A Huge Mix-up | My Carpenter Ant Colony

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  • Опубліковано 21 вер 2018
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    My pet carpenter ants have disappeared for over six months and it has started to worry me. So this week, I actually went in and attempted to dig them out from beneath their resident rock in their ant terrarium called the Grove. I wanted to move them into a more effective ant farm setup where we could actually see the ants. What I discovered shocked me... twice! Hope you enjoy this week's unpredictable episode. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.
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  • @AntsCanada
    @AntsCanada  5 років тому +544

    AC Family, you won't believe this! Check out what I found this week, also living within this colony's Hybrid Nest! NEW VIDEO: ua-cam.com/video/7r8msNGFOcU/v-deo.html

    • @adarshsirsat9110
      @adarshsirsat9110 5 років тому +17

      Name it "Area 51"

    • @lalenciaga
      @lalenciaga 5 років тому +7

      Can I get a shout out please
      Ant squad 🐜

    • @robertramsey8340
      @robertramsey8340 5 років тому +12

      Hey, I'm a biologist here... and given that you've already lost 2 colonies to this terrarium...have you tried making sure the plants you placed in the tank aren't naturally insect repelling? Or that the soil isn't too overly acidic or basic? Certain species may have a higher tolerance than others, but a plant species that excretes a natural insecticide could be the cause.

    • @robertramsey8340
      @robertramsey8340 5 років тому +6

      Oh wait, nvm, didn't see the video

    • @justaspiral13
      @justaspiral13 5 років тому +3

      Real Queens of Carpentia

  • @bradley3549
    @bradley3549 5 років тому +2591

    At first I thought, "Who would sit and watch ants for hours?" Then I realized, here I am. Watching ants.

  • @5jerry1
    @5jerry1 5 років тому +2333

    Irony, you have a dead ant colony you wish was still alive, and I have a thriving ant colony behind the kitchen wall I wish was dead.

    • @trayceevalen2134
      @trayceevalen2134 5 років тому +208

      Vacuum them up & mail them to their new home.

    • @buttery_gooch6
      @buttery_gooch6 5 років тому +114

      THIS IS LITERALLY THE GREATEST COMMENT THREAD EVER

    • @itz-jayyy
      @itz-jayyy 5 років тому +17

      @@trayceevalen2134 lmfaooo💀😂😂😂

    • @Whoopz
      @Whoopz 5 років тому +107

      I kid you not, I used to live in an apartment on the 1st floor, one day an ant colony decided to setup in our kitchen. They would literally walk through via the front door downstairs, climb up the stairs, enter my frontdoor end go into the kitchen. This happened for a couple of days untill I blocked the hole they were coming through with a chewing gum.

    • @StarLight-sy4wn
      @StarLight-sy4wn 5 років тому +6

      So freakin true

  • @thesoulfury4591
    @thesoulfury4591 4 роки тому +383

    Colony: dies
    Wild ants: *its free real estate*

  • @limeboo3731
    @limeboo3731 5 років тому +958

    I've just spent the last 4 hours watching your videos and now i'm incredibly passionate about ants

    • @nexus9736
      @nexus9736 5 років тому +9

      Same

    • @Keiisah
      @Keiisah 5 років тому +9

      exactly what happened to me the moment I found this channel

    • @willyjee3537
      @willyjee3537 5 років тому +4

      Lime boo That’s exactly what I said. 😂

    • @thegamersorgamer671
      @thegamersorgamer671 5 років тому +11

      Ants are cool😎😎😎😎😎😎 ants rule right?

    • @benbowo3169
      @benbowo3169 5 років тому +4

      tbh ants freaked me out before but now I've realized they're so cute I'd like to have a ant colony in the future:')

  • @neilz.
    @neilz. 5 років тому +5421

    lol, i swear these videos have more plot twists than an M. Night Shyamalan movie

  • @avale3331
    @avale3331 5 років тому +1912

    i suggest the colony should be named "The Fallen Colony :ANTLANTIS
    Like if you agree

  • @ivy.valerie
    @ivy.valerie 5 років тому +390

    The way you narrates the whole situations makes me more hyped and interested to your videos, to ants specifically. Love it!

    • @someone5685
      @someone5685 4 роки тому +5

      Same here :3

    • @JAYMATTHEW0013
      @JAYMATTHEW0013 4 роки тому +8

      He could narrate a stick in the mud, and I would find it interesting.

    • @Wildcrazygirl17
      @Wildcrazygirl17 3 роки тому

      I kno right

    • @pleightfourmusicextra8509
      @pleightfourmusicextra8509 3 роки тому +2

      ants canada: "will this paint dry? find out next time"
      Literally millions of humans including me: *watches intensely*

    • @JangoDripDrop
      @JangoDripDrop 3 роки тому

      For real he’s got a very involved way of describing things.

  • @plaidpenguin1820
    @plaidpenguin1820 5 років тому +197

    I need to get those ant farms
    Call it “The Outland”
    Call the ants “The Outlanders”

    • @omarpikm2101
      @omarpikm2101 5 років тому +5

      and the outlanders has mitsubishi outlanders

    • @riamichelleranola9197
      @riamichelleranola9197 3 роки тому

      I agree its a cool name for the carpenter ants

    • @kp_moon2484
      @kp_moon2484 2 роки тому

      @@riamichelleranola9197 same I agree aswell

    • @RNKel1
      @RNKel1 2 роки тому

      @@omarpikm2101 very, tiny ones

  • @clarataylor7186
    @clarataylor7186 5 років тому +617

    how did he make this video so entertaining, it was literally about dead ants

    • @Kevinthewoman
      @Kevinthewoman 5 років тому +12

      Legit it came up on my feed and I was like that's odd. And I was bored so I was like eh I'll try it. And legit h4 make Ants seem so cool and interested and it makes me want to watch and learn more. So I actually subscribed which I usually don't

    • @ericvondumb2838
      @ericvondumb2838 5 років тому

      It's a glorified advertisement! AC this, AC that. Just burns my AC ass!

    • @jewelz_experimental
      @jewelz_experimental 5 років тому +1

      @@Kevinthewoman Same! I was like... Why is UA-cam recommending this to me? It's Ants...
      *watching the whole video*: wow. Interesting. Next!

    • @MicroPretzel
      @MicroPretzel 5 років тому +1

      Dead Ants? Watch until the end :P

    • @Eliwood407
      @Eliwood407 5 років тому +2

      It's the enthusiasm in his voice, it's so fascinating to listen to!

  • @xmickx
    @xmickx 5 років тому +824

    the guy who has half his room just for ants - *i see a few worms.. Gross..*
    6:10

    • @spencergonzalez6153
      @spencergonzalez6153 5 років тому +5

      Mickael BAHAHA LMFAO

    • @SushilaLimbu
      @SushilaLimbu 5 років тому +9

      That was exactly my reaction when he said that. LOL

    • @stickboyfpv4742
      @stickboyfpv4742 5 років тому +1

      I got worms

    • @cc2200
      @cc2200 5 років тому +1

      I love your videos. I always cringe when I think about an earthquake or a child comes into the room and breaks the perfectly good setups you have. Keep the videos up!!

    • @Bambuzzsprosse
      @Bambuzzsprosse 5 років тому +1

      He got Scoleciphobia ever since he was a child. He said so in another video where he got some bug-larves via mail.

  • @Rven919
    @Rven919 4 роки тому +109

    "I lifted the rock and you wont believe what I saw next.."
    Random Dove ad

    • @auvilee9462
      @auvilee9462 4 роки тому

      Yup

    • @guenguinto1054
      @guenguinto1054 4 роки тому +1

      So right hahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahhahahaha don’t worry I will never stop hahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha kidding I will stop now.

    • @smolbean5845
      @smolbean5845 4 роки тому

      IKR it happened to me

    • @ImHyperLOL
      @ImHyperLOL 4 роки тому +2

      XxSnowyFeather rrrxX Si Saw A Dove Ad. That’s What He Said He Saw.

    • @smolbean5845
      @smolbean5845 4 роки тому

      UmbreonPlayz what

  • @Kyth
    @Kyth 3 роки тому +27

    We know this video is two years old but: my kiddo suggests “the desert of fire”. She loves your channel!

  • @anabrichis7120
    @anabrichis7120 5 років тому +705

    I honestly don’t know why I’m even watching these vids, but the guy is so excited about ants that I don’t want to click away

  • @darensbretous4874
    @darensbretous4874 5 років тому +517

    Name them Romulus and Remus.(1 name for each colony) After the Roman myth. The twin colonies

  • @sethpoelmans
    @sethpoelmans 5 років тому +53

    Ant: *sees outworld*
    Colony: it's free real estate!

  • @elysha1693
    @elysha1693 4 роки тому +51

    Ok when he said “ok Ac family it is time to get some answers “
    I thought he said “ok Ac family it is time to get some antswers”

    • @BentleyS6336
      @BentleyS6336 4 роки тому +1

      Congrats, someone thought your comment was great enough to steal

    • @rigidjellyfish
      @rigidjellyfish 3 роки тому

      @@BentleyS6336 this is stolen..

    • @maithianhlun4065
      @maithianhlun4065 3 роки тому +1

      @@rigidjellyfish by who?

  • @Anony.Mousse
    @Anony.Mousse 5 років тому +332

    This guy gives more suspense than a horror movie.

  • @ll_extremelystressed_ll3804
    @ll_extremelystressed_ll3804 5 років тому +2034

    I felt like i was watching animal planet lol

  • @dianavilenskaya8728
    @dianavilenskaya8728 5 років тому +33

    1:22 there’s literally an ant right behind(on the top right) on a leaf 😂

    • @doggylegend-tf5ro
      @doggylegend-tf5ro 5 років тому +1

      Lol

    • @pistolvixens
      @pistolvixens 4 роки тому +1

      I saw it too lol

    • @Lorinissa-
      @Lorinissa- 4 роки тому +1

      I also saw it, but figured it was something else (e.g. a beetle)

    • @HateHater2205
      @HateHater2205 4 роки тому

      Lorinissa Fire It night have been, he likes to have others insects in his terrariums to make it echo divers

    • @MuichiroTokitoirl1
      @MuichiroTokitoirl1 2 роки тому

      I SAW THAT UR RIGHT I THINK THEY MOVED OUT FROM UNDER THE ROCK

  • @Notknown00
    @Notknown00 4 роки тому +25

    1:57
    "All right A.C family, its time to get some *ANT* -sweres

  • @chloe8578
    @chloe8578 5 років тому +1900

    I never thought I'd be watching a video about ants, but your narration makes it very interesting haha!

  • @calebcarr3030
    @calebcarr3030 5 років тому +1305

    6:12 “I see a few worms. Gross.” Says the man who keeps thousands of ants in his house.

  • @andrewb5991
    @andrewb5991 5 років тому +25

    This is great, Never in my life have I been excited about ants until I found your channel.

  • @selinalight9063
    @selinalight9063 5 років тому +26

    This channel appeared in my suggestions...I was confused 🤷‍♀️ Now Im invested in the survival of these 🐜 ants. What a strange, wonderful turn of events for me!

  • @whomst3946
    @whomst3946 5 років тому +448

    This is like jurassic park but with ants instead of dinos

  • @spacelatte6509
    @spacelatte6509 5 років тому +236

    WHen your all done replacing your ants....they come back like "HOW DARE YOU REPLACE US! wE WERE NAPPING!"

  • @rurgxz4092
    @rurgxz4092 5 років тому +35

    I subscribe not because of the ants But just look at how goddamn good he is at Narrating ants.
    I also subscribed because I love how he's taking care of ants but learning sometging new about them each time...

  • @aidancoc9078
    @aidancoc9078 5 років тому +5

    he said gross to worms but it was in a room full of bugs and he likes the other bugs in the room

  • @jalakor
    @jalakor 5 років тому +424

    “I see a few worms... gross”
    **Feeds cut up insects to ants**

    • @AdrielDoesGaming
      @AdrielDoesGaming 5 років тому +19

      StormishBreeze he has a phobia of worms

    • @sethh8892
      @sethh8892 5 років тому +2

      @@AdrielDoesGaming lol

    • @mikewazowski609
      @mikewazowski609 5 років тому +5

      Adriel Does Gaming you ruined the joke, buddy

    • @talonius5724
      @talonius5724 5 років тому +2

      woosh.

    • @kiss_a_moose124
      @kiss_a_moose124 5 років тому +3

      worms are neat cause you can cut there head off and it will grow back

  • @implottinghere9776
    @implottinghere9776 5 років тому +374

    The first colony: The Hidden Gems. The new colony: The doppelgänger’s.

  • @CreativeWorkflowHack
    @CreativeWorkflowHack 5 років тому +199

    I dont even like ants or have interests in them.. but these videos are too good, i cant not watch them.
    your scripting is fcking awsome.

  • @l.h7001
    @l.h7001 4 роки тому +16

    what do you do when your ant colony that you have been keeping for years all of a sudden stops appearing at the surface
    me: hhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm
    my heart: dey ded
    my brain: FBI OPEN UP

    • @gavinbradfield4022
      @gavinbradfield4022 4 роки тому

      Fogg the same time . I am a beautiful person . I am a beautiful person . I am a 5th . I am a beautiful person . I am a beautiful person . I have been in a while , and the rest . The first to review this booking confirmation for the next day or so , what do I have been in a while , and the rest . The first to review this booking confirmation for the next day . The first time in the world of difference between a few weeks ago by the end of this tag has been the most important thing is that the company .

    • @gavinbradfield4022
      @gavinbradfield4022 4 роки тому

      Sorry

  • @huxleyalman7242
    @huxleyalman7242 5 років тому +139

    I cannot believe it actually laughed out loud at the end especially since that’s the place u were planning for them to nest in the first place

    • @florencetan4786
      @florencetan4786 5 років тому

      😣😣

    • @cybeermancom1
      @cybeermancom1 5 років тому

      I knew what would happen the moment he was about to move the bamboo^^ so i guess i got spoilerd buy myself

  • @Megan-zi3of
    @Megan-zi3of 5 років тому +605

    I’m a 3rd grade teacher and to study biology, I show some of your ant videos to my students! They have fallen in love with ants! And all insects, really!
    They wanted to help name them.
    The top names they came up with were:
    -The Hider Ants
    -The Super Saiyan Ants (like from Dragon Ball)
    -The Rainy Black Ants (or The Raney Black Ants - My name lol)
    -The Red Knights (they thought one of your colonies was already named the Black Knights)
    Thanks for all you do ❤️

    • @thehotbugs3315
      @thehotbugs3315 5 років тому +27

      Lucky children I wanna be in your class☹

    • @therandomone5191
      @therandomone5191 5 років тому +3

      noice i dont have biology in my class but i do have science :| maybe i could ask my teacher about showing one of these videos to ^^

    • @Megan-zi3of
      @Megan-zi3of 5 років тому +2

      Alison Marrs You should ask!! There’s a LOT of science content in these videos! Very interesting and educational! If your teacher has questions on how connect these to their state’s standards, I’d be happy to help! Send them my way! Good luck, and update me on how that goes!!

    • @Megan-zi3of
      @Megan-zi3of 5 років тому +2

      Jose Fialho I cannot wait to show my students your comment, they sometimes need reminding that they are lucky!! 😋 Thanks for your kind comment! I’d be lucky to be your teacher!!

    • @therandomone5191
      @therandomone5191 5 років тому +3

      Megan Raney ok il do my best ^^ im not the best at this but il atkeast ask

  • @yangyang3244
    @yangyang3244 4 роки тому +19

    Carpenter ant Protecc
    Carpenter ant Atacc
    But most importantly,
    They always come bacc

  • @arckxy
    @arckxy 5 років тому

    Okay, so I discovered this channel yesterday and I don't why why am watching these videos i might have watched couple dozens.... I can't click of my fingers/ mouse pointer can't even hover above the return button.... For the first time in any youtube video.... I heart is not controlling me but this person who is loves ant so much attracts ever single day.... You can hear the cheerfullness, joy, excitement in his voice..... There should be people like you who is so happy for living being.... And as I see i discover more about his whole ant room... And it seems like he donates all his time looking after the ants... And his making videos and posting it on yt is just the showing of how nice, hardworking ants are and I don't think he wants anything like other people continuesly asks for subscribing.... I have a lot of respect for you... Keep up the awesome work! Never give up! And always the animal lover you are right now.... I never got the chance to coment on your other video.... This is my first comment and all I want to say is EVER MAN/ WOMEN IN THIS WORLD SHOULD BE LIKE YOU! KEEP UP THE FANTABULATIC WORK!👍👍

  • @cookie4174
    @cookie4174 5 років тому +142

    The ending SHOCKED me so HARD men!!

  • @judgementkazzy42
    @judgementkazzy42 5 років тому +289

    7:42 An ant friend of mine contacted me.
    Ant: Eyy, Mikey! Heard you lost your carpenter ants. Listen, I know a colony who's looking for an owner, you interested?
    Antscanada: Am I?! **Sparkly eyes**

  • @tototakto4611
    @tototakto4611 3 роки тому +1

    I just found this channel a few weeks ago and now I am an ant addict, im so passionate about ants now, actually im more passionate about all insects and animals, all life on our planet, and I thank you for that... these videos are so relaxing, I always make a playlist of some of them I havent watched yet and I lie down on my couch and watch and relax, its really stress relieving and soothing

  • @dogethedoge6535
    @dogethedoge6535 4 роки тому +5

    Ants Canada: “watch till the end...”
    Me: “Well now I don’t wanna”

  • @weirdlychaotic463
    @weirdlychaotic463 5 років тому +205

    I have never seen ants sleep...I thought they were dead

  • @ezramartian3568
    @ezramartian3568 5 років тому +502

    this showed up on my recommended SO. MANY. TIMES. for literally no reason and I finally gave in and decided to watch it... I'm definitely not disappointed

    • @KimberleyB
      @KimberleyB 5 років тому +1

      Do you watch Good mythical Morning, Ear Biscuits? If so, I have to think it might have something to do with that. I never saw this ant channel come up before until I listened to a recent Ear Biscuits earlier this week. Rhett talked about this channel.

    • @heyitsleo
      @heyitsleo 5 років тому

      Same though! It wouldnt leave my recommended, and I finally gave in

    • @ikeworkman4449
      @ikeworkman4449 5 років тому

      Same

    • @sparksfly5877
      @sparksfly5877 5 років тому

      Ezra Martian
      Someone already said that 🤨

    • @kiddoinwall8264
      @kiddoinwall8264 5 років тому

      Same

  • @beavisemojihere
    @beavisemojihere 5 років тому +4

    Me yesterday: "what is this weird ant video in my recommendations...I don't even like ants..."
    Me today: "THIS IS THE BEST SHOW I HAVE EVER SEEN!"

  • @gypsysnickerdoodle4354
    @gypsysnickerdoodle4354 4 роки тому +2

    “searching for the carpenter ants, they were nowhere to be seen, days later, the sofa & my bed disintegrated with my bookcases & the ant colony stands... help me... 💢they’re COMING💢 oh gawd, the fire ants have bolted!”

  • @trikeducket7004
    @trikeducket7004 5 років тому +254

    *During the shocking reveal*
    Old Ant Colony: You bastard! Put that back, we're trying to LIVE down here!

  • @gerardjamespanlilio954
    @gerardjamespanlilio954 5 років тому +81

    I was suprised when he lift up the bamboo at the end

  • @Peanut227
    @Peanut227 5 років тому +1

    I am so sorry for your loss AC Family we should maybe cheer him up :)

    • @markymg2636
      @markymg2636 5 років тому

      Finish this vid LOL!! Haha

  • @paolalopez6135
    @paolalopez6135 5 років тому +22

    "And a oop- there's one of the queens" lol 2019

  • @MrRandom26
    @MrRandom26 5 років тому +397

    i came here to learn how to get rid of unwanted ants, and now i feel like creating a terrascape for them.

  • @Ghalion666
    @Ghalion666 5 років тому +536

    Im not an ant guy but your video was a gem. I Think I could be entertained for days staring at your colony.

    • @AntsCanada
      @AntsCanada  5 років тому +6

      Thank you! Ant love forever!

    • @dravenocklost4253
      @dravenocklost4253 5 років тому

      @@AntsCanada Me too.

    • @johnseed2742
      @johnseed2742 5 років тому

      Why ? Who cares about bugs thats the most boringest thing ants are just pests

    • @taymmartin6427
      @taymmartin6427 5 років тому

      Ghalion666 true dat

    • @romella_karmey
      @romella_karmey 5 років тому

      @@johnseed2742 I really admire ants for their industrious instincts. How I wish they were my spirit animal or insect to be specific. Ants are very intelligent species, most of us undermine the power of ants. They are like us, they build cities, cemeteries, wasteland, nursery home, the Queen chamber or for us the Buckingham or White house, since a baby was born, they are destined for specific jobs like what we aim too. Ants are so wonderfully made. What I only don't like about ants are their stingy bites and they always live together with us like it's free rent lol you need to understand that ants are not just bugs you kill if it bites you, please don't make your brain just a display inside your thick skull. 🙄🙄🙄

  • @idontknowwhatetonamethis6025
    @idontknowwhatetonamethis6025 5 років тому +8

    AC's videos in a nutshell: OMG... I'M SO SHOCKED... WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE NEXT WILL LEAVE YOU SPEACHLESS

    • @JstMike__
      @JstMike__ 5 років тому +1

      Idontknowwhatetonamethis lol

  • @dariusgaymon8151
    @dariusgaymon8151 5 років тому +1

    At 23:48 the ant at the top of the screen has 2 of the mites that threatened the golden empire

  • @marhar2
    @marhar2 5 років тому +2507

    OMG how can anybody make such a compelling drama starring ants! I have to tune in every week to see what's going to happen next!

    •  5 років тому +43

      Ikr? This channel is better than any TV series I've seen

    • @jasontsimnujyang5186
      @jasontsimnujyang5186 5 років тому +7

      Welcome to the AC family!!

    • @creativeusername5416
      @creativeusername5416 5 років тому +1

      I agree!

    • @Tomurai2776
      @Tomurai2776 5 років тому +11

      That's exactly what this is. Carefully engineered reality-tv drama. Once you realise that you can start to see how many creatures get deliberately killed on this channel

    • @zy9zel
      @zy9zel 5 років тому +5

      And how many creatures were killed for our daily breakfast

  • @tristandennewitz1084
    @tristandennewitz1084 5 років тому +5391

    Top ten anime plot twists

    • @liefnova3534
      @liefnova3534 5 років тому +161

      *Ant-ime

    • @Thot-Slayer-420
      @Thot-Slayer-420 5 років тому +81

      Top ten ant-ime plot twists

    • @tristandennewitz1084
      @tristandennewitz1084 5 років тому +21

      Lol, 69 likes

    • @Fushizil
      @Fushizil 5 років тому +6

      So they can have a drink

    • @okktok
      @okktok 5 років тому +13

      AntsCanada Next vídeo must be Fire Nation vs Insecticide

  • @Dawn82
    @Dawn82 5 років тому +2

    Whoa!! The first 2 mins was like watching an epic movie trailer. I was on the edge of my seat........ over ants!?! Lol!

  • @toelielariouspinda355
    @toelielariouspinda355 3 роки тому +2

    I remember when this video first came out, then I look at the date and realize how long Ive been following your channel =D

  • @KyoMao
    @KyoMao 5 років тому +235

    So we could name the first Prepare For Trouble and the new ones Make It Double. To protect the ants from devastation, to unite all colonies within our nation. To denounce the evils mites and light, to extend our reach to the queens with delight. AntsCanada! AntsColony! Team AntsCanada blast off at the speed of light, surrender or prepare to bite.

  • @laurenthesock1612
    @laurenthesock1612 5 років тому +176

    Its amazing how some one can make a literal dramatic movie about ants

    • @pauline_f328
      @pauline_f328 5 років тому

      There's actually a whole book that does that too and is famous for it. I don't remember its name though

    • @laurenthesock1612
      @laurenthesock1612 5 років тому

      Omg I need this book 😂😂

    • @pauline_f328
      @pauline_f328 5 років тому

      I'm not sure, but it might be 'Empire of the Ants' by Bernard Werber. Or something.

    • @laurenthesock1612
      @laurenthesock1612 5 років тому

      Im going to try and find this book right now

  • @agent_pilot6723
    @agent_pilot6723 Рік тому +1

    LOL THE EPIC PLOT TWIST IN THE END, OMG 😆

  • @luisemoralesfalcon4716
    @luisemoralesfalcon4716 4 роки тому +3

    It's a shame that we haven't gotten another update for this colony, if it's still in your Ant room.

  • @aureosmaxus3146
    @aureosmaxus3146 5 років тому +313

    Desert outworld? hmmmm... how about calling it "Wasteland" and nest could be called "vault (number)". That in my opinion sounds accurate but if you are still not convinced to this Fallout reference then listen to this:
    "Long time ago we used to live in a paradise. A beatiful land full of life. Rich vegetation was covering entirety of our world which we called Grove until the event that changed everything. Because of that one certain event we lost everything we had. Our rich soils are now gone with most of population which used to live in them. The few who survived were hiding underground watching the end of world they knew... but it doesn't mean they gave up, despite losing almost everything they had, now they are growing in numbers with desire to rebuild world they once had."
    Huh that's really long comment, anyway tell me what do you think about my idea ;)

    • @Its_Me_Romano
      @Its_Me_Romano 5 років тому +6

      Aures Maxus or or he makes a tiny vault to make the ants look like giant ants from New Vega

    • @darren8608
      @darren8608 5 років тому +2

      @Totally not the flash :3 vault 108

    • @aureosmaxus3146
      @aureosmaxus3146 5 років тому +1

      @Totally not the flash :3exactly :D

    • @hello_MeNutty
      @hello_MeNutty 5 років тому +3

      When fallout suits the setup so well XD. you da man. Might as well name the nest Vault 76 to go with the newest installment in the series and their mr. handy is gonna be the narrator.
      Also, that story sounds more like what you hear in Avatar. lol

    • @masive61
      @masive61 5 років тому +2

      What if there was a place with all the fizz of nuka cola. Wouldn’t the be the cheer cheer cheeriest place in all the world. With a river made of quantum, and the mountain tops are fizz.
      I wanna know who sang this in their heads while reading it 😛

  • @anthonynguyen660
    @anthonynguyen660 5 років тому +191

    Name the ones that were "dead" the Air Nomads or Avatar. Because when you needed them most, they disappeared.

    • @IanERoco
      @IanERoco 5 років тому +8

      Darn dude. lol

    • @calebsandorf
      @calebsandorf 5 років тому +8

      I agree, but I think the new ones should be called the armchair artisans or just the artisans because they are carpenters and their outworld looks like an armchair

    • @ShadowFox1412
      @ShadowFox1412 5 років тому +1

      Buuuuurrrrnnn! XD

    • @rudbytorector
      @rudbytorector 5 років тому +5

      Air Nomads

    • @cheshercat13
      @cheshercat13 5 років тому

      Omg
      LOLZZZZZZ

  • @lollil9082
    @lollil9082 5 років тому +5

    6:15 "I see a few worms. Gross"
    OKAY BRO.

  • @projectsuperstore4049
    @projectsuperstore4049 5 років тому +1

    Yo your first videos compared to now. 👌🏼💯
    It’s incredible how your narrative draws me in.
    You could simply explain how a piece of dust floats thru the air.
    And I would be on the edge of my seat, fingernails chewed to nubs. Cheering, Laughing, Heck practically Crying by the end.
    GRAMMY quality performance about nature’s vital creatures! Good job man

  • @swampdonk3y712
    @swampdonk3y712 5 років тому +300

    This guy needs to get a job narrating a nature program.

    • @seanwalsh7438
      @seanwalsh7438 5 років тому +1

      I know

    • @hadies5773
      @hadies5773 5 років тому +1

      It would be after the book

    • @bhigmhix5047
      @bhigmhix5047 5 років тому +9

      check him out
      Mikey Bustos
      nice guy
      good singer
      comedian
      blogger
      youtuber
      #pinoy

    • @thefirsted
      @thefirsted 5 років тому +2

      I'm not an ant lover. This guy makes the show, and I watch the videos as they come out.

    • @slippyy6742
      @slippyy6742 5 років тому +3

      Swamp Donk3y or he could make his on tv show as well as having this channel

  • @devmike
    @devmike 5 років тому +520

    The lost city of Antlantis

  • @lolythetroll5536
    @lolythetroll5536 5 років тому +1

    Thank you I've been waiting for a setup like this please do more like this

  • @rhynemusic4101
    @rhynemusic4101 4 роки тому +1

    I don't know why do i keep watching ants out of no where till 1 AM,

  • @seanflannery1504
    @seanflannery1504 5 років тому +75

    Do these videos make anyone else look at ants differently than before you found this channel. It sure does for me

    • @pyrotheevilplatypus
      @pyrotheevilplatypus 5 років тому +3

      We have MASSIVE ant nesting grounds by my work. Before, when I walked through the nest areas and felt the land shift, I'd be like "Dammit! Stupid ants!" Now I'm like "I'm SO SORRY guys! I forgot to go around!"

    • @julianrebelo7796
      @julianrebelo7796 5 років тому

      yee I used to see ants as pests, now I see them as spectacular creatures.

    • @spiritpyro3994
      @spiritpyro3994 5 років тому

      Ant ants not in my pants is what I use to sing but now I love ants

    • @spiritpyro3994
      @spiritpyro3994 5 років тому

      Hey stupid ants those are expired take these they are fresh

  • @shardinhand1243
    @shardinhand1243 5 років тому +247

    this guy has an admirable passion.

  • @kyleziggy3203
    @kyleziggy3203 3 роки тому

    Pretty sure this was the first video I saw on this channel, and it's so fun to watch the surprise of the still living ants pop out from under the bamboo.

  • @creamycat1383
    @creamycat1383 4 роки тому +1

    1:20 is see a large black ant that looks like a CARPENTER ANT in the top right moving around in the leaves

  • @Q2SA
    @Q2SA 5 років тому +20

    The "overgrowning weed" is a Peperomia pellucida, "the attractive weed" is a Pilea microphylla often used as an ornamental plant.

    • @AntsCanada
      @AntsCanada  5 років тому +2

      Oh wow! Thank you for the IDs. That's awesome! I absolutely love Pilea microphylla! I assume some of the seeds must have found its way into the potting soil before I bought it from the plant nursery, and that's how they grew there! Interesting...

    • @eunicegalat4720
      @eunicegalat4720 5 років тому

      @@AntsCanada the Neme is killer QUEENS

  • @henrydavis4297
    @henrydavis4297 5 років тому +50

    I think that the ant colony should be called The Lumberjacks

    • @kousand9917
      @kousand9917 5 років тому

      That is definitely a good name.

    • @amaccoy
      @amaccoy 5 років тому

      How about LumberJanes since they're girls

    • @mikeupton5406
      @mikeupton5406 5 років тому

      Monty Python
      "I'm a lumberjack and I'm Ok!"

  • @maevepotts5786
    @maevepotts5786 5 років тому

    Watching and subscribing to this channel has really changed my perspective on ants. They really are fascinating little critters. And after watching these, I’ve really come to appreciate them.

  • @skullygem3057
    @skullygem3057 5 років тому

    LOVE the 'pimp my ride' style swag music while introducing us to this new set up. you are literally the best.

  • @DemonDragon000
    @DemonDragon000 5 років тому +112

    There is something to be said for not dumping a small colony in a giant area all at once...

    • @AntsCanada
      @AntsCanada  5 років тому +12

      Especially slow-growing ants like Camponotus/carpenter ants!

  • @DraziWDragon
    @DraziWDragon 5 років тому +301

    Ok, so I ended up here from watching unrelated videos. And I was never interested in ant farms. But the voice over, and editing, was magnetic. It actually made me want to get an ant farm with the new setup you have.
    Good job on the narrative and the video editing. Its rare that i thumbs up videos, and even more rare that I comment. But this one earned both.

    • @jahgargano3674
      @jahgargano3674 5 років тому +1

      Welcome to the ac family

    • @lochinvar00465
      @lochinvar00465 5 років тому +3

      Same here. This guy has the real enthusiasm with ants. It's infectious but I don't want the cure. And the information is something that is easy to use. Now I'm regretting NOT catching a newly landed queen fire ant I once saw.

    • @HippieInHeart
      @HippieInHeart 5 років тому +1

      lol same

  • @lolax6900
    @lolax6900 4 роки тому +11

    Whoops 😂😂 a year old video but still sat here giggling 🤭

  • @CritterVidss
    @CritterVidss 5 років тому +1

    U should call them the chair arm army

  • @cheez_ey4092
    @cheez_ey4092 5 років тому +177

    Ants: MOVE MOVE MOVEE!! GET INTO THE DARK PLACE GET IN GET INN!!
    *lights up the dark place*

  • @SpongeBob-rc5lz
    @SpongeBob-rc5lz 5 років тому +271

    Your videos are so amazing. Not just the quality, but the way you put them together. At the start, you know how to keep up drawn in, making us want more. Which is something many people can’t do. There’s always a twist at the end- always! I never thought much of ants, but after I started watching your videos, they’re completely different to me. They’re intelligent, caring, and they get things done: something I didn’t realize before I found your channel.

    • @AntsCanada
      @AntsCanada  5 років тому +8

      Thank you. I appreciate the feedback! Ant love forever!

    • @bigmama5555
      @bigmama5555 5 років тому +1

      Name it the dryest desert

    • @xboxshark2186
      @xboxshark2186 5 років тому +1

      You should name them both the twins

    • @JamarGhost
      @JamarGhost 5 років тому +1

      Name it the hybrid desert/hybrid outlands

    • @Dantegm08
      @Dantegm08 5 років тому

      AntsCanada you are the best person ever and you made me love ants to thanks without you I would have never found ants interesting

  • @captainmistake748
    @captainmistake748 2 роки тому

    I don't like insects seeing a wasp scares me, seeing a maggot makes me gag, and a cockroach makes me look away. Yet this channel is entertaining and I have no clue why

  • @drew.miraTV
    @drew.miraTV 5 років тому

    Didnt expect myself in tears 7:08 - 7:30
    I've been watching ant videos for a week now.. I am so amazed and didnt expect that its possible to keep ants as a pet... I want to get my pet ants soon but I'm still worried if I'm worth of keeping them.
    Your videos are a big help Mikey! Ant love forever!

  • @vettethewarlock5448
    @vettethewarlock5448 5 років тому +202

    I think the Hephaestans would be a good name, after Hephaestus, the greek god of many types of craftsmen including carpenters, another great video, I look forward to seeing more from this colony

    • @boink7552
      @boink7552 5 років тому +7

      Hephaestus's Roman name is Vulcan, so they could be called the Spocks

    • @boink7552
      @boink7552 5 років тому +3

      Or maybe one of the the hephaestus's and one the Vulcans

    • @desmondabbott506
      @desmondabbott506 5 років тому

      Yep, Hephaestans would be awesome. Hope you are "The Chosen One"

    • @yoshilorak5897
      @yoshilorak5897 5 років тому

      This is the appropriate name for them.

    • @dizzydino3870
      @dizzydino3870 5 років тому +1

      TheSaltyBiker btw if anyone doesn’t know what it sounds like Hephaestus it it pronounced
      Hef ice stus

  • @Reverse2057
    @Reverse2057 5 років тому +265

    NAME THE OLD ONES: THE BAMBOOZLERS!

  • @user-ok8ce3yf6r
    @user-ok8ce3yf6r 3 роки тому

    Antscanda:lets open the lid guys
    An ad pops up about napkins

  • @billfoster5257
    @billfoster5257 4 роки тому

    Love the "Dune" score you slid in here. Fantastic.

  • @mollyjaneleblanc
    @mollyjaneleblanc 5 років тому +322

    you could name the original carpenter colony shrodinger's ants, since they seemed to be both dead and alive :D

  • @Malzia
    @Malzia 5 років тому +257

    I didn't know ants could be so intresting

    • @brandonm7952
      @brandonm7952 5 років тому +1

      babysellsicecream roblox facts 😭 it had me in my feels for the first seconds of finding out the ants died out

    • @IoriKana
      @IoriKana 5 років тому +1

      babysellsicecream roblox now I feel bad for all the ants that I found on my arm and killed before.....
      Whenever an ant comes on me o am discoursed and I just shake it off and kill it when it falls

    • @Holaamigo0207
      @Holaamigo0207 5 років тому

      seriously, this might have just become on of my hobbies

    • @musicaltrash8819
      @musicaltrash8819 5 років тому

      *welcome*

    • @bradeenryan5497
      @bradeenryan5497 5 років тому

      Its the discovery Channel type commentary that does it he gets you so into the ant drama

  • @lugerry
    @lugerry 4 роки тому

    The old carpenter ants were like HEY WHY DID YOU FORGET ABOUT USSS

  • @jedi_cat_l4976
    @jedi_cat_l4976 5 років тому +2

    "I see a few worms, gross."
    LOL!

  • @maxmcneil2662
    @maxmcneil2662 5 років тому +709

    What about “Proelium Mortum”,which is latin for “the dead army or dead troops”. I think this name honors the previous fallen colony, and it just sounds cool.
    Jesus guys thx for the likes 😂😊

    • @emilydaly9620
      @emilydaly9620 5 років тому +5

      SphereSalad that is very smart

    • @caseychristopher6254
      @caseychristopher6254 5 років тому +6

      I hope this name is chosen!! It's really cool and a great way, like you said, to honor the fallen colont

    • @caseychristopher6254
      @caseychristopher6254 5 років тому +2

      *colony

    • @flyingoldman2933
      @flyingoldman2933 5 років тому +7

      the other colony isnt dead though

    • @Dylan-eb2xn
      @Dylan-eb2xn 5 років тому +5

      Shshshhshshhhhh don't say it its better that way

  • @eliszanderlishtocktiaminni6294
    @eliszanderlishtocktiaminni6294 5 років тому +63

    I feel like the ones in the desert setup should be called the wastelanders. Simply because of the theme of the desert.
    Also to add on. Because of their home it kind of reminds me of the fallout's vault.

    • @squidkiller1022
      @squidkiller1022 5 років тому +5

      Syannax The Changeling What about the Arid Army?

    • @eliszanderlishtocktiaminni6294
      @eliszanderlishtocktiaminni6294 5 років тому

      Hmmm. I'm not quite sure. Since the grove is quite opposite to the desert. We could go with the hobbits but the grove isn't hilly at all :P so what do you think?

  • @Only1English
    @Only1English 2 роки тому

    Oh 😣. I'm sorry they passed away.
    Thank you for educating me.
    I'm studying because I want to start a nice colony of either carpenter or harvester because I like that they tunnel and forage .❤️
    I hope everything is going good for you and your family.💝

  • @charliecruz1261
    @charliecruz1261 4 роки тому

    Your video came up got me into it knowing all the information you TALK about plus all your videos I know I’m a year late but this what you do is really COOL I’m a subscriber now much respect

  • @jessikamiranda2306
    @jessikamiranda2306 5 років тому +1957

    The ending dropped my jaw to the depths of hell
    Edit: NOW THAT'S A LOTTA LIKES

  • @velveticaa
    @velveticaa 5 років тому +95

    you should call these lost carpenter ants the roanoke colony!

  • @TheDiamondInvader
    @TheDiamondInvader 5 років тому +5

    Finally I have enough time to watch some videos. Time to start binge watching some ants canada.