in a plant he bought in a older video,few years ago
Great idea. Several camera livestreams 🎉
I don't know how many people are involved in the upkeep, production, scripting, and VO for this series, but please give them all credit for putting together such a compelling and amazing project. Nothing is more beautiful than Nature.
it's only Mikey who does all of that.
@@LightBringer2810 wow that is amazing. Keeep up the amazing work mikey
I love watching these series, I built a pill bug terrarium for my son 2 years ago. He loves animals and insects, he enjoyed watching them crawl around and would add more whenever he found one outside. Eventually he decided to free them back into our yard, I too enjoyed watching them grow and finding new hatchlings in the terrarium.
That cricket emerging sequence was amazing! It felt like famous baby sea turtles emerging from beach sand.
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That really was neat to see. I felt so bad for them as I think Jimmy was eaten and the video footage was simply of other nymphs or babies popping up trying to escape the onslaught too. Following one w a camera would be an epic feat I'm not sure could have happened. Great editing though.
It's funny he gives worm and spider or arachnid warnings, hahaha, but hey, crickets with names, babies no less, being kidnapped and eaten *_alive_* in the seemingly most painful way ever - while still conscious? Hey, no problem to Mikey!
literally except they were getting slaughtered haha
@@don9abloidk how to tell you this but, uh, those kinds of baby turtles often get slaughtered by seagulls
oooooh too soon...
Next episode is gonna be him using a mechanical ant to spy on all the nests
After observing Jiminy's birthday, I've decided that my last birthday party was a success, after all. Perspective is a wonderful thing!
I'm addicted to this show and I really need it to be released on time so I'm not hitting refresh from 8pm EST saturday night. Havent slept yet.
Yes, the Green Reaper still has at least 2 more molts before she reaches maturity. Fun fact about mantises is that they don’t grow their wings until their final molt, and the previous molt will have 4 little sacs on her back which she currently does not have. These sacs are her developing wings. That will be your clue in as to when she’s near fully grown. You should also be very careful about introducing the other mantis even if it is male. Most mantises will happily cannibalize their own species, so you might want to wait until they are both sexually mature (they’ll both have their wings) that way they might have a chance at mating before one devours the other.
was it normal for her to dissappear? was she hibernating for a bit?
They hide during molting
I know some mantis keepers also feed their mantises before introducing them for mating so it’s less likely they will turn on and eat each other before they can get to reproducing
Great information!
Can Mantises mate easily with other breeds or is it common for them to be too genetically different to mate? Like with dogs and cats we know it's easy but spiders and ants never mate outside their genome. Come to think of it, I don't even know if there _are_ insects that can mate outside their genome, I assume they must be able up to a certain point for evolution to work, right?
@@Flippokid That's not how evolution works, bro.
Evolution occurs due to tiny changes within a species over many, many generations, not through interspecies breeding.
It could be really cool in future setups to preinstall micro cameras into habitats such as the stump. It would be amazing to be able to monitor a colony on that sort of level.
Good idea! Do they make them with IR cameras? So the light wouldn't disturb the critters.
That is pretty cool, IR, but I think a light you could turn on and off would give better quality. Plus you could keep it off most the time.@@sc8307
i rate a nice livestream with some lo fi
And put it live on Twitch
The way ants 🐜 operate is so cool and different I have such a new respect for those lil guys
Thanks for watching!🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
Hey, I just wanted to say “thank you!!” I’m 38 yrs old and absolutely love CZcams & I just wanted to let ya know that I have subscribed and keep up with these amazing videos!! The ants really fascinate me with how smart and strong they really are!!! Thank you & keep the videos coming man!! 👏🏼🙌🏼💯
That is awesome!
My husband and I both believe that this series is WAY more entertaining and compelling than Disney+'s A Real Bug's Life. We recommend AntsCanada for everything from educational content to Bug Drama. So excited for more episodes of Pantdora
When i have kids i will DEFINITELY be revisiting the different series for educational purposes
Totally agree. I'm trying to get my wife to show this series to her second grade classroom. I think it would be amazing if AC started being viewed in classrooms all over the world. So informative.
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So?
The Green Reaper and the new Mantis are both female African Praying Mantis. Females have 6 abdominal segments, and males have 8. I hope that helps. I absolutely love your channel. The new Pantdora series has been amazing. Keep up the great work!
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This is easily one of the highest production series I’ve seen on CZcams in a long time.
Totally agree.
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My vote would be to intervene. Agitate the Dark Hoard and then vacuum them out.
No! That's not natural for them and it defeats the whole idea of the ecosystem: to be natural
@@tsunamiwof7028 in a natural environment? yes. But this is artificial environment which imitates a natural one, and all the living things there were supposed to be carefully picked to suit Pantdora's ecosystem - except the Ants. BC ants could mean more harm to it later than it seems now. But that's my opinion before watching the episode so lemme get back to it.
@@tsunamiwof7028 As great as this is it's not "natural" it's a simulated enviornment, and black crazy ants are insanely invasive and destructive. Burn them out.
@@hubertbartkowiak8673 projecting your human bias into it is what creates the concept of 'invasive' in the first place. You could easily argue humans are an invasive species, as well. Or you can be realistic and realize that nature has no concept of invasive, and that balance operates at a time scale much larger than any human can comprehend or calculate.
@@PabloEdvardo That's a very good point there, I love how nature is basically one giant company, keeping itself in check with a purpose we cannot comprehend. And We are just disrupting it. Although I wasn't trying to get so philosophical, thank you for your comment.
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That small worm is for sure a nematode by the looks and behavior. Hard to tell which one but it looked that one immediately to me. Plus they’re adapted to literally every eco system so there’s definitely nematodes in cloud forests. Overall, additional proof of the already immense biodiversity in the vivarium. It’s amazing to watch. Likely was introduced with the blackwater
Honestly, I think you shouldn't give up on the idea of maybe vaccuuming the horde at some point so soon. The goal wouldn't be to erradicate them, but just keep them from overwhelming the entire ecosystem. The problem is I can't think of any predators that could cull their numbers without also threatening the marauders. The crazy ants will be fine if you take out 50% of their swarm, they will just take time to rebuild and meanwhile wouldn't be as big a threat. Think of it as another ecological event
Naw, he should irradicate them. It would be a lot of work but better in the long run
I think you're right, more so than others suggesting more predators, more, more! lol when in these shoes yes. Just reduce their numbers. More predators will cause a severe imbalance. They'll prey on each other instead of the ants. Bigger meal, bigger reward.
Vacuum and removal.. OR.. a "natural" event (volcanic eruption happens where scalding hot water splashes a very large area) like pouring boiling water down the queens chambers. They don't need hundreds of queens so just knock them down.
Anyone saying "the poor ants!" too bad, they'll be fine. Think of how many Mikey killed with the cheap amazon endoscope that could have been 4k video quality but _wasn't_ somehow? You know he squished hundreds or more. It's how it is.
New world event: 'Ant Genocide' has begone.
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Yes I was also thinking of combining vaccuuming the horde and introducing new predators to at least cull the crazy ant colony a bit. Once the rest of the ecosystem has reached a decent balance, they can probably be left alone for a while, but they're getting too big too fast now.
If nothing else, this microcosm is a great demonstrator of just how destructive an invasive species can be when they have a chance to get a foothold in an area. Those black crazy ants pushed out the locals in an extremely short period of time and don't seem to be slowing down
Look up Tiger beetles they could get the job done
apparently when they started that closed dome experiment in the desert for space research, there were a bunch of different insects that had found their way in. but only a couple years later the black crazy ants had completely replaced every other ant and wiped out most of the other arthropods too
Yeah he's a little too optimistic I think. Like when he celebrated finding the Marauders in the soil because black crazy ants don't maneuver on soil as well. That's fine and dandy until the numbers overwhelm the hard surfaces and they inevitably move into the soil with the sheer numbers to overcome their venerability on soft surfaces. Same with the crickets. Sure, some of them survived this time but that feast is going to fuel the ant numbers and there is no way the crickets will be able to reproduce fast enough to survive the next round. Eventually they will run out of small food and turn their sights on to larger prey like lizards and then it's game over for the vivarium. Personally, I'm disappointed the pitcher plants won because I don't think they have a chance at making a dent versus predatory frogs.
Great videos, you are blowing the mind of my two year old son and I just can't stop watching. Please think about numbering the episodes, i would like to watch them in order.
We love your videos so much and are so grateful for this shared learning experience- I truly look forward to your discoveries and everyone coming together to answer questions that arise. I feel like part of the journey and AC family too and appreciate all your hard work. How your vision plays out differently from what you imagine but enlightens us all into the beautiful ways of nature.
I have always loved the natural world also and wanted to start my own animal husbandry but have not had the means, so your videos allow me the opportunity and experience without cost! How awesome! Also as a writer I very much enjoy your commentaries and the way you look at the world and all the little things in it, we are all connected, we always have been and always will be- energy cannot be created or destroyed it just changes form. Thank you 😃
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First time visitor here, and I LOVED it! Think it is probably more entertaining than most movies out, lol - definitely more educational… I am hooked! :)
Another excellent episode! Omg, you almost had me in tears when you said you were going to end the vivarium. I'm too invested in this for it to end 😭 but alas, my joy has been restored since that isn't happening and the Pantdora saga lives on! Looking forward to the next episode. The frogs are so cute and can we see more of the crabs? I've been wondering what they've been up to.
Placing the pitcher plants close to the dark hoard's trails but away from other animals will be a good start. Personally my bigger fear is that the prey needs of the predators in the environment, including the ants, will at some point outpace the ability for the prey animals to keep up. Pantdora is pretty large for a vivarium but it is only so big. For example, I don't think we saw a single sign of those really colorful roaches this episode, when we have seen them every episode prior at least once. A natural environment also has more parasites and fungi, because those organisms are naturally harder to introduce by accident than the animals that you have introduced by accident. Some sort of parasite that goes after the black crazy ants specifically would emulate the natural world too. If it were a parasitic fungus, mite, wasp, or something else very visual, that could even create good content. The last possibility is to give the marauders or acrobats a boost or advantage. Both ants have proven to hold up in a fight and perhaps they can limit the dark hoard if they are boosted somehow.
I agree, as with time the invasive ants will completely take over and will destroy everything that was done. There must be things placed to limit their growth
True. As soon as I saw the black crazy ant and fire ant colonies I was immediately like “GET THOSE OUT OF THEIR WHILE THEY’RE STILL SMALL!!” But he said he was afraid of disrupting the ecosystem by interfering with nature. However invasive species who are displaced out of the natural environment are not a part of the natural balance so I really don’t think that counts since there is nothing to control them besides AC himself. I feel like he should’ve intervened while they were still small, now I’m not sure how he’s gonna get rid of them.
I think you have to specifically avoid parasites and fungi because it always has a chance to infect all of his other colonies and vivariums, especially the fungi with their naturally difficult to contain spores.
True. Pitcher Plants are not gonna be enough and will likely just kill other insects for then the ants themselves. As soon as I saw the black crazy ant and fire ant colonies I was immediately like “GET THOSE OUT OF THEIR WHILE THEY’RE STILL SMALL!!” But AC said he was afraid of disrupting the ecosystem by interfering with nature. However invasive species who are displaced placed into an environment which they are not native to are ultimately NOT apart of the natural environment in the wild let alone an inclosed vivarium. There is nothing fast enough to balance or control the, so I really don’t think AC interfering by removing them would’ve counted since there is nothing to control them besides AC himself. There’s nothing he can really do to “balance” them as they are constantly multiplying themselves. I feel like he should’ve intervened while they were still small, now I’m not sure how he’s gonna get rid of them. The only other thing I can think of is adding a top ant predator like a blind worm snake or something but even that is not guaranteed to be enough.
@@m.lathrop5175 True. And Pitcher Plants are not gonna be enough and will likely just kill other insects for then the ants themselves. As soon as I saw the black crazy ant and fire ant colonies I was immediately like “GET THOSE OUT OF THEIR WHILE THEY’RE STILL SMALL!!” But I remember you saying you were afraid of disrupting the ecosystem by interfering with nature. However invasive species who are displaced placed into an environment which they are not native to are ultimately NOT apart of the natural environment in the wild let alone an inclosed vivarium. There is nothing fast enough to balance or control the, so I really don’t think you interfering by removing them would’ve counted since there is nothing to control them besides yourself. There’s nothing you can really do to “balance” them as they are constantly multiplying themselves. I feel like you should’ve intervened while they were still small, now I’m not sure how you’re gonna get rid of them. The only other thing I can think of is adding a top ant predator like a blind worm snake or something but even that is not guaranteed to be enough.
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Bro, my interest in a bug's life just went from 0-100 real quick. Who writes the script for this show? This is great, and educating on levels unfounded in the public schooling criteria could never achieve in their delusional ways. I am legit fascinated with the idea of this ecosystem even existing, for starters. Really cool idea I am now going to have to look into. I have ventured into salt water aquarium ownership in my early 20s. It was a really cool experience, one in which I would do quite differently at this point in my life. I am just finding this channel for the first time, so I am excited to check the channel out. Great start though, very cool video.
The main reason I backed off any interests of trying out the ant farm setup was due to I did not think you could get the views that your snake camera was able to. That is awesome. Thank you for providing.
You should do a series aimed at older audiences, Watching this guy feels like watching a cartoon as an adult but I just cant help myself because of how infectious this guy's ant autism is, I cant help but watch in awe
Shut up you have no idea what you're talking about. There's nothing cartoonish or remotely childish about this guy's content what hes making is absolutely aimed for people of all ages. You're not even watching him you're watching all the insects
Go team Marauder! The vac idea sounds like a small step you could do to be better than the wild ecosystems and keep it functional
I think it will be necessary. I question just how much of the "resilience" is due to nature "fighting back" versus human replenishment of the tank. Sure, the sheer number of crickets overwhelmed the ants this time but I highly doubt enough survived to produce such large numbers again and even if they did, the previous feast means the number of ants will have quadrupled by then.
If this truly is about witnessing nature proceed, it seems foolish to project human bias into it. Nature does not have a concept of invasive. It moves forward and changes in many different ways. If the black crazy ants continue to proliferate, then that's just a part of nature at work in this setting. Let them dominate and see what happens. Otherwise you're just playing god.
Almost my exact thinking, sure there is prey of the crickets, roaches, etc. Etc. But the ants are almost an alpha species themselves and if not taken care of they will 100% explode in population quickly. But I am also 100% ants Canada knows this and doesn't need us to tell him lol
@@Direultimatum i bet there aren't very many of those iridescent roaches or the other critters initially put in left. Am shocked "Rock Steady" (LOLOLOL) isn't dead yet either. They should have all been introduced, even the crickets roughly a full 6-12 months for them to really establish a breeding foothold before introduction of even the very first ant.
It reminds me of people setting up a reef tank in one day and thinking it's going to work or they'll be instant success. Some might but that's not how it works. You have to let it mature if doing things right. Like not putting certain animals in for a long time so they too can get a foothold and start breeding populations so by the time you DO add fish and living corals, it's a tank MORE than ready to go and they'll thrive vs exist or.. die within hrs. It has a name even. New Tank Syndrome. NTS. I think that's what Mikey did. 1 month isn't anything time wise. Like most marine hobbyists, they just have little to no patience. Especially the more money they have. When you're used to getting everything you want, and have to wait now instead.. it kind makes them push the envelope as what was done here. I don't blame people, I'm inpatient too at times, but with a project like this or a $100-$100K reef tank.. it's better to just chill for a bit. Relax.
Jumping that gun is what led to the invasive species being introduced in the very first place. Any ant deaths that result from vacuuming and tossing them far out into the yard to die without queen, it's 100% mikey's fault. He should have known better with the glory stump.
Same!
Hey AC, I don't think there's anything you can fully do to eradicate the Black crazy ants on your own, so I think instead you should take all the lessons you've learned over the years about ant-keeping and apply the opposite. Yes, vacuum them up every move they make, continue to probe into the nest and shine lights and stress them out. Do everything in your power to keep the black crazy ant colony stressed and panicked all the time. That'll slow their growth, as stress does for ants. That's the best you can do, is stunt their growth and keep them stressed out so that hopefully our native colony of Marauder's can gain an advantage to build the numbers, sense the black crazy ants weakness, and deem an assault is viable.
That's your best chance at getting rid of the BCA, is for your Marauders to do it for you, and you should do everything in your power to put the marauder's in the position to deem a war on the BCA to be viable and worth it, and stressing and weakening the horde, as well as supplementing and helping the marauder's grow is the best way to do that, if their colony gets large enough, they'll deem the tree stump is where they want to be, and they'll eradicate the weakened competition to do that if they have the resources to do so themselves.
Its crazy how a simple favoured narration for a baby cricket can raise emotions in my heart. 😅
those golden ants, when i saw the termites, that were definetly just another colony of termites
This experiment is truly my 8-year-old self's dream come true.
I used to catch spiders and ants and build them habitats in jars. This channel conveys that experience perfectly.
Between the narration, the editing, the storylines, etc... This channel has given me someting Ive always wanted. Im glad to have discovered it! Keep up the amazing work.
Yeah, it's become a weekly ritual in our home. Our boys are on me each weekend asking if it's out yet.
Thank you! ❤️🙏🐜🌿
I should think that the biggest concern should be the escape of those crazy ants into your facilities.
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Not sure which is amazing, that he built & filmed all of this or that I can't stop watching it. It's strangely enthralling. Kudos to the story/narration & production all-around.
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Man I love your channel. It's the best content to watch before sleeping, I feel like watching a new episode of my favourite series in Netflix, waiting to see what happens with all the characters.
Thank you very much.
That worm at 7:22 could be a juvenile hammerhead worm, which are *bad* news as they are very invasive
Thats what I'm tryna finx out
@@CaucasianLopez based on the way it "flows", the eye spots, and the pointed end that eventually "flare out" AND especially the way it wrapped itself around the cricket im 65% sure its a hammerhead worm.
They're extremely resilient, neurotoxic, speculatively immortal and have a tendency for cannibalism.
They can also multiply when pieces are cut off
I'm sure it definitely not hammerhead worm, but it calmly look like parasite worm. More as parasitic type worm. Can't find the right name but it very much look like parasite worm.
Look for the article online: "Ribbons: Terrestrial Nemerteans of Singapore"
Also it may be land flatworms non-native garden flatworms. Carnivorous that eat earthworms and other soil creatures.
If the Dark Horde really gets out of hand despite the pitcher plants, how about a regular ant eater event? (You put a vacuum cleaner to some of the holes in the stump and suck the devils out)
I’d love to see that lol. Im starting to really dislike these buggers
I absolutely love your videos! I started watch in on episode three and ever since I have made it my goal to never miss one :) you’ve completely inspired me to try raising ants in one of my dormant fish tanks and build my own smaller ecosystems around my fish tanks and it has been so fun and so rewarding to watch yours and grow my own right along with you. Thank you for that 😊 can’t wait for the next episode
Glad you like them!
I love this series and find your videos fascinating and informative. Keep up the great work
Thanks, will do!
Guys, what should we name the Marauder Ant colony?
The Monoliths
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Obsidian Empire, Bronze Brawlers, Scythes of the Soils, The Pathflamers
The Trailblazers
The Raiders
The only bad part about this series is having to wait a week for the next video
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Is that not how most series work? Like one any streaming service.
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First of all you're born for this,I love your work. Second I hope this will never stop.
PS this is best thing that happen on you tube for long time.❤❤❤
This series is like an amazing documentary combined with this guys quirky commentary, I absolutely love this, there’s David Attenborough and the there Antscanada and idk who would come in 3rd this is so much fun
Something you could do against the dark hoard is place objects into the vivarium for them to move into. Since they move often it should not be to hard. Once they do you can take the object out taking brood and ant queens with it effectively lessening there numbers. I know that you like the more peaceful options so there is one. But this could be pair with test tubing fire ants into key areas of the stump. Obviously make sure no fire ant queens are involved. With the new camera it would be easier to identify key areas where brood and queens are. This would also motivate them to move to possible extraction nests as well.
Using fire ants as biological weapons is definitely creative.
Yes to the mobile nests, no to new fire ants 😅
I Know that is my blood thirsty side getting the best of me.@@GalopaWXY
I really think you should do something about the Black Crazy Ants. I know the idea of Pantdora is to see an ecosystem and how it works. BUT invasive species are ecosystem disrupters and aren't "natural" technically. I know you probably can't necessarily remove them completely but If you could vaccume them up you could disrupt them enough to keep them under control. For example that second hole int he stump seemed to house A LOT of brood and queens and if you could get something in that hole to suck them up you could really do some damage to them by removing a lot of egg laying queens and future queens/brood. They need a culling so they don't get out of hand.
Well they probably aren't in that second hole anymore since he scared them
@@quinnmccauley4232I honestly don’t understand how he do managed to miss them before putting the plant in there.
@@adub92199I don’t think he was looking for outside species. I think he was totally with whatever made its way in there. But he should have killed the crazy ants right off the bat, because they aren’t a natural part of the actual ecosystem.!
Think my comment got nuked by CZcams auto mod for some reason. Very frustrating lol
I tried to edit it to say using a s*ringe to fill the holes with black crazy ants with h*drogen p*roxide would probably be an effective way to get rid of them without harming the ecosystem.
Wow. I just stumbled on a completely unique channel from a guy doing stuff that interests him and therefore also entertaining over 5 million other people that also find his content cool. So awesome. Glad for your success man!...But I keep thinking, won't the inhabitants soon outgrow Pandora?
You should set up a livestream with a camera or two. It'd be cool to leave on and see. Can also replay and see where the mantis went and other things
This whole ecosystem with light, water and even fog clouds is incredible. I could sit and watch it for hours.
A livestream feed of the water-area alone would be lit
We need a Fishtank style live stream
You said the crazy ants are nomadic, so removing them would just be simulating them moving elsewhere. No different than adding new prey insects simulating them moving in from surrounding areas. As for how vacuuming them would likely not get them all, it's true but if you kept at it you may eventually get all the queens and future queen's. If nothing else you could keep the numbers from overwhelming the system.
My thought was run a hose from the stump to sn enclosed tank with goodies, water etc and try to coax the ants into moving into the other tank for removal. Even if you didn't get them all it would be enough maybe to allow other ants to reestablish
I don't know if ants are like bees, and the workers make queens by feeding them royal jelly for a certain amount of time or if the ant queen herself has to lay new queen eggs. If the workers make new ant queens you have a perpetual mess.
I just happen to come across another one of his videos by accident. When i watched it i was hooked...I love the dedication to detail, the commentary and all the knowledge that is presented. I cant wait for the next video...its gonna be AMAZING i just know it.
Thanks for watching!
You don't need to eradicate the black crazy ants, just add a natural predator
This is like a really well-produced Discovery channel show at this point. Keep it going!
Run Jiminy, RUN!
It is so unbelievably heartwarming how genuinely happy and positive you are in these videos, and how together the community is, speculating a mantis's species, and just appreciating nature as it is. I really truly believe your channel and community is humanity at its best. Saying you deserve your success is such an understatement to the good you do, making happy videos that intrigue and put people in a good mood and is actually so entertaining. I've learned so much about nature and animals because of these videos and the comments. I don't know, it's just rare to see somethin so genuine this consistently
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I think an occasional vacuuming of the crazy ants is a good idea. Not to eradicate but to control them. Yes in real ecosystems, intrusive species are normal. But Pandora has limited space, when in the wild, native species would have room to just move away and expand.
Thoroughly enjoy watching this series! It’s like a micro animal planet or discovery channel and your voice is perfect for the narration of it!
I think that baby worm thing is a leach, truly nasty, I remember them moving like that up the stalks of cattail plants. And if that's the case then yes, they are very carnivorous little freaks...
I thought leeches were black. Are there different species then?
I would guess that, the way it moves looks like a leech to me. Although ive not seen a leech that colour before.
It was very tiny work but the shape as that look like but almost as parasite worm.
I know there are some leech species that live in the soil and wet forest floor in tropical climates, it may also be a young one. @@OMT988
That would be my guess, there are some land dwelling leeches that live in the indo-pacific region.@@andreatuckman1084
At this point, the whole series about nature is a never ending movie, and there is so much more that we never know yet and when we have this opportunity to explore and see it, it's like a gift that keeps giving.
I know I've read this in the comments befor but I also want to say, this is an amazing story being told by a very gifted narrator. I never thought I would be concerned and invested into what happens next in a bug's life(haha movie pun) until this channel.
This CZcams channel is one of my fav I've come across in 2024. Love the narriating & the Pandora story has me invested. Can't wait for the next part of come out!! 🌿🍿
Glad you enjoy it!
This makes me feel like I’m watching early 2000’s NatGeo documentaries and I absolutely love it. You’ve taken not just my two most HATED insects (ants n termites)but also plenty of other insects I was afraid of or grossed out by and have made me completely fascinated! I’ve never done so many google searches on bugs before till this series. You’ve actually inspired me to do a similar version of what you are doing one day as it’s my dream to have an ecosystem vivarium like yours. You are really an inspiration and just thank you for making such incredible and well thought out content for us insect lovers!
If anyone was curious about how the crazy ants avoid inbreeding problems, it has to do with the queen's use of "empty eggs" for fertilization to produce a male that doesn't include any of the queen's genes and only accept the father's genes. These empty eggs create a perfect clone of the father ant that fertilizes the queen's empty eggs, and the Queen's daughter "heiress" eggs only accept her own genes, creating a perfect clone of herself in future queens. This means that the exact same pair of ants is raised, bred, and die over and over through the life cycles of their descendant queen and male ants. Only the worker ants are reproduced normally taking the genes from both the male ant and queen ant. This could have incredible implications for the CRISPR and designer baby debate if this were researched in accompaniment to that line of genetic engineering.
I’m truly in Awe… just found your channel and I’m a Sub now🙆🏾♀️🥰Looking forward to the next Adventure in Pandora!!!! Have a Wonderful evening All Creatures, Big & Small❤️
Welcome aboard!
the part where the newly hatched crickets were carried away by the ants was actually documentary-tier visuals. Absolutely amazing to catch something like that on camera.
Thanks for watching!
I think you should actively try and vacume out as much of the crazy ants as possible. After 2 weeks of this still continue treatment as seen but perhaps add a new native ant species, perhaps a carpenter ant
Commenting to bump this up. My idea was to pour hot water over the nest but your idea seems better. Any other casualties lost in this are microscopic.
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@@insertnamehere6434Ye same
@readJohn316itsnotlong that verse is OK but I like Numbers 31:17 a lot more. It doesn't beat around the bush and tells you exactly where God stands with people.
Maybe weavers could control black crazy ants
For your questions about the mantis, I have kept specimens of the genus Hierodula before, and both genders will bear wings covering the top of their abdomen as adults, and will reach a length of about 4 inches (~10.16 cm) when fully grown. The two specimens you showed in the video are both still juvenile nymphs, and any attempt at pairing them now will result in one attacking the other as potential prey. Feel free to ask me any other questions you may have about mantises and I will do my best to answer them for you.
This is an incredible project, I have huge admiration for what you've built here, but I had to chuckle at 24:46 where you wondered about interfering with the natural order of things. The fact that it isn't in nature makes it un-natural and the constant additions and modifications are actually interfering with the previously established balance.
Also, that termite footage at 31:57 is less clear than any evidence for Bigfoot lol
Maybe I'm teasing with this, but I cannot deny that you are working on a super cool project, I just binge watched from GAIA on and I'm hooked 👍👍
I think that worm like slug creature is a microplana terrestris a type of flatworm it looks similar and has the eyes dot like the one in this video. 7:06