Why this Plant Invites an Ant to Eat its Prey

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  • Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
  • The extraordinary world of carnivorous plants is the setting for some unusual alliances. Certain species like the tropical fanged pitcher plant just don’t have the stomach to digest the prey they trap. ↠Subscribe: www.youtube.co...
    Enter the insects! Bugs like carpenter ants live and work with the fanged pitcher plant to keep it clean and healthy, receiving food and board in return. And it’s a similar story with other flesh-eating plants across the planet…
    Check out more carnivorous plants in action and learn why a bat would roost inside one. And don’t forget to subscribe and hit the alert button to see all our latest videos!
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    Producer: Ruth Berry
    Editor: Mathias Muckenhuber
    Executive Producer: Eva Schmidt
    Graphics Designer: Jörg Eisenprobst
    Voice-Over: Julian Nightingall
    Audiomix: Mathias Muckenhuber
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    “Plants behaving badly” - A Terra Mater Factual Studios production, produced by Sky Vision, written and directed by Steve Nicholls.
    “Islands in Time” - A Terra Mater Factual Studios production, in co-production with National Geographic Channel and NDR Naturfilm/Doclights, written and directed by Paul reddish and Matt Hamilton.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 235

  • @terramater
    @terramater  3 роки тому +89

    Have you ever hear about the symbiotic relationship between Camponotus Schmitzi ants and carnivorous plants before? 🐜😮

    • @geethas2065
      @geethas2065 3 роки тому +2

      Never until now

    • @Santiino
      @Santiino 3 роки тому

      Mindblowing for sur2

    • @carriegrasty8852
      @carriegrasty8852 3 роки тому

      If a super volcano erupted or a giant astroid hit earth destroying humanity could mother nature re-build from the ground up from wear humans left off from destroying it and if so would there still be permanent damage or would there be so much permanent damage that plants and living creatures wouldn't be able to adapt fast enough in new habitats destroying all of what is on earth entirely leaveing it as just rock and dirt in space and nothing less

    • @Cleeon
      @Cleeon 3 роки тому +1

      I bought the plant, directly from Borneo nursery of Nepenthes, but don't get any of that ants, sad

    • @sandychen1381
      @sandychen1381 3 роки тому

      No sir

  • @TreyPDB
    @TreyPDB 3 роки тому +255

    "Hey, the fly is still struggling. Wanna fight?"
    "Yeah, sure."

  • @fishnuggets6624
    @fishnuggets6624 3 роки тому +306

    😂 it's like being a house maid to a serial killer while that serial killer feeds you everyday

    • @Shotblur
      @Shotblur 3 роки тому +35

      ah yes, marriage

    • @JNF590
      @JNF590 3 роки тому +7

      @@Shotblur oh wow lol

    • @NightcorEDM
      @NightcorEDM 3 роки тому +3

      Fun fact: If you go to IEndia 🇮🇳 you'll see lots of dirty disgusting stinky slums

    • @Everhard86
      @Everhard86 3 роки тому +10

      Its like being a house maid to a serial killer who feeds you his victims....

    • @mileidycardoza374
      @mileidycardoza374 3 роки тому

      The choosen nerverland

  • @AntsCanada
    @AntsCanada 3 роки тому +176

    Love this! I also tried putting carnivorous pitcher plants in my ant terrarium once. What ended up happening was surprising! I filmed the result for my channel. Ants and plants form crazy relationships for sure!

    • @terramater
      @terramater  3 роки тому +55

      That's fascinating! Watching your channel now.. really interesting content. 👍🏼 We should collaborate at some point!

    • @Gamerman566
      @Gamerman566 3 роки тому +16

      This is like the avengers coming together over social media

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      @idontknow._.4791 3 роки тому +10

      Oooo future collab?👀

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      @renzandrianmalvas2844 3 роки тому +5

      I knew ur here lol

    • @yufengyan
      @yufengyan 3 роки тому +1

      hi ants canda

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    @Sidararas2007 3 роки тому +128

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      @lenafromterramater3690 3 роки тому +1

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      @rymir3939 3 роки тому

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      @dudeguymap 3 роки тому

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    @stevebennett9839 3 роки тому +51

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      @humanpepe7406 3 роки тому +1

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  • @thecommentguy9380
    @thecommentguy9380 3 роки тому +7

    The assassin bug approach it's prey with caution
    The fly: DUDE STOP POKING MY ASS!!

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    @HYBELABELSJANITOR 3 роки тому +54

    My respect to this channel went 📈📈📈 after watching this video

  • @WanderTheNomad
    @WanderTheNomad 3 роки тому +28

    I wondered how the assassin bug evolved that layer of grease. Was it specifically for maneuvering the carnivorous plant? Or was it for another reason and happened to be a beneficial side effect?

    • @captain_buggles
      @captain_buggles 3 роки тому +3

      My bet is that it helped keep them safe from fungal spores or something, it seems like insects always have to worry about that kind of thing.

    • @LibertyForAll-l3q
      @LibertyForAll-l3q 3 роки тому +1

      also if the environment they live in is very wet an extra layer of grease can help them maneuver easily.

  • @bentley2678
    @bentley2678 3 роки тому +7

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    @rymir3939 3 роки тому +8

    As other comments say..
    You really kept up with other "Big" channels out there
    You guys made such quality content and hope it keeps going!

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    @arjrocks 3 роки тому +5

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      @lenafromterramater3690 3 роки тому +1

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  • @phoneguy4637
    @phoneguy4637 3 роки тому +1

    I know about a species named Nepenthes albomarginata, that literally cultivates certain termites. the termites protect the plant and keep it free from locusts, but also sends large groups of its own workers into the pitchers just to feed them.

  • @Absolute_Goblin
    @Absolute_Goblin 3 роки тому +3

    Ant: "hey Larry this guy says he has free nectar"
    Other ant: "nice what does he want in return?"
    Plant: "POOP IN MY MOUTH"

  • @jmstudios457
    @jmstudios457 3 роки тому +10

    I really like these videos about carnivorous plants. I guess it's some kind of morbid curiousity

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    @brycekirkham6896 3 роки тому +7

    This channel really needs more recognition. Never heard about this symbiotic relationship before and yet again another fascinating video with some amazing camerawork! Love it guys, can't wait for your next one!

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    @baixiaopeng6194 3 роки тому +3

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    @tracejohnson6273 3 роки тому +1

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  • @cakecrumb095
    @cakecrumb095 2 роки тому +1

    I’m both disturbed and amazed. Carnivorous plants are nature’s horror shows.

  • @ethanrotheram1096
    @ethanrotheram1096 3 роки тому +1

    If I’m correct, nepenthes bicalcarata CAN digest prey by itself since is has gastric juices, but it’s juices are weaker than other pitcher plants and it benefits greatly from the ants 🐜. But the other plant needs the Assassin Bug to digest for it because that plant has no digestive enzymes. Good video btw

  • @chrisjett313
    @chrisjett313 3 роки тому +1

    First time I'm hearing about carnivorous plants and I'm 32

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    @kndakaridope5021 3 роки тому +1

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  • @bhutwheyttherismor86
    @bhutwheyttherismor86 3 роки тому +1

    "Too vicious" pretty sure he meant viscous but it gave me a solid laugh to imagine agressive slime.

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    @nehachilekar6283 3 роки тому +8

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      @lenafromterramater3690 3 роки тому +2

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    @Abcderfuytiweb58_67 3 роки тому +3

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    • @lenafromterramater3690
      @lenafromterramater3690 3 роки тому +1

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  • @Epoch11
    @Epoch11 3 роки тому +1

    Too vicious or too viscous? Haha 😂

  • @JessHull
    @JessHull 3 роки тому +2

    Did this guy seriously refer to the Roridula as a pitcher plant?! ahhaha

  • @ericcloud1023
    @ericcloud1023 3 роки тому +11

    Vis-cus viscous, not vi-shish vicious, narrator the enzyme is to viscous to penetrate the shell. I doubt it's to vicious....being inanimate and all lmao

  • @feroxformicae6553
    @feroxformicae6553 3 роки тому +1

    Very interesting video, but Camponotus schmitzi and it’s relatives were incorporated into their own genus, Colobopsis, in 2016. They’re commonly known a cork-head or stopper ants due to the cork-like heads of major workers that they use to block the nest entrance with. Still though, great video! :)

  • @your_average_blanket_lover3732
    @your_average_blanket_lover3732 3 роки тому +2

    The ant in the nepenthes bicalcarata *used* ti be camponotus,now it’s been put in the genus colobopsis,making it colobopsis schmitzi

  • @LightStorm.
    @LightStorm. 3 роки тому

    did you recored all these videos? if not you might want to remove the water mark for legal purposes

  • @shilohhh33
    @shilohhh33 3 роки тому

    Me sleeping peacefully:
    My mind : wanna see an ant cleaning a serial killer's house

  • @TheOutdoorSeeker
    @TheOutdoorSeeker 3 роки тому +1

    Interesting topic, never heard of this before but I am not surprised. Nicely done!

  • @Drew_Hawk
    @Drew_Hawk 9 місяців тому

    I love my Nepenthes. So much diversity!

  • @catwhite905
    @catwhite905 3 роки тому +2

    3:10 its actually really ez for an ant to escape just watch ants Canada's:"ants vs carnivorous plants"
    Spoiler warning!
    The golden empires ants are ever-learning and they place random stuff like fly wings into the plant and the plant provides them with a sweet secretion at the plants so called 'lips' and the ants 'yellow crazy ants' feed the plants and when they become old they become safe but at the start they eat some ants.
    Edit: oh yeah yellow crazy ants are good swimmers.

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    @madhurshinde4988 3 роки тому +2

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    @jednewman430 3 роки тому +6

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    • @lenafromterramater3690
      @lenafromterramater3690 3 роки тому

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      @AbrarGamingOfficial 3 роки тому

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    @zalifor 3 роки тому

    These sound effects are spot on, its like in the advertisements for candy bars like kit kats

  • @madtitan9202
    @madtitan9202 3 роки тому +2

    What a beautiful Nepenthes bicalcarata..

  • @TrapTherapy
    @TrapTherapy 3 роки тому

    that rafflesiana var nivea in 2:29 is magnificent

  • @buttmurphy323
    @buttmurphy323 3 роки тому +1

    Fantastic content. I wonder how large the team is behind these videos, from filming to editing to commentary

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      @lenafromterramater3690 3 роки тому

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  • @Halo56782
    @Halo56782 3 роки тому

    "With caution" bug proceeds to spaz wildly

  • @tuan1636
    @tuan1636 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you very much for making this video . You make my day more meaningful 💚

  • @DeinocheirusWithAGun
    @DeinocheirusWithAGun 3 роки тому +4

    Ants are cute tbh

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    @angela.luntian 3 роки тому

    I love the sound design. Its like ASMR.

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    @eyemet Рік тому

    You have worked hard to create this precious video.

  • @XoADREADNOUGHT
    @XoADREADNOUGHT 3 роки тому

    lmao. Too "vicious"... You meant "viscous", pronounced "visk-kuss". I spit my drink out at that...

  • @HYBELABELSJANITOR
    @HYBELABELSJANITOR 3 роки тому +5

    I'm here before this channel becomes popular.

  • @freespeechisdead1565
    @freespeechisdead1565 3 роки тому +1

    0:58 Did he mean viscous? Or is he saying the resin is especially ornery?

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    @CliffTVlovesyou 3 роки тому +1

    This channel shoukd've a million sub.

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    @williammenard6802 3 роки тому +2

    I thought my life sucked! But when I see the fate of that fly, I am happy to go to work everyday lol

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      @VashtheStampede007 3 роки тому +1

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      @williammenard6802 3 роки тому

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  • @alexkaminski7148
    @alexkaminski7148 3 роки тому

    To fix the comments sentence below:its like being in a house made for a serial killer while that serial killer feeds you everyday

  • @boredwarlock5216
    @boredwarlock5216 3 роки тому

    Foley on the assassin-bug is too much. But it was good up to that point. Those high pitched noises on the legs/plant interacting, hurts your ears with headphones in

  • @hansensei6626
    @hansensei6626 3 роки тому

    Sometimes we are thinking too complex while there is simple answer, the ants were too small, little nutrient values and to exhausting to digest while they were just being oportunistic lives in the plants and rob the bigger trapped prey

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    @theworldataglance7964 3 роки тому +3

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    @ValirAmaril 3 роки тому

    Ant: it started as a dare...

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    @benfranklin5121 3 роки тому +5

    Better than discovery channel🔥

  • @antcow1239
    @antcow1239 3 роки тому +1

    Speaking of pitcher plants, how do they get rid of the bodies on their own?

    • @lenafromterramater3690
      @lenafromterramater3690 3 роки тому

      The pitcher is filled with a digestive juice that digests the insects that fall into the trap!

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    @xdshanuhweeharithchan4835 3 роки тому +2

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    @SekRanger 3 роки тому

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    @curlybeast3002 3 роки тому

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    @teebee7769 3 роки тому

    3:06 Schmitty!!!!

  • @biawakstruus
    @biawakstruus 3 роки тому

    Each plant have ten ants as tenants

  • @harshrahate9877
    @harshrahate9877 3 роки тому

    When 🐛 get more free protein than you 😂

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    @shivamss9263 3 роки тому +4

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      @terramater  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for your amazing support, it means the world to us that you're here since the very beginning! 🤗

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    @j1thegod 3 роки тому

    As a South African i assumed this was out in the jungles of Colombia or something. Definitely just received a rude awakening😅

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    @w0rthless27 3 роки тому +2

    I love this plant videos

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    @pyrofreezer 3 роки тому +3

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  • @tokyopapillon837
    @tokyopapillon837 3 роки тому +1

    Vicious glue 😂 Not viscous?

    • @tokyopapillon837
      @tokyopapillon837 3 роки тому +1

      ‘Uninpended access’ too. Should be, ‘unimpeded’. lmao

  • @TheWereparadox
    @TheWereparadox 3 роки тому +1

    "Living inside a carnivore"
    All furries---> 👀

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    @sza051 3 роки тому

    fkn love your channel

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    @akap9612 3 роки тому +1

    VisKous.

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    @crobar1 3 роки тому

    The cyberpunk music in the background

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    @kamp2285 3 роки тому

    always JUST LIKE US it's fed up

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    @JAKARTAVISIT 3 роки тому +1

    Beautyful nature 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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    @Mefbuz 3 роки тому +1

    This is amazing!

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    @eurosnuke1678 3 роки тому

    Name sounds like a race from rick and morty

  • @Cleeon
    @Cleeon 3 роки тому

    Any of you know, where to buy that Nepenthes, which also included that ants colony, for sale?

  • @andresdeleon5160
    @andresdeleon5160 3 роки тому +3

    Wow.

  • @swampfox1wot
    @swampfox1wot 3 роки тому

    0:58 Not vicious, but viscous.

  • @Northmaindreams
    @Northmaindreams 3 роки тому +1

    This is very informative and learning experience 💯🤔😯💀🏃

  • @theshuman100
    @theshuman100 3 роки тому

    0:57 bruh i know you wanna hype up the plant but i think the word is viscous not vicious

  •  3 роки тому

    Are those fishes in the pitcher plants

  • @Danigon876
    @Danigon876 3 роки тому

    Assassin bugs are awesome for killing flies like this.

  • @BatBrakesBones
    @BatBrakesBones 3 роки тому

    Wow this is excellent. Thought it was some Nat geo stuff.

  • @ReplyNotificationsMuted
    @ReplyNotificationsMuted 3 роки тому

    The ant and the pitcher plant

  • @Waltzer69
    @Waltzer69 3 роки тому

    Ngl, the plant at the start got chonky.

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    @AmanPatel-ye6im 3 роки тому +5

    literally best channel across this genres.
    and insted of this YouThoob recommend some wired shit videos...

  • @cbux1447
    @cbux1447 3 роки тому

    Did he mean "vicious" or "viscous"?

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    @asphar100 3 роки тому

    Real question, what is the name of music? XD

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    @strattgatt5303 3 роки тому

    These videos make evolution seem like an unlikely joke.

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    @lontongtepungroti2777 3 роки тому +1

    here before the million views and million subs