I Couldn't Believe When My Fire Ants Did This in Water
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I had no idea fire ants could do this! Our pet colony of fire ants, the Phoenix Empire, just moved into their new Avatar-themed paludarium, we've called the Ember Islands. They were set to experience their first rain storm but I wasn't sure how they'd be able to handle the rains and winds. The fire ants ended up teaching me that they had special tricks up their sleeves! Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution. #FireAnts #Water #PhoenixEmpire
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"Now about the Golden Empire..." *Everyone jumps out of their seats and loses their mind*
Everyone jumps out of their seats like their favorite team just won the Super Bowl someone walks in, “What are you doing?” Me, “The Golden Empire is back!!!” Them, “Okay...” (Leaves the room).
@@jonhu4127 me too
I've waited ever since the ant pandemia about an update of them.
They had five queens last time we saw them, its time to see how well they are!
Yuh maybe?
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Love how the ant carrying the baby was like “I can’t get through this traffic jam, here take this and get it to safety” lol
😂
Darth Vader corridor scene
P=
P=
To many jokes
I think the fact that you put in those sticks to save the fire ants is adorable, and that you should continue to do it.
I want to do an "Ants, The Best Pet Invertebrate?" I would love to colaborate with you, Mikey. Please reach out to us if you're interested. I love your work!
That would be the best cross over
Man Idk who you are but I’d love to see a collab
neat
Never expect to see you here
his name is mikey?
I love you Phoenix Empire, but I'm happy to finally hear about the other ants of our world...I've been missing them!
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Always fun to hear opera music and classical music when ants float around in the water
the audience in the background "Bravo"
"silent applauses" xD
BOW
Respect
I bow to you your gracious royal heinous of the Senate
Bow
Bow
AntsCanada: Corona snails, yes corona snails
UA-cam: Demonetized!
He still monetized
@@fe4rpurgee153 UA-cam: For now...
Joe C name for snails: munchers
Corona can be translated to a different language to mean crown
Who still remembers the death of the fire nation...
SNAIL NAME: The Crowned Slimes
How about covid slime
Lord Muushii no
no
one snail in honour of SpongeBob has to be named Gary
Nope. That in fact, does not need to happen in the least.
@@Dreygen5 maybe as a meme?
Yes
YES! Gary the snail.
DrowzyTone but it doesn’t fit the theme
3:03 Fire ants go BRRRRRRRRRRRR
Everybody gangsta untill the ants start scuba diving
Edit: thanks for the likes bois
Oh no they found out how to break the glass
LOL
THIS IS A LOOP
Snail Name: The Nightshift Cleaners
(Night- Cuz they are dark colored)
(Shift & Cleaners- Cuz they Clean and could reference janitors who work the nightshift)
U didn’t have to explain
Snails are usually more active during night sooo
Snail names idea: Romulus and Remus, after the founding brothers of Rome. Again, going with the Roman god naming idea for the islands.
Also nice to know the colony is acclimating well.
Good one!
So Romulus is fated to stab Remus with one of his spikes?
@@theteutonking3306 Yikes! :O
Let’s go AntsCanada this is my favorite channel in the world
Bow
not many people bowed.
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Bow
Jesus the people spamming bow is annoying
Bow
Stranger: can you swim?
Ants Canada: No, but my ants can scuba dive.
Stranger: ಠ_ರೃ
Edit: thanks for all the likes guys
😂
Lol
Stranger: My spider can swan dive
Me: 𓁹_𓁹
LMAO
When is it, what time?
Everybody Gangsta Till The Pheonix Empire Starts Hunting Underwater
discord.gg/BQJrP5J
Imaging all ant can float on water and dive underwater
started hunting the shrimps😂😂
LOL YES
Detroit:become raft
Ants when he dropped the sticks:
Its him more powerful then he ever was its our saviour
First like and commit
AntsCanada was not the imposter
Wut!?
I liked the comment because of name
You look sus Yellow....
I believe these “fire ants” are now water ants.
*claps*
Amazing
Bow
Obsidian
@@zacktdw5699 ,lol
The exit is over there-->
1 min after a random stick appears from nowhere:
"New religion is founded"
The stick god... :)))))))))
Jeremyism be like XD
The Log
*stick comes again*
religion 2 is also founded
Stick bug religion
I feel like with the names of all of the things we should go with all the James Cameron's avatar names such as Toruk or the banshees
Toruk Mac'Fish
and the School of Banshees (fish)
I know right, like a name i would choose for the snails would be the Hammerheads. After the creatures from Pandora.
AntsCanada: "Now about the Golden Empire...."
Me: "WHAT????"
I can’t wait to know about the Golden Empire
Same! Lmao
What a cliffhanger! Can't wait to see them again
same
Omg, how do my random comments worth so many likes? I never been like this before, thx ;)
For the snail:
Male: "johnator" for janitor
Female: "janenator" for janitor
I love it
Ya
It could be either because they are both.
Wait nvm that's land snails
The snails should be named “NEREUS” & “DORIS” as they are the parents of the Shellfish God NERITES
Sounds good
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"now about the golden empire" he said, ominously.
I was not prepared for that-
How long has he not talked about them.
AntsCanada: we name everything on this channel right?
Me: u forgot to name your hand
And rock number 13221
it should be helpy hand
How about the hand of GOD
@@amalsp8955 hand of God I like it that name it makes sense
He also frogot to name each individual finger and toe
betta: appears below ant raft
ants: you could make a religion out of this
You've watched too much bill wurtz
@@yuganvijayanand1011 yes i have
"Ants scuba diving"
Bruh, i wont be even surprised if they started to build an actual city and start to use airways to move from mountain to mountain.
2020 hmmmmmmmmmmm
haha
There’s suddenly an ant enlightenment. The ants chop off the queens head. Set up a democracy.
As an aquarist, the rare frame of fire ants and boraras or cherry shrimp together really blow my mind- these are like the tiniest aquarium pets but they’re giants compared to the fire ants.
The Golden Empire!! I about fell out of my chair when I heard that! I love the Phoenix Empire, but I also love to hear about the other ant colonies :)
Bow
Bow 👸🏻
BOW,BOW B O W
Bow
Kris bow
The mano shrimp should be called Pontos, because he is the pre-olympian sea god.
Sorry to be that person, but Pontus*
@@antfangz Ya google it
@@dannyhume4806 Pontus*
Possible snail names:
-The ancient ones
-The magma shields
- Diana’s Gaurds
I like the ancient ones
the ancient ones sound amazing
@@brandonblack9278 bow🙇
@@brandonblack9278 bow
@@brandonblack9278 🎀
Our perspective: “Ha funny ants make living rafts.”
Their perspective: “Maday, Maday, our ship is going down!”
Lol
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
JAAAAAACCCKKKK!!!!!
(Titanic theme)
lol
Ants: let's all pray so our Lord saviour God saves us
God : I hear your prayers and descends a stick into water
Ants: I see a hand descending with a giant log he has heard our prayers and come to rescue us let's climb
Ants: we're hungry, plz god give us some roach
**a roach proceeds to fall from the sky**
Also ants: the god heard our prayer!
@Tabby acism
@Tabby Formicidaeism
Formicidae is the scientific term for ants
Aww hell
“I couldn’t imagine what this must’ve felt like!”
Dramatic music starts playing
It felt like rain. You can be a little dramatic sometimes
Also 15:40 is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen a bug do
Does it rain raindrops the size of watermelons where you live? Then you can probably relate to the ants.
mmm yes i love when it rains water drops half my size 🤩
I love how your titles and your "watch till the end" attitude seems like it'll be overhyped clickbait but is always super cool and worth it. This is really amazing footage that could be valuable to the study of entomology!
I told ya so!!!!
Ant Canada was right I wont doubt him again
I know right when I first discovered the channel I thought it was clickbait but now I kept watching till the end!
I would never doubt ants Canada again! 😊
his red arrows in the thumbnails dont help either.
@@AntsCanada
When 3/4 of your comments accuse you of doing clickbait tactics that hurts any new subscribers and you should listen to the people that put you where you are now
Ants Canada: drops in a stick to help ants.
People watching: you’re a good man. Thank you.
The corona snails should be called the magic conch
Maybe
yes please it's perfect
never gonna give you up never gonna let you down I just got rocked rolled ;-;
Agreed!
What the What the 911 what
Ants diving and making a living raft is the coolest thing I've seen all year
Nobody:
Ember Empress a few months ago:
“We’ve got 250 thousand units ready with a million more well on the way
Take my like and get out
Snail Names Suggestions:
Slugs of Cleansing
Arbiters of Algae
Algae Roombas 1 and 2
Lords of Algaeron
The cleansing Plague
Gary and Snellie
Algae Roombas 100% should be chosen
@@connorocko agreed!
Algae Roombas
Algae Roombas needs to win or else I will personally get my own snails and call them so-
A l g a e r o o m b a s
"I prayed for help, and a giant stick appeared! It was as miracle! All hail the 5 tentacled God snake!" (Your hand and arm)
Lol
🤣
Omg 😂
LOL
XD YOU HAVE MADE MY DAY
continue with giving them sticks
they are pet ants after all
It would be amazing to see if the ants would interact with an underwater cave that was only accessible through the water
The snails most be named larry and barry
why not garry like in spongebob?
Its a mad max reference, due to the fact they come in a pair
Larry vs barry
Why did this instantly remind me of SpongeBob???
Call the corona snails “sneeze” and “cough”
Mine too
🤣
But sneezing isn't a symptom :/
Brandon Crane if someone sits next to me right now and sneezes, the first thing that come to my mind is corona. So i think this one gets a pass.
Waiiiitttt Corona snails are making covid-19!?!?! Kill does snaios
seeing the ants floating in the fast river curent all I hear is tiny "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" :D
I would. Say....
Awwwwwww
If i could give them an oreo, i would
@@Cooky_McGee now I got some taste for oreos😘
15:40 I laughed so hard when I saw the scuba diving ant. THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING ANT CANADA!!!
i still feel like the Empress is hiding in the pipe lines lol 😂 best place, moist, dark, warm, id stay there if i was Her xx😊xx
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Ac senate
Can we name the mist? I would love to call it the Mists of Time! Cuz the whole paludarium is in like a whole new time after the Mists
Clouds of eden
reminds me of the rainstorm from Death Stranding:-)
pot smashing intensifies
I would call them the shadow s of rainfall
Thats perfect 🔥🔥🔥
I never thought in my life I would see ants walk underwater and explore. thank you for teaching me all about ants. I respect them so much more now cause what I seen and learned here
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Kowtow
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Queen steps out for a mila second: Every ant in a 50 mile radius MUST PROTECT QUEEN
somehow this brought me uganda knuckles vibes
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Poger's
You think *fire* ants would get extinguished on top of water, but they're somehow resistant
You're even here dude!
Well it’s also grass type so the water type becomes neutral
Maybe a unique ability idk
They may as well be greek fire (search it up)
You again
Dude...the way your videos are made are so increribly well done, the camera angles, the soundtrack, the narration, etc...And all these elements are put with so much passion in videos of Ants, a creature that we almost don't even notice in our lives. You make them seem much more amazing than they already are! I even get my eyes a little wet when you do the speeches about how ants can teach us things about life. 😌
Fr, I'm not like an ant guy or whatever but I watch all his videos the day they come out because they're so interesting and well done
This mans good. He’s been teasing me with rain for an episode and a half
The shrimp and ants vibing tgt is so sweet awww
The first thing that came to mind when the rains came was A Bugs Life: “RUN FOR YOUR LIFESSSSS!” “HELP HELPP” 🤣🤣❤️
Humans:meh that’s not a storm
Ants:lord help me were all going to die
Can’t wait for the new dieing ant pokemon episode
@@alexismorales3181 dying*
In nature the sticks would fall from the trees anyway, so i suppose having sticks and debris in the picture actually provides a more natural experience.
I’ve had a few bettas over time and I really can tell that your fish is incredibly beautiful and he looks very healthy which makes me happy :)
Seeing the ants under water is amazing, although I do have to wonder if they are actually diving. This may be a new discovery if you can capture them entering and leaving the water. I've always had the idea that the surface tension of the water is difficult for an ant to break. I've always heard that water bubbles on leaves and such can be a death trap to ants if they get sucked in by the surface tension. If the are actually entering the water and leaving it unharmed then this is really exciting. But I have a feeling that while the shrimp is feeding on the roach it is accidentally pulling a few ants under water. Then they surry around under water but can't seem to breaker the surface tension to get out. I thought I saw one leave the water but I wasn't sure even after re watching it. Maybe this is something to keep an eye on. Keep up the great work.
Such an underrated comment
👏👏👏👏true T_T👏👏👏👏
I haven't kept pet ants for about fitty years but I keep killifish, and ants float pretty reliably (for a second or two, lol)
no, they are pretty clearly intentionally diving underwater and know to bring air bubbles with them. you can press on a raft of floating fire ants and submerge them underwater and they will pop back up and be fine. this is well known
Yeah
Aren’t water attack’s supposed to be super effective against fire types?
How did they survive?
We may never know
Best part of AntsCanada is when he would post early
Call the corona snails "The Monarchs"
When you find out that ants can go underwater: Now the ants can colonies the underwater, next thing we know, we finds ants in space. Ants are just so smart!!
Well yeah they are most likely in space probably on a far away planet
For the record NASA has sent ants into space for path finding research in zero g.
Space-? I mean- T-They can build a bridge... .-. That would take all the ants in the world tho-
@@WannabeCanadianDev what came out of it dude?
We'll suddenly find out ants beat us on Mars
Man the nostalgia-
I watched your videos back in 2018 your voice is very soothing and I'm happy that your ants are doing well
Everybody gangsta untill the ants escape
Not a again
I can see that happening... the rain would gradually weaken the powder barrier
Wouldn’t be the first
@@FBR2169 he changes it often
@@FBR2169 That's why my setup has a sealed lid made out of very fine aluminium mesh layered together to make it impossible for ants to escape (especially during nuptial flights). I take fool me once pretty seriously 😂
Me: *walking on grass after a rainstorm*
Fire ants: "I'm about to end this man's whole career"
The funny thing is this was recommended to me after literally just having a family member buy me orange oil to murder all the devil fire ants in my garden- before you judge, I have been raising paper wasp grubs for half a century, because they are not a threat to my well-being- I'm not a nativist fetishist but these fire ants don't belong HERE, and I'm not willing to poison things to make working in my garden endurable. Here's to orange oil (and what it does to an exoskeleton). 🍻
Storm: *starts*
Ants: "okay, this is new"
Other ant: water you going to do about float
Yellow why you not doing task?
Pretty sus I vote yellow
Yellow def sus
Yellow is the impostor lol
Wow i never thoight i would be so interested in ants but this setup is amazing
Congratulations for heart
Yep this is why we are all here. for me it was a happy accident
@@dragonmaid1360 same
@@dragonmaid1360 for me I found this channel from my older brother, who also takes care of ants as a hobby
I said the same thing years ago and have been hooked every week since
After watching this, I came to one conclusion: Fire ants are water benders.
Hai Phong Le they have master earth water and fire now they flight
Back in the 90s in miami when we got a lot of rain EVERYTHING flooded. Went out and encountered this live. VERY COOL
I would like to suggest the names Slo and Moe for the Corona Snails.
;-; lol
hehe, Dan and Gavin?
Nah
@@Zonose xD
covid and extra
I feel like a whole fantasy world could be built with inspiration from the AntsCanada archives of videos.
Personify some ants, and maybe a few other critters, and make the world a Hollow Knight-esque world. Make each ant colony it's own kingdom. Have the pesky feral Pharaoh ants be some sort of nomadic invading warriors that come and go. Have the various other critters of the ant room over the years be lesser deities, maybe include a certain feathery friend. Have critters like the Rhino Beetles rarely seen warriors of legend. And then, a mysterious creator of worlds that stands above all, delivering food unto the ants and expanding their world when it becomes too small. Even mysterious myths of an entire council of other creators that advise The Creator of Worlds, just as numerous as their own colony but unimaginably larger in size and scale.
There's certainly been enough drama over the years to craft legends from. Multiple plagues of mites that required divine intervention from the Creator. Foreign Aid from other ant nations containing mites that eat other mites. Mass migration events as the Creator of Worlds presents newly crafted domains to the overpopulated kingdoms. The Rhino Beetle Games, a legendary event that happens once in countless generations. Mysterious water beasts and aquatic dragons that devour the fallen. Occasional intrusions from other ants following nuptial flights. Entire ant colonies disappearing overnight, sending The Creator of Worlds into a panicked frenzy. The list goes on.
So uh, any writers out here? ^ Have at it.
You are absolutely correct. This is A+ material for any tale or game any would choose to make.
(I may or may not be taking notes)
a fANTasy world... heheh
It could be called "ant farm".
I‘m a game developer. Maybe you are interested in expanding that to a more detailed version and collab?
Your idea is AMAZING
oh stars this set up is becoming even more beautifull wih each & every day that pass xxx love it xxx
Bow...😎
Novice bow
Bow
Bow
Bow.
ant watching is so satisfying, oh question...Can ants hear?
yea but they can't hear very well
They can hear but due to their size their frequency range is very small so they will usually depend on vibration to locate prey or avoid predators
“We name everything on this channel”
That rescue stick for the fire ants is now called gas powered stick
That’s what I’m calling it anyway
Suggestions name for the snails:
The Infection Snails
Oh cuz of corona huh
how original
I feel like if we named them that then the channel would get demonetized
"Cough" and "Sneeze" (not my idea just really liked it)
Ant: Imma go scuba diving
Beta Fish: *Impossible*
Antscanada: ant brings up water for colony
Ant: SUFFERS CAUSE CANT BREATH
The snails should be “thing 1 and thing 2”
N o
Meh
A bit contradictory as they things are hyper and snails aren’t also it doesn’t fit in with the theme
@@HateHater2205 N O
I consistently find it admirable that you do not pump your well created videos full of adverts. Respect.
I live in Texas so a floating mound of fire ants is a common sight after a storm. I have never seen them intentionally submerge themselves though! Awesome video 👍
that scuba diving fire ant is going places
Names for snails:
Gary and Lightening Larry Luciano
Yes
Lmfao yes
Love the names 😂
Bow to @@dylanleewilliams1608
Of course **BOWING INTENSIFIES**
the other ants in different enclosures: Hey their getting rain
#AcQuestion: The shrimp are changing color because of the different things it eats
Second of all I had no I deal they could dive! Good job spotting them do this mikey.
Third of The snails should be named the Infection
*Shrimp the plural is shrimp*
He also said the shrimp change color because of food so no need to state the obvious
@@justrod0731 sorry if this sounds rude but I said that because it is the Ac question of the week. Also thanks for showing the grammar mistake.
@@yuanstar3561 change it to
"The shrimp are changing color"
Queen: What is in the water?'
Workers: "We'll go look." (Invents ant scuba and underwater rock climbing)
Bro I almost fell out of my bed when he said the Golden Empire
Jaja
Snail names: Turbo and Gary as requested by my 3 boys
Call the snails “The Viral Snails”
I can't stop laughing in my mind 🤣🤣
Underrated
14:47 i can hear the ant that fell on the water say in a high pitch.
"Help me..i can`t swim"
Corona snails name : Mask, SD (short for Social Distancing), Quarantine, Confinement. As a whole? The pandemic team.
😂
I love this haha
Thank you thank you thank you!! You all voted my suggestion, Ember Islands! Thank you all so much!! I love you all, and I’m so glad I was part of making history in the AC Family Universe! Thank you so much!
**me finding an ants senate**
**scrolls down the comments**
**sees none**
Me: I just wanna bow
**bows**
I did the same thing and found you comment.😀
Me to lol
ME TOO
Yea me to
Bow also
3:20 Fire Ants: row row row your boat
It’s actually crazy that an ant took an air bubble down so it could breathe under water
it makes you think if they might actually plan ahead. Knowing that ants breath once ever 2 min orso, she actually expected to stay under water for a longer time! Or it was just coincidence!
Interestingly, there are a few insects and even a few spiders too that do this.
I love this channel. I had an ant farm as a kid, and also loved having a vivarium in my room (mom was not as enthusiastic, however). Now that I'm married, my apartment doesn't allow pets, and being in Louisiana, I'm sure a colony of fire ants would NOT be a welcome tenant. But this channel allows me to observe the same colony without endangering my housing complex. Thanks AC!
I felt such joy on the island...
*shows cockroach being eaten alive*
It's dead. It's just the nerves.
bradley hall Baby roach flashbacks
Hehe 69 likes
Would like to hear Mikey do a episode on this ability of Fire Ants to dive and carry an air bubble with them. I had heard of spiders do this. But diving ants are amazing it also opens up terrain for ants and ant keeping.