I Fed COW EYES to My FIRE ANTS
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- čas přidán 13. 10. 2023
- I gave my massive pet fire ant colony, named the Crimson Knights, a pair of uncooked beef eyeballs for Halloween, all in the name of science. Ants are some of the planet's most important scavengers, and breaking down decaying meat of dead animals is their functional niche in the ecosystem, among other things. Watch what happened as the fire ants masterfully break down the beef eyeballs I gave them, despite never before having eaten beef. The process was nothing less than intriguing and the results surprising. Hope you enjoy this week's Halloween episode. This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.
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Happy Halloween and I love your videos
I love your videos
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I can’t believe Mikey donated his own eyes to the ants. That’s commitment.
Ikr
How can he see to record the video?
@@arsenicburrito7692 Service ants
@@arsenicburrito7692 He traveled back in time from the future to donate his eyes, and his past self (who we know as the present Mikey) recorded the video
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We are getting closer and closer to antscanada feeding a human being to his fire ants …
I know right? 😂😂😂✌🇨🇦🤣🤣
I was gonna say this 💀
As the colony grows, so does their appetite.
I wonder when he will start feeding them a Tbone? Next week? The one after? Or will it be a year from now? Wonder if he has any input
You are crazy
15 years later: Hello guys and today I am gonna be feeding my liver to my 10th fire ant colony!
Lol
Lmao
next week ill do my skin! 😀😀
3d printed*
You should add the slippery stuff just like yearly
There's an old story about pets well cared for and treated with love becoming effectively spirit guardians of a sort to the owner.
Imagine a tide of aggressive insects just having your back the whole time.
But wait there’s more. Random CZcams sensation, Bruce Wayne level standard of living in extremely remote location, commander of legions of the most recognizable yet overlooked insect across the globe, is also built like a fuckin samurai. AND YOU NEVER SEEN HIM AND ANT MAN IN THE SAME PLACE
2030: I feed my ants a blue whale.
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lol😂
lol imagine though!
Bro keeps his drinks next to his spare eye balls and some some fungus, i love the way he lives 😂😅
Giving up your sight shows how committed you are to these ants. Long live the colony!
New fear unlocked: Ants eating eyeballs
SO THIS IS WHERE MY EYES WENT.
Wait you’re a cow
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Ur a cow.... 💀
@@lucsines-rf8dg Yuh
Nahh
Mikey, I have watched you for years and years, been through three fire ant generations, the yellow crazy ant supercolony, to now, where I believe this is one of the craziest videos I have seen on your channel. Keep up the great work!
Wow, you're an OG! Thanks for the long time support! Ant love forever!
@@AntsCanadaThank you Mikey. Now I can't sleep and have unlock a new fear: "Ants eating my eyes"
You never fail to amaze, intrigued, and give me goosebumps.
Ants love forever 😊
Do you remember what the first video you watched was?
@@jacksonsmith1823 I think it was the one called "my fire ants have started to plan an escape" or something, it was definitely alot older than 5 years ago
@@officialrileyt mine was Ant War: Battle of the three armies. It was November, 2017. I was just a kid. I rememeber how interested I was in ants. I was thrilled that I found Antscanada. After I watched that video, I watched alot of the previous videos, and I have been watching them every week ever since!
9:00 Keep a _very_ close eye on that. If they're digging downward, they could breech the bottom of the terrarium.
Hmm, that’s quite interesting. I would think that he would dig-proof the bottom though.
@@user-wj8yy7og5k Nothing is impenetrable.
Oh ya- I forgot there wasn’t bedrock down there! 🥲
Lol @@CopperRustWarriorCatFan
Love how you keep your drinks and PITCHER OF FUNGUS SPORES next to each other. What a legend.
those are some really aesthetic eyeballs, i've never seen them so non-vomit enducing
My dude just goes in raw and picks up that eyeball with his bare hands. You a savage.
They're just eyes.
@@ranayaload Ok, I just don't understand why.
It's just raw meat. Hands wash. Never handle raw steaks or chicken? Not really different.
I know right? He might have gotten bitten by the ants!
Lol
A time lapse of the ants covering the eyes would have been awesome!
Funnily enough, I had done Biology at school, and had worked on eyeballs. They are basically jelly encasings filled with a liquid substance. Honestly didn’t expected the ants to be able to avoid all that mess, with all the eye juices. Smart gals
20 years later ‘guys I will feed my crimson knights a dead rhino.’
Lol
Ture
20 more years later'guys I will feed my crimson knights a dead whale.'
@@hochinting196320 more years later: hello guys, I will feed my crimson knights an entire country’s worth of human hearts.
@@Magnellics20 years later…. Hi guys ima feed my fire ants the earth 😃
I didn't want to hear AC say "twerking" this morning.
🤣🤣🤣
I’d be interested I seeing the fire ant colony try a beef patty, a vegan patty, and a lab grown meat patty at the same time to see how they react to each type of ‘meat’.
Perfect, just as I’m recovering from a scratched cornea! 😂 it felt about like it was covered in fire ants
It really does
I remember we had to dissect these cow-eyeballs in around the 8th grade in Germany when we discussed the eye in natural science class. You could opt out if you were sensitive, but I did it and found it pretty interesting to see all the layers that we discussed before in theory for myself.
Same!! It's pretty cool seeing them in person
I wish my school had that kind of experiments. All we had was frogs and fishes
Another German, yes we did that too, was pretty cool! And a pig Heart too! XD and i also dissected a squid once, but Not in regular biology, it was an extra Curricular (AG)
I got extremely lucky with my schools (especially in a kinda rural area of the US), since I got to dissect an entire salmon in 5th grade: piglets and some eyes that I don't remember in 7th grade: some kittens, more eyes, frogs, and some other things that I can't recall in 8th grade; All in all, I found the eyes and the hearts the most intriguing because of how complex they were, which got elevated in 8th grade when we got to look at the cones in an eye under a microscope
The backs of cow eyes are really pretty!! I don't remember what it's called but it kinda looks opalescent and shimmery blue-green
I took medical science classes in high school where we dissected different animal parts like sheep liver and kidneys
You can’t say you love your pets unless you donate your eyes to them 💀
“The first ant starts twerking” made me spit out my water 💀
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"And the first fire ant began to twerk"
- Mikey Bustos
Soft, succulent eye balls 😂
Full of protein and liquids for any ant colony.
Great job with the channel mate, keep it up ✌️
Aside from the obvious effort and care that went into making the environment, and raising the ants to a state of stability, this has to be a massive amount of work to maintain. Hats off to you sir.
😊
You gave eyes?! For your ants
Woah that's real commitment
Eventually this is going to get to the point where he's feeding his ants whole chickens or something
I like that you respect the ants habitat. You didn’t disturb them during their feast. You’re a great ant dad!
i think putting a camera in front of the ant colony, and have it record timelapses while you are gone would create some cool and unique clips
When I went to science world in vancouver, they did a cow eye dissection, and the lady doing it got me to come up and help take it apart, it was really cool (i was maybe 13 or 14)
The fire ant began to twerk 😂😂😂
We dissected cow eyes when we where in 9th grade biology at our school. They are so squishy and yess filled will goo.
Once mating flight happens you can use the new ant queens to replace the crimson knights once their queen dies.
I can’t unsee this 🤭😂
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The ants are endlessly fascinating…and clearly like to do things their way.🖤🇨🇦
I've helped clean deer and fish after catching them, and eyeballs are pretty much just rubbery squishy balls. It's basically just a big ball of gristle if you ignore the fact that it's... y'know, an eye.
3:25, when ants twerk you know your done 💀🕊️
randomly has eyeballs in an empty fridge HAHA
I really want a termite update. We need to know what happened to them, wether that's good or bad news
I think he did one?
Edit: yeah he said it got too hot in his house around 15 minutes into this video from about 3 months ago "How I Accidentally Killed My Termites (Full ANT ROOM Update)"
@@davedunks4647 But after that he caught more termite royal pairs (~20) and put them together. He was founding that mega colony and since then he hasn't mentioned them again (unless he did in the middle of one of his few videos I haven't watched
he showed us some termite fungus spores in his fridge when he got the eyeballs out, so maybe he's still trying again? hopefully he's working on a cooler area setup for them too. they don't like the hot temps that the ants prefer. and they even prefer to dig their own ventilation holes too, which means a mostly enclosed glass setup might not work out.
With all these special occasions, you'll run out of delicacies to feed them lol
This was definitely fascinating! The ants are very smart, it was interesting seeing what they did to the eyeballs. I guess that it didn't smell bad in the room.
Oh, it did.
@@AntsCanadahello :D
I have indeed held and opened up some eyeballs. Very "yucky" feeling! And the lens in there. So crazy!
These are the most entertaining videos on CZcams.
From dissections, I can tell you that white sclera is really tough and hard to cut, probably why they went for the easier cornea. There is black fluid inside (it's kinda clear watery fluid with lots of tiny black bits in it). There are two chambers, one in front of the lens, and one behind. The main one behind the lens, the inside really is just kinda hollow, with the black fluid in it. Probably not much nourishment in the sclera/anterior chamber.
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that fridge is the one in his ant room. his actual fridge in his kitchen is full of wonderful healthy foods, but not enough cheese
I love how he tells every time when he tells something that that new viewers don’t know what it is and give a definition so we all know and on the same page
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It's a little bit disappointing to not get to see the ants burrow into the eyeballs, but you know what would be almost just as inteesting to watch? If you could do a timelapse video of the ants burying a meal item, with a timer on the side measuring how long it takes for them to completely bury their quarry.
;)
Thanks for doing my suggestion “can you do a ants feeding video”+ant love 4ever
Eye ballss at the cornea have multiple layers. One of them is the lens wich us quite thick. In the middle is the vitreous body. It is very slimy and wet. Look it up on the internet it is very interesting. Your eye is made out of 4 different main layers.
Love you Lord of the Ants, you are quite the funny man. Your ant documentaries are top notch, never realized I needed this content so much in my life
Cant believe how long ive been watching you. You've taught me to love and respect ants. So thank you. Ant love ❤
I am really excited for the update of experiment 555
Im sure they have growned alot and is healthy
I remember back in grade 8, for science class, we had to dissect a cow's eye. This was in 91/92.
I dissected a sheep eye in the 10th grade. I kept the lens of the eye in my winter coat pocket for over a decade. It slowly turned from mostly clear to dark-brown, but it never deteriorated at all and remained elastic until I finally lost it.
love your videos and especially the fire ant ones keep them coming and i hope to see more types of ants in your ant room like the blue ants from one of your other videos and i loved the vid when your original fire ant colony was escaping
Loved it hun, those eyeballs man, so cool to watch.just thinking ,have you ever thought of giving them a big blue ox tounge 🐜💕
ants realizing that they get free food from the mighty hand
We had to cut some cow eyes apart and examine all the different parts in Biology at school. Still don't know how to feel about it, I'm really weirded out by seeing organs outside of a body, but it's so interesting at the same time!
Love your videos you taught me a lot about ants 😊
I love your story telling so much. You're truly gifted in that way!
Oh no fire ant mating! You may have to borrow an armadillo or some thing
May I suggest something like a more fitted mosquito net cage over the volcano for nupitual flight season? It will not only keep your ants in but keep other ants out. Of course thats assuming trapping any elates won't also end poorly. My guess is that failed elates will be attacked/cannibalized by their own colony?
Happy halloween for you and the ants #antloveforever👻👀👁🐜🎉
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Totally gross. But i couldn't help but click. Fascinating and the genuine love for his colonies is infectious. Thanks for sharing ❤from Brisbane Australia 🇦🇺
Eyeballs are extensions of the brain. They’re formed when in utero and part of the brain is forced through the eye sockets of the skull.
When I was in 8th grade my science class dissected sheep's eyes. We also did a worm the year before that. It was pretty cool.
thanks for all the content!
This video was an eye opener, truly eye watering.
😊😊
Perhaps you could create an opening from the digging chamber to the body where they are now?
Eyes are actually full of a thick fluid. Aqueous fluid.
Awesome episodes, as always
"the eyes staring out in a expression of worry" lmfao 😂 freaking hilarious bro
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The eyerony is the spectacle of those bulbous eyes watching themselves be devoured. I’m sure they were simply dilated! (And, I bet the ants could have used a side of cornea!) 🐜🇨🇦❤️
In my high school we used to dissect cow eyeballs. I remember that the smell wasn't particularly pleasant.
As an idea for the inevitable nuptial flight, maybe you could make a large mesh cage to surround the setup and it would catch any queens that fly out? Assuming that the colony is an invasive one that you don't want escaping the ant room either, or if you just want to be sure that they don't make any homes outside the setup if they are somehow able to impregnate within the colony (I don't know much about that.)
From what i know He doesnt have invasive Ants For ethic reasons :)
My eyes and nose are itching so much now! Thanks AntsCanada! 😂
maybe they got all the sand together after the fluid inside spilled
He said Meat flaps 😂😂😂😂
Wow, i love this species more and more, nice video as always ;)
Antscanada,could you please update us about the lethiathans?
If you do the eyes again. I suggest: Leave 1 whole and cut 1 open, please. This, so we can see their tactics and how 1 colony would work in 2 different scenarios, at the same time.
I like how despite the morbid presence it still ends with heartwarming musings on the selflessness of ants.
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LOL when the vegan teacher sees this she will lose it
Lol
i just got an add about cooking steak in the dish washer 😅😂😅
I genuinely wonder what would happen if you gave them something absolutely massive. Something you wouldn't expect them to actually be able to handle? Whole chicken? Pig's leg? Ohh! Maybe a cow's or Pig's head!
It would most definitely involve maggots and I'm not sure if I'm ready to go there. If the colony is huge enough to fend off the flies and consume everything to completion then perhaps I may try something bigger.
@AntsCanada good point.. you even mentioned it during the feeding of the pigeon. Anyway, keep the good stuff coming!
I tried to close my eyes so it wouldn’t be traumatized but I also wanted know what’s happening so I’m know in a decision
"And the first Ant began to twerk"
AYOOOOO!!! 😳😳
My man is holding those eyes without even wearing a pair of gloves, balls of steel!!!
The eye is basically a sack filled with clear gel. All the interesting areas are around the lens and at the nerve bundle at the back.
Since the ants only live 2 months this feeding was like 7.89 years for them! Can you imagine just mining out meat for that long?
I would have cut one of the eyeballs in half both in curiosity as to its inside, and for the contrast in how the ants consume it
I’ve held fish eyes after gutting them. If you cut it open there is a perfect, clear orbee looking ball inside which is the lens’s.
I used to work in a butcher's shop. My dad is one by trade. I've helped with animals when I lived on the family farm. This was the most unnerving feeding video to date for me, but darn,, am I ever glad I watched it
I suspect that the eyes may have had liquid inside but the liquid jelled in the refrigerator as does jello or thick animal stock. The longer stock cooks, and the more nutrients it absorbs,the firmer it jells when refrigerated later
If you have experience with eyeballs either as a hunter or butcher please enlighten me as to the accuracy of my guess.