Testing the Aggressive & Stinging BULL ANTS of Australia

In today's episode, I travel all the way to Sydney, Australia in search of the notorious BULL ANT. These infamously aggressive ants are known to pack a painful sting, but I wanted to finally learn about and observe these ants in the flesh, especially because Australian BULL ANTS first inspired my lifelong love for ants. Little did I know, in finally meeting them, I was in for a big, painful surprise!

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[AntsCanada]

OUCH!!! 😭 Greetings from the Land Down Under, AC Family/Ant Lovers! In this special episode, I take you on an ant search in Sydney, Australia and I got A LOT MORE than I bargained for to day the least! I was lucky I didn't get it worse tbh!

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So what did you think of the BULL ANTS? Cool or Nahhh?

[charieegg]

As an Australian I have kept a variety of different ants including bullants, I’m so hyped that antscanada finally came to Australia.

[MonkeShrubb]

3:15 fr, I have a colony of these bois in my backyard, and everytime I go look at them, I’ll see 4 of them just studying me from inside their hole, if I move my finger, they turn their heads to look at it, making me think they use their eyes primarily

[Scottie-Fox]

Growing up near a Bull Ant nest I can tell you that nothing scares them, and if you piss even one of them off ALL of them will attack anything that comes near their nest for the next few days (they hold a grudge).

[szonator]

"Look at it it totally sees me" - famous last words

[Marc-tyiq]

Canadian here who spent 2 years in Australia in childhood. Family liked camping. I still remember the day i sat on a bull ant nest.

[srinidhi]

And i love this type of content.instead of just staying in the ant room going out adventuring to find different ant species is so fun to watch

[charieegg]

Btw the black species of bullant is myrmecia tarsata and they have ergatoid queens, the red species that you were probably thinking of is myrmecia brevinoda these are the largest species and can reach up to 3+ cm

[joannesteiner]

As an Australian, I can confirm that these hurt so much the pain is not fun!

[scxlg]

Wow, the way they were closing in on you as they each stared you down...chills!!

[Galacticnoob]

As an Australian, i have taken multiple bites and stings from the jack jumper ant(Myrmecia pilosula) the bite is nothing but the sting makes you wanna fade into being nothing😂

[ThisGuy]

1:37 acrobat ant /Crematogaster peringueyi (i think)
1:52 green head ant /Rhytidoponera metallica
2:03 golden tail sugar ant /Camponotus aeneopilosus
3:51 Jumping Jack Bull Ant /Myrmecia Pilosula

the red bull ant that you what to see is Myrmecia gulosa or myrmecia brevinoda

love the videos

[HeisenbergFam]

So glad you survived Australia, I admire your bravery to go there in the first place

[AntsCanada]

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[diegopc]

So relieving to hear your normal conversation voice when taking the bite and feeding the roach!

[rylandpolain]

Awesome episode I'm a west Australian never seen those bullants they were beautiful. Over here it's the red ones and they are very smart at my work I trade mealworms for tolerance as they will chase you for getting that close, it seems to be working as they will take them out of my fingers and not bite or chase me off allowing me to observe them. Trick if you come back is blow gently down the hole It usually brings a good amount up to see what's happening, they are curious little buggers.

[benjaminmontgomery]

It's so fascinating how they seem intelligent while looking at you and your hand, and interacting with the environment.

[queen-patches]

seeing bull ants really shows how much ants are really just flightless wasps! amazing stuff! 🐜❤♾

[IBW_]

Yeah these guys are our national ant for a reason. It’s always fascinating to see them run around the place!

[costasspartan]

I live in Melbourne Australia, And As a victim lol, of being bitten and stung by a massive Big Bullant let me tell you it hurts real bad.
Im 40yrs old, i got bitten when i was about 8yrs old and i still recall how much it hurt
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