The 4 Most Ruthless Ants We’ve Ever Filmed | Deep Look

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Fire ants bite and sting! They also use their own young to build a terrifying raft during floods. Kidnapper ants steal other ants’ babies. Honeypot ants turn their sisters into living jugs of nectar. And Argentine ants trade bodyguard services for strings of sugary candy. 00:00 Intro 00:16 Fire ants 04:23 Kidnapper ants 08:40 Honeypot ants 13:00 Argentine ants 👉 JOIN our community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook SIGN UP for Deep Look’s newsletter, Nature Unseen: https://bit.ly/NatureUnseenSignUp SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/kqeddeeplook?sub_confirmation=1 DEEP LOOK is an ultra-HD (4K) short video series created by KQED in San Francisco and presented by PBS Digital Studios. See the unseen at the very edge of our visible world. Explore big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small. ---+ Find a transcript on KQED Science: https://www.kqed.org/science/1997748/the-4-most-ruthless-ants-weve-ever-filmed ---+ More great Deep Look episodes: These 5 Bees Are Waaay More Than Honey and Stingers https://youtu.be/WPT4IRrcBiw 5 of the Worst Tiny Bloodsuckers That Have Ever Bitten Us https://youtu.be/RQTi1GWv_lg?si=tcoJnUKhuCNA4EBC 5 Tiny Pests That Could Be in Your Home Right Now https://youtu.be/xbW0dUfKOkk Where Are the Ants Carrying All Those Leaves? https://youtu.be/-6oKJ5FGk24?si=vIH6UjRs-01FwO_g ---+ Shoutout! 🏆Congratulations🏆 to the following fans on our Deep Look Community Tab for correctly answering our GIF challenge! We asked which of the four types of ants featured in our video uses its own larvae to build a raft to survive floods. And what part of the larvae helps the raft stay afloat? The answer is fire ants. As floodwater trickles into their underground tunnels, fire ants start a rescue mission and build a raft out of their colony's larvae and pupae, putting them at the bottom. Curved, forked hairs on the larvae trap air bubbles that help keep the raft afloat. @keshav5231 @drawnoutt @preetbudhwani1423 ---+ Thank you to our top Patreon supporters ($10+ per month)! Lily, Vinny, Izzy Altschuler H.M. Andrew Edgar Betancourt Levi Cai Jack Conklin Elena De La Paz David Deshpande Elizabeth Ann Ditz Stephanie Dole Jessica Duplechin Jamie Edwards Chris B Emrick Rachel Fenichel Kristy Folsom Susan Fuhs Daisuke Goto Elia Gourguechon-Buot Noreen Herrington Jessica Hiraoka Burt Humburg Jellyman Titania Juang Julia Ma Eric Marsh Carrie Mukaida Louis O'Neill Hank Poppe Laurel Przybylski Cristen Rasmussen Craig Rosa Karen Reynolds Mehdi Salarkia El Samuels Ray Schoettker Jeff Schumacher Darby Sullivan Wade Tregaskis Walter Tschinkel Oliver Wakeling Kristine Wee Christopher Williams Roberta K Wright Brigitte Xia ---+ Follow Deep Look and KQED Science on social: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deeplookofficial Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deeplook Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kqedscience/ Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/kqedscience ---+ About KQED KQED, an NPR and PBS member station in San Francisco, serves Northern California and beyond with a public-supported alternative to commercial TV, radio and web media. Funding for Deep Look is provided in part by PBS Digital Studios and the members of KQED. #ants #deeplook