The Tiny World Of Insects

The Tiny World Of Insects | BBC Earth

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8 ай бұрын

Just because these insects are small doesn't mean they're not mighty. Watch as these tiny creatures return form the dead and protect themselves from predators!
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@Sushikatherman 3 ай бұрын

The little lizard trying to run and look like the beetle was just too cute!

@WetAdek 4 ай бұрын

that bombardier beetle just kicking the ants around is one of the funniest things I have seen lately 😂

@johnnycash578 Ай бұрын

I was just going to comment exactly that lol this is such an incredible video!!!lol

@sativahomie Ай бұрын

for me it's the lizard creeping around like him at 8:15 LOL. that beetle is the MAN of the area, everyone wants to be like him

@ExplorerInsects2024 Ай бұрын

Wow! This video Shaw clearly insects and Animals living life.

@rotempeer-raviv4859 8 ай бұрын

"But the hurling habit dies hard" was incredibly funny.

@zulfadhlihakim-jo9xj 8 ай бұрын

@Sabotage_Labs 3 ай бұрын

It was cold pimpin...is what is was!

@m_5373 3 ай бұрын

29:02 😂😂😂

@Sharafurious Ай бұрын

I don't get it, could you explain?

@emmanuelmulongo4240 Ай бұрын

Hahahahahhah even after his done. Off the tree you go.....

@ItsRoronoaZoro 4 ай бұрын

28:23 The beetle beat 5 other males to get to her just for her to be like "no thanks, not interested" 🤣

@dannygjk 2 ай бұрын

Female beetle: Let me see your wallet.

@user-vg8tx4wy9b 2 ай бұрын

Like “ain’t THAT a bitch!” 😮😅.

@sativahomie Ай бұрын

the Scott Pilgrim story sad ending edition

@timsullivan4566 8 ай бұрын

Funniest moment: "But the hurling habit dies hard..." 😆😆😆

@terellstraughter5007 3 ай бұрын

Cool

@Tictacsizesoul 5 күн бұрын

“No Uber for u B”😂😂😂

@domad33 8 ай бұрын

The camera shots never cease to amaze me.

@BobbyGazo 3 ай бұрын

I know Wright someone has their shit together 😊

@scottjohnstone6204 3 ай бұрын

The BBC has tiny camera crews, have you ever seen - "Honey I shrunk the kids!?" That's how they do it, shrink em and hope they don't end up predated upon themselves.

@aaronmatheson9730 14 күн бұрын

@@scottjohnstone6204come on, get real!! Do you think we are all that stupid? You think they wouldn’t have shrunken body guards to keep them safe from predators? Geeesh!

@lhp547krazy7 3 күн бұрын

I was thinking da same thing gang

@rashmihiranya270 Ай бұрын

6:10This ant has taught me a valuable life lesson - to never give up, no matter the obstacles. Their persistent efforts are truly inspiring and a reminder that with enough determination, we can overcome any challenge that comes our way.♥

@vetusmeam8357 7 күн бұрын

Imagine the story that ant told his mates at the pub that night

@thetwitchywitchy 25 күн бұрын

those bees mobbing the hornet was so incredible!!! they work as as a unified body, they’re so amazing to watch work.

@joshmislang799 8 ай бұрын

I like the part how the red ants look down at that sand insect hahaha

@toniodakidofficial9458 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely mind blown

@bobbybose5237 3 ай бұрын

antlion

@scottjohnstone6204 3 ай бұрын

I noticed that too, it was very illustrative! Like "WTF was that!?"

@jonrutherford6852 Ай бұрын

Wonderful photography -- and most of it would have been impossible without recent years' technologies. If only the narration matched the visual aspect. Only Sir David Attenborough is consistently understandable with his unexaggerated but perfect enunciation.

@franckgildaskamga7448 8 ай бұрын

Nature is simply beautiful when we truly contemplate on its grandeur.

@sumitomo-of3eb 7 ай бұрын

Good nature

@D-me-dream-smp 2 ай бұрын

I read this just as a swarm of ants decapitated a preying mantis

@TQNWildlife-202 3 ай бұрын

This video serves as a reminder of the fragility of the ecosystems that wild animals call home. The bond between some of these wild animals is truly heartwarming to witness. I'm in awe of the adaptability displayed by these wild animals in their natural habitats.

@lonewanderer2277 7 ай бұрын

The stag beetle one killed me lol. Nature is brutal and does not pull any punches.

@matthewsykes4814 8 ай бұрын

Sorry but the moment I heard Sir Attenborough I just chilled out in perfect contentment. Nature programs are the Beebs best shows ever. Their natural history unit is one of the best in the world. The macro lens work is incredible. No matter what I see on my walk to work, I can't help but smile knowing there's so much going on that I just can't see. There are still wonders to discover. This makes me very happy.

@soorajmz 7 ай бұрын

Upon hearing Sir Dadvid's voice you know it's going to be a marvellous show! What a legend with a legendary voice!!

@dickrichard626 7 ай бұрын

Bots 😂

@soorajmz 7 ай бұрын

@@dickrichard626 Who's gonna carry?

@dickrichard626 7 ай бұрын

@@soorajmz You both left weird bot sounding comments. 😅 His was worse then yours, but still.

@soorajmz 7 ай бұрын

@@dickrichard626 Just admiring Sir. David bro, I'm not going to stop no matter what

@MsAngie-he5uv 3 ай бұрын

The Mantis is a menace... But the ants are GANG GANG!!! 😩😂😂😂😂

@terramater 7 ай бұрын

Army ants are the best! Another species of ant found in the Amazon forest is the leafcutter ant. Our camera got them on camera, and it's fascinating to see that they're leafcutter but not leaf-eaters. They spend the whole day carrying super heavy leaves around to grow a fungus!

@KarldorisLambley 7 ай бұрын

@scottjohnstone6204 3 ай бұрын

Super heavy leaves!? :D I understand you're trying to use rhetoric but come on!

@jades1325 2 ай бұрын

Okay, I'll admit, at first, I was HIGHLY concerned for those adorable little Japanese bees until I watched them go full on savage mode once that one little bee was caught! That just blew my mind. Such amazing little teeny tiny BEE-ings😅💖

@TheDweeb002 2 ай бұрын

@@scottjohnstone6204 👈🏾 used to be an ant

@scottjohnstone6204 2 ай бұрын

@@TheDweeb002 Still am! Now back to work!

@tayloreverard2039 8 ай бұрын

I think the insect that can freeze holds a lot of secrets about life's history. Mountain ranges don't appear overnight - similarly, the animals don't adapt in a few generations. It fascinates me to think about the intricacies of the process to adapt over millions of years as the environment changes. We often say things like "this animal is perfectly adapted to x environment" but that completely misses the dynamic aspect of an environment over millions of years.

@badmanners7652 8 ай бұрын

Smartphones deleted our ability to see the bigger picture, mostly... mostly

@Sk8erMorris 8 ай бұрын

That's Darwanism. But what if we look throught the ángel that these 'insects' teach themseleves and so have last so long. Telepathically teaching themseleves to the point of living long enough for us to grasp such beauty both genetically and physcially. Just food for thought ay.

@tayloreverard2039 8 ай бұрын

the point of my comment was to point out that we too often simplify things to statements like "that's evolution" or in your case "that's Darwinism" - and to make any reader think one layer deeper, that it's not as simple as "they are from x place, this explains y behaviour or trait," and then to think about how that applies to our own biological responses. I don't think these animals teach themselves to act in this way. You don't teach yourself to breathe, you just do it. @@Sk8erMorris

@i-never-look-at-replies-lol 8 ай бұрын

it's actually been observed in fish & flies that they do adapt in a few generations

@tayloreverard2039 7 ай бұрын

I know what you're getting at, but adapting and evolving aren't the same. Elephants changing their migration patterns to match changing water distribution isn't evolution, but if it turned out that they have electromagnetic sensory in their big ears that helps them find water, they might get smaller bodies while retaining big ears. That would be evolution. Whether an adaptation has the staying power to become an evolution is determined by how the environment around them changes over those same millions of years. That hopefully colours in my personal perceived grey area of evolution.

@animalchannel376 8 ай бұрын

The fruit will explode when it is watered, I used to play when I was young so happy

@zion9856 8 ай бұрын

A Beautiful program show us how we miss mother nature who can teach us so much what we have lost and what we dont know , We Miss Mother Nature Her wisdom and knowlegde is so great .

@Mr.Plant_man 8 ай бұрын

What's that mean, "we miss mother nature"? You said it twice and it didn't make sense either time.

@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite 8 ай бұрын

*The Caterpillar have two totally different DNA∆RNA's in one which is only one of the infinite macro & micro examples of just how intelligent God is.*

@Mr.Plant_man 8 ай бұрын

@@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite how do you get your text bold like that?

@humblehummingbird2011 8 ай бұрын

@zion9856 ~ Excuse me, but what do you mean by your post ~ 'We Miss Mother Nature, Her Wisdom and Knowledge is so great'? Who is 'We'? All this falls under the Great Intellect and Creation of Our God Almighty. Good Day, Sir.

@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite 8 ай бұрын

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@hrtearth 5 ай бұрын

This BBC Earth video exploring the tiny world of insects is nothing short of mesmerizing! 🐜🌿 The intricate details and fascinating behaviors of these tiny creatures showcase the incredible diversity of life on our planet. Nature's miniature wonders never cease to amaze. Kudos to BBC for bringing us such awe-inspiring content!

@AnimalSOS2024 3 ай бұрын

love the sounds of nature. We can't lose these beautiful animals.

@edelveis5829 8 ай бұрын

7:26 AMOGUS 🗿

@almakkahairservices8586 3 ай бұрын

الله خالق کل شئ وھو علی کل شئ قدیر۔۔۔ ھذا خلق الله فارونی ماذا خلق اللذین من دونہ۔۔ سبحان الله... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@blackamv7741 Ай бұрын

سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم عدد خلقه ورضاء نفسه وزنه عرشه ومداد كلماته

@RobertCooper-rd9in 10 күн бұрын

The footage is so vivid; I love nature and animals

@user-uu9up5tw1n 6 ай бұрын

カメラマンさんの根気強さと集中力、反射神経にただただ尊敬の一言です😊 特に日本ミツバチ🐝の生態も撮って下さって嬉しく思います😍 自然の大きさ、昆虫達の強さと面白さを楽しめました🤗💕 ありがとうございます❤

@siftedsoul 8 ай бұрын

One of the best nature compilations on the entirety of KZfaq! Thank you BBC for this phenomenal work. The beetle that battled his way to the female, got rejected initially the chucked her off after having his way had me dying laughing. What a male shovenist! And who needs sci Fi aliens with those mantis. Nature is mind boggling.

@GeoffSquire-lm8hr 8 ай бұрын

Chauvinist is the word!

@rumbo1818 8 ай бұрын

Yes, best I've ever seen

@joshyoung1440 7 ай бұрын

Spoilers! Also *chauvinist lol. Friendly advice, try saying words you don't know the spelling of into voice-to-text and see what it comes up with haha. Lemme try it- chauvinism. Perfect lol it works

@danperry3116 7 ай бұрын

@GeoffSquire-lm8hr I think that it was meant a play on words. Shove as the male shoved his girlfriend off the tree.

@RadzLee 7 ай бұрын

🥲 🎉

@Summitic 8 ай бұрын

I wanna see more episodes on parasitic fungus! Please 🙏

@LLunaloops 8 ай бұрын

BIGG AGREE

@Summitic 8 ай бұрын

@@LLunaloops we want more videos on cordyceps and other parasitic fungus. There is a lot to learn about them.

@LLunaloops 7 ай бұрын

@Twicce.Switzerland Oooou fantastic fungi is a great place to start!! It's a documentary :3 But I will do up a little content 4 everyone very sonn!! lol SOON even ^^' Subscribe if you're into buggy wings and all sorts of sciencesy things!

@bbnnmm9 8 ай бұрын

23:50 is the perfect example of "Dont start nothing, wont BEE nothing"

@humblehummingbird2011 8 ай бұрын

😂 Right!!!!

@squidikka 7 ай бұрын

That stag beetle that battled his way to the top, mated with the girl and then yeeted her off after he was done was the most chad bug move I've ever seen in my life.

@joshyoung1440 7 ай бұрын

8:58 the smaller stick insect caught in the bigger one's backdraft 😂 man between this and the beetle just yeeting ants left and right, this stuff is natural comedy gold. **takes another puff**

@anastasiaposh5083 8 ай бұрын

Amazing👌🏻 thank you team bbc earth for filming this marvellous documentary🤩

@david_melech 8 ай бұрын

6:25 A.. What?😂

@sparthucket 8 ай бұрын

I swear every clip feels like im watching an epic movie, awesome video!

@badmanners7652 8 ай бұрын

The world of insects is not social at all, hey we sre also going down that path so we will soon be living the movie mate. Prepare for swarming up and cannibalism of our own weaker blood. 😂 im sorry its a bad joke..

@sparthucket 8 ай бұрын

@@badmanners7652lol

@clown134 7 ай бұрын

insects are incredibly social. at least some of them, ants and bees for instance@@badmanners7652

@themantisgarden 6 ай бұрын

Nothing like a bug background when feeding bugs 😆

@RovenceWilliamValencia-bp2sb 8 ай бұрын

I love watching these videos since I was a kid🥰

@azaz4216 5 ай бұрын

Something about nature documentaries cheer me up when I'm feeling depressed. More so than comedy. It's good to laugh but often the laugh feels shallow. Something's missing. Something deeper. For whatever reason this does it for me.

@nelsongraham108 25 күн бұрын

the bloody caterpillar is adorable lol

@williampatterson7333 Ай бұрын

I get more enjoyment watching insects and interstellar traveling then I do watching tic tok. 😂

@promathews 8 ай бұрын

Thanks to micro camera and team for giving us perfect knowledge..💕

@nodnarbsuahdlef Ай бұрын

Those sound effects crack me up.

@scalz420 21 күн бұрын

that beetle is like real life skyrim giant clubbing you 100ft into the air, and thats not even sarcasm

@frma629 8 ай бұрын

It's just wonderful to see how those villagers live in harmony with the driver ants

@ukashakhan752 7 ай бұрын

Bro how'd i end up here😭 The story: It all started today when my youngest sister wanted to play a two player game them i installed a quiz game, THEN, it had a question “which animal from a popular video sneezed and scared its mother?” (the answer was “giant panda”) so i searched it up!, Then i kept watching these videos and subscribed to this channel and now im here😅😅

@EDIDECO 2 ай бұрын

congratulations to BBC Earth for the excellent video

@mikaritter2640 5 ай бұрын

Life in the Undergrowth is probably my favourite documentary, ever. Loved seeing clips from it here and I hope it brings attention to the older programme.

@OneZoNinja 6 ай бұрын

What else can I say besides absolutely intriguing? Im fully aware of the amazing world of insects, but theres always something new to learn and always a new spectacle to marvel.

@PisethSann 6 ай бұрын

Yeah! I think so. This always new for me, because we just know less percent of the world mystery.

@hollyx6914 3 ай бұрын

The camera quality is insane.... the intricate detail down to the fine hair on the spider. The 'Kung fu Mantis' vs spider is absolutely stunning detail- the fact the insects look like they'd be massive, the colour and even the detail of the leaf.... Just wow 😊AMAZING 🎉

@JessieRed 8 ай бұрын

Insect documentaries are my favorite ❤

@cyruslad5462 8 ай бұрын

If it wasn't for the giant beetles I could live at that waterfall for as long as my Shire weed lasted.

@cathycartier484 6 ай бұрын

Wow , another BBC Earth with the wonderful treasure of Sir David Attenborough narrating and the amzing film crew . Thank you very much .

@doifhg 7 ай бұрын

Gotta say the ants getting kicked was prrtty funny

@sandrawatkins5201 2 ай бұрын

The little red and black mantis put me in the mind of a dominatrix wearing a red latex bodysuit 🤷🏾‍♀️🤣🤣🤣

@AdroitJake 8 ай бұрын

You can "fish" for antlion! We here in Florida call them doodle bugs. Get a stick, find some spiderweb or cobwebs attach it to the stick and start fishing! When the antlion grabbed the web it gets stuck! Pull it up and boom, you've caught a doidlebug! Be kind and catch and release! PS We also have the devil sticks that squirt turpentine in Florida! We basically have every kind of scary bug, spider and reptile

@heaven33957 3 ай бұрын

Wow! I am amazed of insects intelligence! They are all warriors! Ants know to bury certain victims too like humans! I'm gonna be kind of every insect and creature i encounter again!

@illadvisedspacefreak Ай бұрын

24:01 One bee: gets eaten Other bees: That's the signal! BANZAAAAAAIIII!

@user-wk4or3oi6p 7 ай бұрын

I love the guy that throws everyone off the tree.

@DiabolicalNihilist 8 ай бұрын

The insect that got bit in the leg by the army ants and knew it couldn't move so they moved past it had me dead.

@Eighty0ne 6 ай бұрын

Man oh man! Whoever had the idea about the popping sound effects for the first clip. Thank you for the laughs. 🙂

@nadnadraneses-it6yd 8 ай бұрын

How this guys capture and docu.ents a life of small creatures. This is amazing.

@naturefondernature 8 ай бұрын

25:20 Stag beetle throw girlfriend out of tree. 29:13 Kung Fu Mantis vs. Jumping Spider 33:05 Bloodthirsty Ants Decapitate Queen 36:36 Rare Giant Snail feasts on Earthworm 39:32 Killer Ant Swarm Butchers Lone Scorpion

@charadreemurr1083 6 ай бұрын

the reason that snail can suck down a worm so easily is exactly the thing mentioned at the end, it's "thousand teeth" are effectively a pad that has spikes not unlike a cats tongue, only that a snail is designed to only lick, so it can do it very rapidly. the result is that it looks like suction as its gulping down a worm, but its actually more akin to an eel's second jaw, which pulls whatever it can touch further into the mouth

@xitheris1758 11 күн бұрын

"Females are likely to be on a tree trunk." I'll keep that in mind. 👍

@JulieAVL 3 ай бұрын

I amazed how anyone ever saw these events to capture in the first place. Amazing!

@twonumber22 8 ай бұрын

The lives of social insects are amazing. Never knew how crazy it was until I read The Selfish Gene.

@diollinebranderson6553 8 ай бұрын

Agreed. It's like they're magical

@Sweatsofficiallytheworst 27 күн бұрын

I always like watching insect videos. Yeah, bigger wildlife documentaries are awesome to watch but the insect world is awesome too. 💯🔥🔥

@bkkz6769 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 my man at 25:22 is a real chad. In the end? He throws her off LMAO

@m424786 4 ай бұрын

The post nut clarity hits hard

@lorencarlin2087 2 ай бұрын

Incredible filmography! Amazing life forms. What a unique jewel is our planet that humans are just mucking up, possibly beyond any way to redeem it at this point.

@user-pm5yx9es5j 4 ай бұрын

Exelente la vid a animal me gusta mucho

@sankamadusanka9726 8 ай бұрын

Superb video, thank bbc earth❤.🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

@joemoreno1751 5 күн бұрын

The Japanese bees were waiting for the first shot😭🤣

@Bestwildlifedocumentaries Ай бұрын

What a wonderful, vast world of insects

@smallearth7 7 ай бұрын

It's amazing! I have never seen such a high quality video👍

@NaaBegNoFriend 8 ай бұрын

I’m throwing out my RAID!!! Bugs have enough stress.😅

@nejzbytecnejsikanalvsechdo4063 8 ай бұрын

i love these videos.

@hollyx6914 3 ай бұрын

The quality of these visuals show you fine detail you'd never of seen without this absolutely amazing detailed filming.. never ceases to amaze me the deeper look into the lives of something I'd shrug off as a pesky lil ANT , or a basic boring insect, never will i think that again, these insects lives are much more detailed and complex then once thought .. I'm telling you ants will take over the world!!😮😂

@martin2289 28 күн бұрын

The closer one examines things, the more horrifying they become.

@vasilemarcoros443 11 күн бұрын

How many insects died under the camera man's shoes... ?! 😂😂😂

@user-zc4qm2zo6y 8 ай бұрын

Thanks very much to bring the Tiny world into our eyes

@Hannah-pk6iq 8 ай бұрын

The bees with the hornet was incredible

@vendetta1093 12 күн бұрын

Bro, these beetles out here playing real life Dark Souls

@cizko84 3 ай бұрын

Its so intriguing how this small world gets around

@Shawnsatisfiedwife 7 ай бұрын

All those locusts are terrifying 😮

@armychic15 Ай бұрын

Fantastic filming! I'd love to see some behind the scenes on how these documentaries are made - they're incredible!

@erikiacopelli451 21 күн бұрын

Antlion just suplexing all the ants

@williampatterson7333 Ай бұрын

It’s crazy how we can watch insects through there ways of survival but as humans, we are about to walk right off the planet 😢.

@gregorygrant8856 Ай бұрын

The videography is amazing, but the sound! Incredible

@stephenpaul1371 3 ай бұрын

The little ant escape from the lion ant and looks back down. Not today pal 😅

@stephenpaul1371 3 ай бұрын

The close up camera cameras shots is amazing .very good work

@joshyoung1440 7 ай бұрын

"Stag Beetle Throws Girlfriend Out Of Tree" there are so many jokes to make I don't want to choose any particular one over the others

@shannonreed9808 8 ай бұрын

Only part way through, but surprised at Attenborough about the crow with the wood Ants, as I'm pretty sure the crow wasn't there for food, but to get formic acid on his feathers which it will then preen his feathers with and help kill off and help keep mites from its body.

@mojavebirdlife 8 ай бұрын

Amazing video sequences!! This show was so fascinating, I couldn't pull my eyes off it 👀 and with David Attenborough narrating, even better! Thanks so much for this fabulous video @BBC Earth 🤩

@treelinktree 7 ай бұрын

I just subcribed... just for David Attenborough... he may have been an insect , in past. J/K these BBC Nature shows in KZfaq are so addicting and informative. 😊

@mojavebirdlife 7 ай бұрын

we recently witnessed an ant war between fire ants and small black ants in our desert yard, very cool 😲

@Saso239 Ай бұрын

That lizard was so goofy copying the way bombardier beetle walked.

@nathanmadonna9472 2 ай бұрын

Evolution blows my mind. Ants are said to be over 50 times older than humans. We literally just got on the scene. Hopefully we don't destroy the planet much more than we already have.

@madrazz8888 Ай бұрын

The footage, editing and theatrics on this one are superb!

@drips1030 5 ай бұрын

We think we have it hard. We make life difficult is all. Imagine being an insect!! Imagine being an ant,lol🤣🤣 That's a tough life.

@bluthammer1442 8 ай бұрын

"oeg pista" hahaha - oogpister (eye pisser)

@HallidayASR Ай бұрын

The lizard walking a beetle is the funniest shit I've ever seen

@Eagle-One.1501. Ай бұрын

VERY EDUCATED

@cookie761 7 ай бұрын

It shows what unity can do.....Beautiful!

@volume10industries...24_7 7 күн бұрын

How is it that during the sped-up sequences, the camera is panning left/right and zooming in/out ? At first i thought it was an optical illusion. Unless it's set to very slowly zoom in, over what i assume would be a 24 hour period. Seems strange.