Honeypot Ants Turn Their Biggest Sisters into Jugs of Nectar

Honeypot Ants Turn Their Biggest Sisters into Jugs of Nectar | Deep Look

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Deep in their underground nests, honeypot ants stuff members of their own colony until they look like golden water balloons. Drop by drop, worker ants deliver nectar and other liquid food into their largest sisters’ mouths. When food is scarce in the desert, the colony will feed from these living storage tanks, known as repletes.
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How do honeypot ant workers turn their sisters into repletes?
First, they choose the biggest newborns. Then they need food to fill them up. The species of honeypot ant featured in our video, Myrmecocystus mexicanus, forages at night in the Southwest and Mexico. Workers venture out of their nest at dusk and collect nectar from plants, as well as other sweet liquids they slurp from the backsides of tiny animals like aphids. And they gather dead insects, such as other ants. Some of the fat and protein they extract from the insects will end up inside the repletes.
Workers carry the nectar and other liquids back to the nest inside their own abdomens. Then they transfer it, mouth to mouth, to the ants they’re turning into repletes.
The liquid flows into a pouch in the replete’s abdomen called the crop. This is the part of the ant that swells into a storage tank. The nutritious liquid stays inside the crop because four valves prevent most of it from flowing into the ant’s stomach, where it would be digested.
--- Where are honeypot ants found?
Honeypot ants - also known as honey ants - are found in arid regions of North America, Australia and Africa.
--- Are honey ants edible?
Yes. People eat them in Mexico, where they’re called hormigas mieleras, and in Australia.
--- What do honey ants taste like when you eat them?
One way to eat a replete is to hold it by the torso and bite off its abdomen so that it pops open inside your mouth.
“In my opinion, they taste like molasses,” says entomologist John Conway, who has studied Myrmecocystus mexicanus honeypot ants in Colorado.
When they’re about to be eaten, the ants squirt out a bit of formic acid as a defense mechanism. The acid can cause a very light burning sensation, says Deep Look producer Gabriela Quirós, who was filmed eating a replete for this episode.
--- Why do honeypot ants hang from the ceiling?
Conway says the air circulating around repletes as they hang from the top of the nest might help them avoid fungal infections.
That said, repletes can move around and they sometimes crawl on the floor of the nest.
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@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

❤🐜Hey Deep Peeps! If you love Ants, here is our I LOVE ANTS PLAYLIST: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nM2lopZ5273OkmQ.html

@lackotv 2 жыл бұрын

Where is Lauren??

@revieman1 2 жыл бұрын

is the storage area called a Crop because that's the name of a similar organ birds have or are the bird's Crops named after the ants?

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Laura will be back this Summer. :-)

@elias-vh9ky 2 жыл бұрын

@@KQEDDeepLook hi deep look

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Formula_Zero_EX 2 жыл бұрын

Bees: I store honey in our hives. Honeypot Ants: Pathetic. (Fills entire body up with honey)

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

LEVEL UP

@peepsbirbfloffie8735 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine how barbaric it would be, if the ants pop repletes for nectar instead of drinking from them?

@diptiranjan8978 2 жыл бұрын

@Shivam Narewatt the Recycling Bin it happens

@thegamergirl6164 2 жыл бұрын

ikr

@thegamergirl6164 2 жыл бұрын

Karen hair style

@an.mj. 2 жыл бұрын

replete: what is my purpose other ants: you’re our pantry replete: oh my god

@guttgrinder1626 2 жыл бұрын

Thats a good one, now get out!

@mohammadjavadsalehi3227 2 жыл бұрын

"welcome to the club pal"

@merxellus1456 2 жыл бұрын

“you pass butter”

@pedrochagas9903 2 жыл бұрын

@@merxellus1456 that robot's disappointment is just priceless haha

@kulka92 2 жыл бұрын

I rather think the replete would hear: It is you who gives us the purpose and the ability; the guarantee and stability. And though you may seem away from the turmoil of your hospitality, you most deserve our loyalty.

@masons.8321 2 жыл бұрын

I keep these ants as pets, probably one of the most interesting insects I keep atm. People I know dye them differently colors by feeding them different colored nectar, so you feed them blue, you end up getting a colony of blue ants

@SarahTheGuard 2 жыл бұрын

Do some of those keepers also eat them as the video mentioned? What does your installation look like? It sounds pretty cool!

@Muhammadthorieq1097 2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm....interesting

@0achintya04 2 жыл бұрын

U can start a youtube channel

@FlyingFlowewe 2 жыл бұрын

What do colors taste like?

@mythydamashii9978 2 жыл бұрын

@@FlyingFlowewe taste like bittersweet crunch...ants

@LightsCameraAnts 2 жыл бұрын

Honeypot Ants are any Ant Keepers DREAM species! They much great pet ants!

@poor_youtuber1390 2 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me why? You know compared to other ants

@LightsCameraAnts 2 жыл бұрын

@@poor_youtuber1390 they have repletes which are essentially, living food storages. Most ants don’t have repletes as defined as honeypot ants which makes honeypot ants unique in that aspect. They are overall, a really neat species to look after.

@poor_youtuber1390 2 жыл бұрын

@@LightsCameraAnts thank you for the information , never really thought that ant would be very different from each kinds

@Isaac-gh5ku 2 жыл бұрын

@@LightsCameraAnts I wonder if these ants are 'least concern' or 'endangered'. Because ants making honey would gather the attention of large animals and us humans.

@BryleMilan 10 ай бұрын

@@Isaac-gh5ku they're actaully pretty common

@ItsMeVenusaur 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine you are the first born child, and then your sisters just fill you up with honey to later then drink

@ItsMeVenusaur 2 жыл бұрын

Thx

@nitroforce87 2 жыл бұрын

Serves as the basis for a horror movie I'd definitely watch, NGL

@warrenarnold 2 жыл бұрын

Home sweet Alabama

@ItsMeVenusaur 2 жыл бұрын

@@nitroforce87 Oh God

@nitroforce87 2 жыл бұрын

@@warrenarnold 🤣🤣🤣

@yomommasofatthanoshadtosna3479 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this has to be one of the most interesting ant species I've heard about

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

We agree, Melissa!

@trxzisa 2 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@bunnybro5977 2 жыл бұрын

No offense, Mel, but you sound like a bot

@huldu 2 жыл бұрын

For sure. Ants, bees, hornets and wasps are really fascinating insects with how their hive structure works and how different it is between the species. It's truly mind boggling how creatures evolve and turn into what they are and possibly *still* evolving we just won't see the results for millions of years. I'm sure we humans are constantly evolving as well. I'd be surprised if we look the way we do a few million years down the road. I'm thinking we'll be smaller, slender and even hairless at some point - and this is not even taking into account human colonies on other planets!

@yomommasofatthanoshadtosna3479 2 жыл бұрын

@@huldu The future sure is full of strange "what if's" and tbh some of them are even frightening, however, interesting at the same time.

@FMFvideos 2 жыл бұрын

father: son what do you want to be when you grow up? son: a juice dispenser.

@emilysmyth3283 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@caesar5588 3 ай бұрын

Father: son, that’s your big sister

@Lazarus1095 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, it is rather comforting that the replete ant gets to live throughout the whole process, and probably isn't harmed by the process. Not all biological imperatives produce such a benign result. Given what I know about nature, it could have been... much worse.

@daviclemons6910 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the ants were going to eat through the abdomen. Glad to see I was wrong!

@kylestanley7843 Жыл бұрын

@@daviclemons6910 Well, they did say at the end of the video that the ants occassionally spring a leak, and the ants just drink from the leak. Not the most brutal, but quite unfortunate for the replete.

@daviclemons6910 Жыл бұрын

@@kylestanley7843 👁️👄👁️

@alanavalos6645 Жыл бұрын

It sounds hot too if humans ever evolved that way

@athenamin1614 Жыл бұрын

@@alanavalos6645 ??!?!?!?

@sydposting 2 жыл бұрын

The little narrative twists you add to these videos is really fun! It’s kinda gross to imagine in human terms, but it’s just regular honeypot ant stuff! Personally, the disconnect makes me more engaged with the subject matter. 🤗 Trying to think from an ant’s point of view.

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@alexdacat4026 2 жыл бұрын

I guess a lot of arthropod things would get at least grotesque while being projected onto a human terms of biology and society, but yea

@kunjupulla 2 жыл бұрын

Did that guy eat the ant's belly 😳

@goose6941 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Anthropomorphizing is natural but prevents you from fully understanding an animal’s life

@litheralySOcool 2 жыл бұрын

@@kunjupulla it's very common to people eat these! My grandma plucked the repletes out of their nests and ate them when she was younger

@TestingChannel1407 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! I love honeypot ants. What happens when the repletes are depleted of their food? Are they reusable storage containers?

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

That is a great question - does anyone here know? If not we will ask the producer, Gabriela.

@NhutNguyen-sf6fl 2 жыл бұрын

I remember that a youtube channel mentioned that the storing ant will be eaten "alive" from the belly. That is the way ants reach food inside.

@KingDoopliss20 2 жыл бұрын

I believe since the any pots regurgitate their contents to feed their nest mates that they can be "refilled" as well. But i'm not an ant expert.

@shachar2 2 жыл бұрын

They can be refilled

@edenvirgil 2 жыл бұрын

So you’re asking what happens when they deplete their repletes?

@benmcreynolds8581 2 жыл бұрын

Can you cover the vulture bee's that evolved to lose their stingers, eat meat, legs that carry meat chunks instead of pollen and still make honey but out of meat they have unique processing to be able to do things with the meat and their honey has protein and it's considered a rare delicacy.

@RiverWilliamson 2 жыл бұрын

That's fascinating and horrifying

@Marcus-gw4bb 2 жыл бұрын

Truly fascinating!! This is my first time hearing of this species of bees. But I would like to add that you missed an important detail, they prefer rotting flesh.

@toothbrush1745 2 жыл бұрын

Mmmm meaty bum honey

@Bedtimestoryes Жыл бұрын

well, I'll be anxiously googling this thanks lol

@ranaevalentine9876 Жыл бұрын

A 'rare delicacy' made from rotten animal parts and roadkill. I'd rather eat McDonald's the rest of my life, and that stuff's horrible.

@zawwin1846 2 жыл бұрын

Ant- What is my purpose Queen Ant- You are a jar.

@bridiemcclure 2 жыл бұрын

I can't imagine how hard it is to find these creatures sometimes, let alone in suitable enough conditions to record, and even setting up the recording and hoping you get the right footage for the subject matter! It's amazing the dedication you all have to your work! It's not wasted effort, so thank you very much as always for teaching us something new and interesting :)

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Bridie! #inspo

@zion2794 2 жыл бұрын

it's a big team they have + professionals not just one person

@bridiemcclure 2 жыл бұрын

@@zion2794 I know that, but it doesn't change how much work and patience there is involved in creating something to this quality

@bigshrimp6458 2 жыл бұрын

Actually apparently these are pretty common to eat by native tribes. You get a local guide and it’d be pretty easy. I think deep look does a lot of their shots in labs though some of the shots look too well lit

@justyourordinarytom6528 2 жыл бұрын

Its not hard at all. These were recorded in captivity inside a fomircarium. Quite common sp to keep really.

@-acne 2 жыл бұрын

I love how this channel is able to make content on gross/generally scary things like the fly parasite or these ants and still be entertaining. It’s so neat, one of the things that keeps me coming back every time

@EnaLikes 2 жыл бұрын

Should watch the mind controlling worm

@mimikyoo 2 жыл бұрын

I had to look up some diagrams of ant anatomy after this one! its amazing to see how long their digestive tract is and how far back the stomach actually sits! I suppose when your diet is just nectar and proteins you don't need the long intestines that large vertebrates like us have....

@jetezekieljayme9202 2 жыл бұрын

Do the repletes get called depletes once they run out of juice?

@gabrielaquiros1966 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jet Ezekiel Jayme. I produced this episode of Deep Look. Yes, scientists refer to the emptied repletes as depletes. Thanks for watching! -Gabriela

@JetFalcon710 10 күн бұрын

@@gabrielaquiros1966 That is amazing, thank you

@Teth47 2 жыл бұрын

Honeypot ants are a prime candidate for the evolution of a hivemind. They have a caste of largely sedentary workers with massive sugar energy stores by which every member of the colony frequently passes, it's a perfect opportunity for that sedentary replete caste to increase its information processing ability to help the colony make more complex decisions based on pheromone signals from the mobile workers. A mind with the inner dynamism of whole organisms would be pretty wild.

@naamadossantossilva4736 2 жыл бұрын

And the fact none appeared even under these ideal conditions proves them impossible.

@Teth47 2 жыл бұрын

@@naamadossantossilva4736 Eh? It took over 3 billion years for human intelligence to pop up, the fact something hasn't happened yet does not mean it is impossible at all. If you roll a die 3 times and none land on 6, you have not ruled out the possibility that the die can land on 6. You couldn't even rule it out if you rolled the die a million times, you could only say it's unlikely.

@diamondisgood4u 2 жыл бұрын

@@Teth47 You can if you can already guess a hivemind is physically impossible. If you want to be serious then answer how they can communicate faster than the speed of light to be "1 creature" even if individuals travel far. That + the fact that you couldn't jump straight to a hivemind in a single evolutionary step. So it requires a path that is advantageous or at least not harmful enough to allow it to evolve. Something complicated like the eye can be made of a grid of smaller sensors, but you can't orchestrate the dynamics of 2 brains easily over a gap, let alone a whole ant colony in any reality IMO(this assumes you accept most of modern physics, if not we can just agree to disagree as I'm not interested in that discussion)

@Teth47 2 жыл бұрын

@@diamondisgood4u You have to show a hivemind is impossible for anyone else to take your guess seriously. Parts of your body communicate at sublight speeds. Parts of your brain communicate at sublight speeds. Those cooperate Ants already behave as a superorganism. They already have long-distance and long-term cooperation and are very well organized. A thinking caste of ants helps to retain the locations and types of food with greater specificity and can more efficiently direct the colony to acquire resources, and every neuron helps. It is a gradual process, it would take hundreds of thousands of years or more. Nowhere did I even imply that I expect to see a whole insectoid give intelligence akin to a human mind's complexity anytime soon, just that these particular ants are in a prime position for it to occur. Also, humans form megastructures that behave like individual organisms all the time. We call them companies, cities, states, nations, tribes, etc. None of that requires even supersonic communication. Often we're able to do with weeks of latency while still behaving coherently.

@smurfyday 2 жыл бұрын

@@Teth47 You need to learn some real biology if you can't see the differences between a human's brain and a colony of ants that prevent the latter from evolving into a more complex mind. Talk to a real expert.

@dnath1234 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the fact that it requires hours and hours of hardwork to be able to make this kind of videos I loved it great work

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@kuyagab4444 2 жыл бұрын

If you are in an area where these ants nest, they are basically a godsend whenever survival is necessary

@mantidream8179 2 жыл бұрын

As a biology student (well, Bioinformatician now), I love seeing random factoids I know about certain species brought into stunning detail on your channel. I always learn something new, and I'm always floored by the amazing footage and narration! Thanks for being an amazing channel since my college days!

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mantidream!

@hecate1075 2 жыл бұрын

i'm always fascinated by your videos. thank you for expanding our knowledge of nature, insects, and animals.

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure hecate!

@raccoonchild 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this in a documentary when I was like 4 years old and it's been living in my mind rent-free ever since. Happy to see a video about it from this channel. Come to think of it I should've expected it.

@luislaracuente Жыл бұрын

I just want to say 'Thank you!' to the Foley Artist that makes all of Deep Look video so much better. The little critters crawling little steps sounds always get me. :) ❤️

@yashsaxena5500 2 жыл бұрын

Raising and researching these amazing ants has given me so much joy over the years, thank you Deep Look for sharing the life of these intriguing creatures with the world!

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

You bet, Yash!

@gabrielaquiros1966 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Yash! Thank you very much for letting Deep Look film your colony of Myrmecocystus mexicanus honeypot ants! -Gabriela

@ItsKardamin 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting the world learn about them!

@Shdidi.official 2 жыл бұрын

These ants are fit to be called aliens.😂 Just joking they are really hard workers thanks Deep Look for sharing such informational videos 🧡

@paemonyes8299 2 жыл бұрын

I remember watching a documentary about honeypot ants in the desert way back when I was 6 or 7 year old girl, now seeing this again makes me feel sk nostalgic

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, paemon yes, David Attenborough did a famous scene with these ants.

@Edited6 2 жыл бұрын

I've had this wandering dream in my head of creating a farm of these, experimenting with diet to create like different flavored options and find a way to preserve them as a sort of bug candy snack. Might even be a good way to promote the acceptance of entomophagy. Great video, superb visual detail as always!

@bwayagnes2452 2 жыл бұрын

That’s such a good idea!

@gillcaz 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, candy is one option... but also, can they be fermented? Ant-mead, anyone?

@LurpakSpreadableButter 2 жыл бұрын

@@gillcaz Anything with sugar can be fermented, so yes ant-mead©

@Edited6 2 жыл бұрын

@@gillcaz +@Jeremy Chong Idk dudes, fermentation creates quite a bit of CO2. Seems worth an experiment; I'd love to see an ant spiracle burp, and if they unfortunately happen to explode I bet that clip could make decent money in this cruel little world ;P

@Party828 Жыл бұрын

W-what are you doing step ant?!

@squeet4596 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite kind of ant! Ever since I learned about these as a kid I've always wanted to taste one. Whoever is keeping this colony seems to be doing a wonderful job

@TragoudistrosMPH 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the ant's horror. Ant: We're sustainable, use the other end! 🥺 It would be like eating a mammal to taste milk :p

@AzeOfSpadez 2 жыл бұрын

@@TragoudistrosMPH no, it'd be like chomping directly onto the cows udder

@Snakue 2 жыл бұрын

@@AzeOfSpadez •_•

@katepelletier 8 ай бұрын

3:03 1:10 1:10

@knocknockify 2 жыл бұрын

That’s kinda terrifying at the end, just seeing the guy eat/kill the ant and biting into the belly 😬

@Smorgasbord. 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad someone else wasn't pleased by the killing of this little animal and yeah, I don't care if it's "just" an ant (or a number of ants because they needed 5 takes). Thousands of years ago people didn't have sugar of all types around every corner and in every store so it makes sense that's what they'd do but now it's simply gratuitous.

@12345678abracadabra 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe you'd tell natives who have eaten these for thousands of years to stop eating. Go away, colonizer.

@clashcanada8845 2 жыл бұрын

it’s just inferior races doing their best to prove they aren’t civilized

@jusbetter7634 2 жыл бұрын

@@Smorgasbord. literally all food any organism consumes is at the cost of life from another there is no such thing as a gratuitous meal that's human hypocrisy

@TheNewRobotMaster 3 ай бұрын

Ants literally have no emotions of any kind. They have no individuality of any known type. They are a hive mind. They don't care at all if they die.

@Noodliest Жыл бұрын

God, I wish I was a replete.

@potatobird52 2 жыл бұрын

One part of me is so fascinated by the anatomy and evolution that led to this ant’s existence; the other part of me is thinking “please pop it - a needle, tweezers, anything. Pop the ant.” I love the way the brain works haha

@akarshpandey6135 2 жыл бұрын

In the end she was eaten.

@Gaaraape 2 жыл бұрын

This is so bizarre, I love it! Insects are so fascinating

@rae-kunfrange3577 2 жыл бұрын

I remember reading about these ants as a kid. It was so bizarre to me. I’m so glad to watch this to learn much more about these creepy crawlies

@Jm649 2 жыл бұрын

Never ceases to amaze me the crisp clear photography

@travisrounds6161 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! This Macro photography is next level. I have a colony of pots and they are tiny! I would love to be able to view them in this clarity!

@itssuko 2 жыл бұрын

ants : *gets a big boi* also ants : *turns big boi into a fridge*

@AnkleDan Жыл бұрын

This is a certified ant classic.

@apanda 2 жыл бұрын

I always love waking up in the morning and watching a new deep look video!

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Good morning!

@RapTapTap69 2 жыл бұрын

"What you've done is make a bowl! You didn't have to do that! You could have just used a bowl Phil! Look at the curvature!!"

@NDK0 2 жыл бұрын

I am always in awe when I see documentaries about ants. How can something be so small, yet so complex

@ardendolas 2 жыл бұрын

Nature is so fascinating! Thanks Deep Look, as usual, for showing us these super interesting critters! Oh, and welcome Lesley!

@tracybowling1156 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Leslie, it's very nice to meet you. Welcome! This was an excellent 1st video! I love learning about ants. Lots of neat facts in this episode.

@n8n8n8n 2 жыл бұрын

Around 20 years ago Sir David Attenborough showed these ants and also ate one to prove they are edible. Amazing man.

@Blanch590 2 ай бұрын

Fun fact: these are honeypot ants. And they are eaten by some indigenous Australian peoples as a source of sugar in the desert, since there’s little sugary vegetation in the arid landscape. They can be eaten directly or crushed. And since they can swell up to the size of a grape they can be a reliable source of sugar when collected. Also they don’t typically look so colorful. They usually look like they’re carrying, well, honey in their abdomen. These have probably been fed colored sugar water for the pretty colors.

@rtu9734 25 күн бұрын

Poor ants

@user-xg1hw1hn5i 21 күн бұрын

Yooo i wanna grow these ants and freeze them! Wonder what they'll taste like?

@lunaticgaming7967 2 жыл бұрын

This may be one of the coolest things I've ever seen... Thanks Deep Look!!!

@hokostudios 2 жыл бұрын

Laura will be missed while she is gone, but I must say you did a lovely job narrating, Lesley. Looking forward to more! I've heard about these ants a few times. They're quite neat!

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated, Eska. 🙏🏼

@bootbootmcboot8529 2 жыл бұрын

I love the contrast of the light chitin and dark eyes, what a cute ant species!

@labella9291 2 жыл бұрын

Should have mentioned you were speaking of a specific species of honeypot ants, because they're also well known in Australia where they're almost half of the colony, and they're also seasonal in some areas of Africa.

@lizg2153 Жыл бұрын

They specifically mentioned Mexico. But it's interesting to know that there are other species too!

@labella9291 Жыл бұрын

@@lizg2153 There are more than one species of honeypot ants in Mexico and the south west as well. Also, the other species are different than the American species in this vid, and people may not know that. I mean, it does say Deep Look, and, really, it wasn't, lol. |Sorry, I tend to be pedantic.

@morkovija 2 жыл бұрын

Okay that last bit with human eating it was genuinly scary and or revolting. I guess I bonded too much with that colony over those 4 minutes =0

@2_aju 2 жыл бұрын

I always wonder HOW IN THE WORLD DID THEY GET THESE SHOTS? are there tiny cameras in the nest or is there a glass wall so you can see the inside or what- I’m so confused

@scalpingsnake 2 жыл бұрын

They probably use the thin tanks that have glass on both sides. I had one as a kid (although kidnapping random Ants didn't have the desired outcome I thought it would...)

@MrWhiteav6 2 жыл бұрын

Bro haven’t you seen Honey I shrunk the kids?

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

HA you know our secrets...

@fodk7021 2 жыл бұрын

look up ant keeping and you will know how artificial nests let you do a lot of things

@2_aju 2 жыл бұрын

@@criminalsaint9611 oh, of course! Thank you, I didn’t even think of that! Now I know the truth.

@its.toca.elissa 2 жыл бұрын

“Better to be small than big, then!” -Random Ant (2022)

@virg0_lem0nade 8 ай бұрын

this is the ant version of that "600 Pound Life" show LOL where their own families just keep bringing them more junk to eat 💀

@MrWhiteav6 2 жыл бұрын

I love this video and I love y’all! You’re style is literally perfect. It’s so captivating and fun, I enjoy the way you articulate with kind of a seductive tone and the mysterious music, for some reason it enhances the learning experience.

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! #inspo

@MrWhiteav6 2 жыл бұрын

Your* before the grammar peeps get me!

@germanfisch 2 жыл бұрын

Your* Got you 😉

@MrWhiteav6 2 жыл бұрын

@@germanfisch 😁

@kimbratton9620 2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing all of these creatures and learning all about them thank you Deep Look!!!

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them, Kim!

@annabanana7566 2 жыл бұрын

I remember 30yaers ago when I was a child, David Attenborough ear one of them on his show and said it was delicious.. gotta love that man.

@gaboratoria 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting so long for someone to make a deeper look video into those

@John-wm5pe Жыл бұрын

You guys should make the documentaries longer I love them!

@Hazuls 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! The more you learn about nature the more wondrous it seems!

@cleigh3796 2 жыл бұрын

this is just like that Japanese anime "I can't believe my big sister transformed into a jug of nectar"

@derfuchs3296 Жыл бұрын

„What’s your job?“ „I’m a juice box“

@desgoyomama3274 2 жыл бұрын

Ah Deep Look, you guys always put out fascinating videos (with beautiful camerawork!). Also, hi Leslie!

@reionj8816 2 жыл бұрын

Yay, my favorite channel released a new video 💯👌🏼😌. Those ants are so fascinating. Thanks, deep look.

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them RJ! Our next episode is on Acorn Barnacles, but *DON'T TELL ANYONE*

@reionj8816 2 жыл бұрын

@@KQEDDeepLook ahah ok I won't 🤐😁

@juliemeggs8310 Жыл бұрын

@@reionj8816 you know that any person could look at this at any time

@yega3k 2 жыл бұрын

4:04 Worst fate for a replete.

@bruhistantv9806 Жыл бұрын

"One food ma'am." *pukes in your mouth* "Here you go sir."

@Isaac-gh5ku 2 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder if it's possible to harvest honey from these ants instead of bees, then becoming the first antkeepers.

@xarmyfortsimba 2 жыл бұрын

Your content just keeps getting better and better!

@navarone4031 2 жыл бұрын

Bee: So we store the nectar as honey in honeycombs. Ant: You do what?

@mohamedaminekrimi8185 2 жыл бұрын

I wish i could hire the narrators of this channel to narrate my daily life to my ears ! So soothing

@mybackhurts7020 2 жыл бұрын

I had one of these nests in my backyard for years they live a very long time I tried digging down to get to the round ants once I got about 6 feet down and they were still further so I slowly filled the hole back in and let them live they’re pretty cool you find them around your house at night and they’re not really dangerous like the red ants I also captured some and fed them lots of sugar water,honey,syrup,soda they actually do start to bulge up a little bit but then stop

@MultiAlex290 2 жыл бұрын

Haha bet it was pretty cool seeing them grow a bit

@Isaac-gh5ku 2 жыл бұрын

Do you still keep the ants, and the entire colony?

@mybackhurts7020 2 жыл бұрын

@@Isaac-gh5ku No I moved there was a really cool nest that you could see inside at Devils Punch bowl but the building burned down in the fires we had

@asthaupadhyaya7745 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how you record your video with such a precision these small creatures and every part of em' is so so clearly seen love it 💖

@balthazarmayrena600 2 жыл бұрын

That frame showing the woman chewing the replete is diabolical.

@lambingsilog Жыл бұрын

Underrated video. This needs more views!

@cinderling5472 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! How can they remain suspended like that for such a long time, supporting all that weight?

@bekiteru7015 2 жыл бұрын

Another great great video delivered thank you Deep Look! 😍

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@shayansafavitehrani 2 жыл бұрын

it always amazed me how that population works together for a cause without a tension.

@microglitch9742 Жыл бұрын

"see her? that is Sister Allie" "why is she so.. big and plump?" "shes one of the Replete's, Jimbo." "oh." "why are there so many windows?" "Jimbo those are more Replete's." "huh.. who is that?" "that's the queen, Jimbo" "oh. why isn't she a Replete? or even have one?" "because we would all probably be sitting here like a vacation at home. it would be boring, Jimbo." "fair enough."

@somu.22 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god... You guys nailed it again...💯 Loved the content as usual, i learn something new everytime... Thanks alot...💯

@coconutleaf6094 2 жыл бұрын

I was not expecting the end Jesus Christ the poor ant-

@MalaysianTropikfusion 2 жыл бұрын

I *love* how that ended. So sweet.

@cosmicmelon9305 2 жыл бұрын

HoneyBadger eats the Honeypot Ants, since previously stated; HoneyBadger indeed, does not care.

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@sssepii 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see another video! Glad you made a video on ants again. Ants are so cool.

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

We agree!

@Panzerman65 2 жыл бұрын

Okay so what do they taste like? Asking for a friend ofc.

@diptiranjan8978 2 жыл бұрын

WHAT

@feminico2613 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@Panzerman65 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@DevjKaiser Жыл бұрын

Nature…..why tho? Nature: WHY NOT?!

@harrismuhammed7112 2 жыл бұрын

Really amazing!!! Thanks for sharing Deep Look.

@icollectstories5702 2 жыл бұрын

And what happens in the end? Surviving while your brood-mates die of cold and hunger? Hemorrhaging to death? Foraging with a withered belly? Eternal life hanging from the ceiling? Seeding a fungi farm? You leave us hanging.☹

@paulafigueiredo1745 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video as usual. Thanks Deep Look 🌷

@KQEDDeepLook 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@katepelletier 8 ай бұрын

replete honeypot ant queen

@katepelletier 8 ай бұрын

⁠KQEDdeeplook

@ubaystudio 2 жыл бұрын

replete: AT LEAST I WON'T BE HUNGRY MIDDLE NIGHT.. also replete: OH NOOOO, HUMAAAAN

@Poli.Zygotikk Жыл бұрын

This is super interesting!! I never heard of honeypot ants, and I know some people that keep them and feed them colorful nectar that makes their little dump trucks super colorful like candy ants! These little guys are so cool.