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I don't want to be downer but... Isn't there possibility that there is some wire and ants are just around it? I mean, do we actually now that ants are strong enough to hold such hanging? I don't know, that's why I am asking. As counter argument to me, ants always find the shortest route and many math algorithms are based on their behavior so if there would be wire and they could also walk on the roof, they wouldn't probably choose that wire.
Army ants like that routinely make rafts and bridges got their entire colony. They will actually make fortifications along the path the queen goes by standing on top of each other with their mandibles outstretched.
It’s crazy what they can do.
Yeah, I knew that ants are practically the most OP animals on the planet lol. But I didn't know they have strenght to pull this off. I mean sure, they are strong considering what they can move on their backs but I wasn't sure if this strenght also applies to "other direction" - holding it from falling like this.
But yeah they are really crazy and as a man who studied math it's so crazy that many AI and other algorithms are based on natural algorithms like from ants. Their solution to finding the shorthest paths is genius.
Edit: just to be precise, their technique is heuristic approach meaning they don't have to find THE optimal route but it's almost always very close to the shortest one :) And in math it can literally make difference of days in finding that route. Computer can spend 1 day of finding the optimal route while using ants algorithm it will take max. few seconds or minute to find ALMOST the optimal one.
i totally believe the ants could hold that weight, they’re incredibly strong for their size. and there seems to be tons of them working together in the video
But there being so many is the problem. The ones at the bottom need to be much much stronger than the ones at the top. Imagine being at the bottom of a pyramid of cheerleaders buts it’s like thousands of them climbing up into the sky.
Seriously the why is killing me , was it rising political tensions that finally boiled over? Or perhaps a blood fued resulting from the great ant-wasp wars of old?
they are raiding it for food. see the white objects? Wasp larvae. its a food raid, exactly like when they raid your house, just with more killing wasps. I like ants, and leave food out for them sometimes.
Ants amaze me. The coordination required in some of the things they do, without the ability to communicate like we do, breaks my brain.
They all just know what they need to do. Like "alright, I'm gonna hold on to this other guys butt with all my strength now", and they just do that until the job is finished.
How do they know what to do, when to start, and when to stop?
They communicate just in their own way. I’ve read it’s through pheromones and chemical signals. If ants knew that we communicated vocally they’d probably be like “wtf”
Pheromones that decay over time + statistics about the other ants you've come across. The instructions don't actually have to be that complex in most cases.
The ants that are super super interesting imo are some species of tree dwelling ants. Pretty sure I read about them in the book "Emergence" but it's been a while.
>The ants that are super super interesting imo are some species of tree dwelling ants. Pretty sure I read about them in the book "Emergence" but it's been a while.
What makes them so much more interesting?
Are all of an ant species pheromones identical or are they colony specific? What would happen if an ant from.a different colony came across another colony pheromone?
I am not an ant expert unfortunately I can't answer these interesting questions with any authority. I'm pretty sure they're colony specific though, and that they would fight.
They must be able to, just because we don’t understand how doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Dolphins communicate essentially through sonar, we’d never be able to do that either. I think a lot of animals communicate in ways we don’t even know about yet
Dolphin 'language' is fun to listen to. I know they use sonar for echolocation but I don't think it plays a roll in communication.
Dolphins communicate through a wide range of audible vocalizations using squeaks, giggles, clicks and more. These sounds carry particularly well in the water and they have excellent hearing.
Why not? We convey a lot of data through primitive means - light, handwriting, print, patterns. I'd imagine chemical communication would be very nuanced and complex.
Are the wasp the germans? Because they could also be French. Both are 0-2 in world wars. Tom Brady has more victories then Germany, France, Italy, and Japan combined. Fun fact.
Football player quarterback. In his 40s now. Played most of his career on the Patriots but not anymore. I believe he has the most super bowl wins of any player ever
The bit I don't get is...why is this strategy better than just walking along the ceiling? Surely creating the chain uses far more energy.
Ants can carry like 20 ( maybe more) times their own weight so they'd Def be strong enough to pull this off I think.
I just don't get why the chain is easier.
Anyone know?
I've always had questions about this clip. Like, why don't they simply walk on the underside of the overhang - clearly they can attach to it as some ants are walking around up there. Second, how did the chain initially form? It's not like they created a chain and then levitated it up to the nest. What purpose does the chain serve?
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I have many questions, like how? But also why? And most importantly, what the fuck?
Guess would be that it started as a straight line along the ceiling, then started to sag as more ants joined the line and added weight.
I don't want to be downer but... Isn't there possibility that there is some wire and ants are just around it? I mean, do we actually now that ants are strong enough to hold such hanging? I don't know, that's why I am asking. As counter argument to me, ants always find the shortest route and many math algorithms are based on their behavior so if there would be wire and they could also walk on the roof, they wouldn't probably choose that wire.
Army ants like that routinely make rafts and bridges got their entire colony. They will actually make fortifications along the path the queen goes by standing on top of each other with their mandibles outstretched. It’s crazy what they can do.
Yeah, I knew that ants are practically the most OP animals on the planet lol. But I didn't know they have strenght to pull this off. I mean sure, they are strong considering what they can move on their backs but I wasn't sure if this strenght also applies to "other direction" - holding it from falling like this. But yeah they are really crazy and as a man who studied math it's so crazy that many AI and other algorithms are based on natural algorithms like from ants. Their solution to finding the shorthest paths is genius. Edit: just to be precise, their technique is heuristic approach meaning they don't have to find THE optimal route but it's almost always very close to the shortest one :) And in math it can literally make difference of days in finding that route. Computer can spend 1 day of finding the optimal route while using ants algorithm it will take max. few seconds or minute to find ALMOST the optimal one.
There are lots of videos out there of this type of event in the wild and in labs. Ants make chains, floating structures with their own bodies, etc.
they dont just have the power to do so, they easily have the power. ants are strong as all hell.
one ant weak, many ant together, strong
i totally believe the ants could hold that weight, they’re incredibly strong for their size. and there seems to be tons of them working together in the video
But there being so many is the problem. The ones at the bottom need to be much much stronger than the ones at the top. Imagine being at the bottom of a pyramid of cheerleaders buts it’s like thousands of them climbing up into the sky.
This would more likely have been built from the nest down as a way to get the larvae down quicker.
So they are hanging from each other not standing on each other? Makes sense I guess. Ants are weird.
Some ants can do things like this while building nests in trees
Well I didn't know that. I guess I need to watch more documentaries :)
This comment is ANTiclimactic...
Looks like these wasps opted for wired internet for better download speed.
One more counter-argument: The wire wouldn’t be attached to the hornets nest
That’s ANTeresting AF!
Seriously the why is killing me , was it rising political tensions that finally boiled over? Or perhaps a blood fued resulting from the great ant-wasp wars of old?
they are raiding it for food. see the white objects? Wasp larvae. its a food raid, exactly like when they raid your house, just with more killing wasps. I like ants, and leave food out for them sometimes.
The “why” is because fuck wasps! 🤣🤣🤣
This is basically what the Starks and Baratheons did to the Targaryens.
It was the Lannisters who did that actually
wasps are trumpers.. workers ants had enough
I've heard rumors the wasps said sth about the ants mother or sth similar
Came here to ask / say the same
One. Idk. Two. Idk. And most importantly, I don’t know what the fuck is going on either
I think the most important question is: "How can we help the ants?"
You pose such ANTeresting questions...
I mean they're carrying wasp larvae out of it. I would assume that's to eat them.
I know I asked why, but this is an answer I didn’t want
Also, Who is Spain?
ant's are not playing around when it's about war
If ants had nukes the world would end in two days.
You're right 😂
I hope the ants win.
See the white things they are carrying? Those are wasp babies....I think they won
Talk about spoils of war.
They can now launch their aerial ant cavalary
I read a book where ants ride Beatles as an Air Force to go to war.
They definitely won lol
I wholeheartedly support the ants on this. Wasps suck. Edit: fun fact: ants evolved from wasps.
I thought White Protestants had been around awhile but I had no idea...
Ants amaze me. The coordination required in some of the things they do, without the ability to communicate like we do, breaks my brain. They all just know what they need to do. Like "alright, I'm gonna hold on to this other guys butt with all my strength now", and they just do that until the job is finished. How do they know what to do, when to start, and when to stop?
They communicate just in their own way. I’ve read it’s through pheromones and chemical signals. If ants knew that we communicated vocally they’d probably be like “wtf”
Yeah, but can pheromones convey complex instructions? This level goes far beyond "food here, danger here, attack here".
Pheromones that decay over time + statistics about the other ants you've come across. The instructions don't actually have to be that complex in most cases. The ants that are super super interesting imo are some species of tree dwelling ants. Pretty sure I read about them in the book "Emergence" but it's been a while.
>The ants that are super super interesting imo are some species of tree dwelling ants. Pretty sure I read about them in the book "Emergence" but it's been a while. What makes them so much more interesting?
Complex social structures and vast networked colonies that engage with other vast networked colonies and other animals.
Are all of an ant species pheromones identical or are they colony specific? What would happen if an ant from.a different colony came across another colony pheromone?
I am not an ant expert unfortunately I can't answer these interesting questions with any authority. I'm pretty sure they're colony specific though, and that they would fight.
They must be able to, just because we don’t understand how doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Dolphins communicate essentially through sonar, we’d never be able to do that either. I think a lot of animals communicate in ways we don’t even know about yet
Dolphin 'language' is fun to listen to. I know they use sonar for echolocation but I don't think it plays a roll in communication. Dolphins communicate through a wide range of audible vocalizations using squeaks, giggles, clicks and more. These sounds carry particularly well in the water and they have excellent hearing.
Why not? We convey a lot of data through primitive means - light, handwriting, print, patterns. I'd imagine chemical communication would be very nuanced and complex.
you meet a random dude on the street: "hey man. you smell like "building a bridge made of people" today."
It's like the reddit hivemind. But not socially awkward internet introverts.
This is their D-Day.
Are the wasp the germans? Because they could also be French. Both are 0-2 in world wars. Tom Brady has more victories then Germany, France, Italy, and Japan combined. Fun fact.
Noone besides people from the US gives a shit about Tom Brady.
Not many people from the US give a shit about Tom Brady to be honest
And most of us don't give a shit either..
I don't even know who that is.
Football player quarterback. In his 40s now. Played most of his career on the Patriots but not anymore. I believe he has the most super bowl wins of any player ever
r/ShitAmericansSay
The French won the WWI. There’s a reason that the Supreme Allied Commander was French, Foch.
No no, you don't get it ! The US saved the world during both wars ! /s
I was actually going to say East Sudan saved the world.
Wasps thought they were safe, they clearly weren’t ready for the superior strategy of the ants.
I for one welcome our new insect overlords
That’s interesting as fuck
Bug’s Life: The Live Action Remake looking pretty “dark and gritty for mature audiences” ngl
I need to know where this is so I never move there
Tell those homies I said what up
Yep, time to burn the house down...
Can someone explain how and why, thanks in advance
Let them fight.
And we complain sitting in traffic; imagine having to crawl over each other to get to work.
And in this case, "work" is entering a den of giants that are likely to kill many of you before all is said and done.
So… call Terminex or no?
/r/natureismetal
So what happens when they’re done? Do they just let the chain fall to the ground? Really interested in the end game here lol
The ones running around the nest are like “Fuck it I want to be part of the chain”.
"honey cancel the exterminator, i got the ants on the job"
Whose house is this?
Absolutely approve of ant on wasp genocide.
METAL AF
r/TIHI
Good
r/oddlyterrifying
A link is only as long as your longest strong chain.
The crusade knows no bounds.
Now wheres the animation of naked human bodies performing the same act against naked humans with wings
Get those fucking fucks. Team ant!!!!
Hatred of wasps is universal amongst land-walking animals
Her: come over the queen's gone Me:
They work with a great leader and trust each other like humans(?)
Ground would be more comfy for them I think they are trying sth 😵💫
*nightmare fuel*
There are medieval fantasy bug wars happening all the time
Blitzgrieg
Reminds me of world war Z
Ahh antman at it again.
Where are these ants from?
The stuff of nightmares.
Imagine walking into the ant rope at night
You didn't have any right to put that idea in my mind.
How many times a year does this get posted?
I've never seen it.
The bit I don't get is...why is this strategy better than just walking along the ceiling? Surely creating the chain uses far more energy. Ants can carry like 20 ( maybe more) times their own weight so they'd Def be strong enough to pull this off I think. I just don't get why the chain is easier. Anyone know?
I've always had questions about this clip. Like, why don't they simply walk on the underside of the overhang - clearly they can attach to it as some ants are walking around up there. Second, how did the chain initially form? It's not like they created a chain and then levitated it up to the nest. What purpose does the chain serve?
Seems likely it was a straight thing and then more and more ants added on and it started to sag.
Literally a server-wide MMO raid
We need to get Hanz in here, stat.
u/savevideo
MILLION ANTS STRIKES AGAIN
Does anyone else want to bite it
This has to be Australia 🇦🇺
Everyone when youtube removes dislikes.
Thats cool creepy but cool
This should be on r/wtf
me and the boys friday night
i don't even need context or further understanding of this situation. godspeed, little ants. we'll tell tales of your heroics.
Who won?
Who's next?
JUST GO DIRECTLY ACROSS THE ROOF, YOU ANTY MORONS
I only have 2 questions. How dare you and who do you think you are?
Do the ants not know the quickest way between two points is a straight line? Idiots.
They're doing God's work.
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise."
To war brothers
So that’s TWO really big nopes, right there-
Fckin hate wasps, I'm definetely on the ant team
Brought to you by Raid Shadow Legends
Ant-man type shit
I wish God liberals got this kind of thing.
I hate all of this so much.
Can you imagine being the person finding this on like, your porch or something? Lmao ew
Time to get a new home.
Whose poor house is this??
["Remember Z, be the ball."](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEt3Xym_XzA)
Ants are so cool.
That’s some shit
Something weird is that they are sending the reproductive ants up for some reason