BBC – Planet Ant: Life Inside the Colony (2013) 1080p High Quality

Ant colonies are one of the wonders of nature - complex, organised and mysterious. This programme reveals the secret, underground world of the ant colony in a way that's never been seen before. At its heart is a massive, full-scale ant nest, specially designed and built to allow cameras to see its inner workings. The nest is a new home for a million-strong colony of leafcutter ants from Trinidad.

For a month, entomologist Dr George McGavin and leafcutter expert Professor Adam Hart capture every aspect of the life of the colony, using time-lapse cameras, microscopes, microphones and radio tracking technology. The ants instantly begin to forage, farm, mine and build. Within weeks, the colony has established everything from nurseries and gardens to graveyards.

The programme explores how these tiny insects can achieve such spectacular feats of collective organisation. This unique project reveals the workings of one of the most complex and mysterious societies in the natural world and shows the surprising ways in which ants are helping us solve global problems.

[wildone]

Thanks. Just wish the music wasn't there..

[mironrafis]

Theres no comments to this masterpiece? 🥲

[zanb]

This scientists conducting this research is really annoying. One I don't like when scientist lie about wanting to do their research altruistically. Like in the premises he said we had to take them and "saved" them. When if he really was saving them, he could let them off in another location in the wild. Second if you’re going to do research like this and know so much the least you can do is make their home in your lab better. Third he literally did not a single thing to help when they were extracting the ants. Weak spoiled elitist as usual. He didn't even dig one sovle of dirt. I would have been annoyed if I was one of the workers. This guy shows up in a crisp white button up and keeps saying "we." When he hasn't done a thing to help. He probably has interns that work for free doing calculations, too. Smh