How Ants Sniff Out Food | ScienceTake

Ants use their antennas to sniff out food, and other ants. It’s how they make sense of the world. But how exactly do they use them? Find out in this week's episode of ScienceTake.

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[Spchlorgendy]

I think most of are here because, we have ant problems

[okaka-sanfilmeedition]

The voice is so pure. Thanks for this video

[snacksy]

Verry informative video that breaks down the findings of a study neatly

[CatManTho]

I know it's just ants, but I felt bad that they had their antennas removed 😭😭

[BrokeTheInterweb]

“And when their dominant hand was removed, humans found a way to pick up those tasks with their non-dominant hand” I’m just saying, you didn’t need to cut their antenna off just to see what happens lol. Other than that this was an extremely cool collection of footage 👍🏻

[reconnaissance]

I love how every year we get closer and closer to showing how pretty much all life can think and feel whether it be insanely primitive or borderline genius.

[vanessasaetern]

Never thought I would watch something like this, but thanks to my ant infestation lately it made me curious of how smart ants are.

[shobhitagrawal]

But how do they come to know that above that table there is a piece of raisin in the first place when in the entire home there is no ant visible?😅

[dissonanceparadiddle]

Cute little things 😍 my sensilla have long since evolved to be internal for the most part. It's so fun watching them scout with those long antennae

[c.w.]

Thanks to this video, i was able to learn more about how they supply food. It is amazing that even small creatures behave in a effective way

[tinabintbina]

But that is not how they find the food but just the way back and forth to the already found food. I think they have receptors for sugary, fatty and protein food that they follow. I found one ant at the wall one time and stood next to it with sweetened tea. The ant seemed to smell it as it helt its antennas in the direction of the tea and try to reach it.

[eddieyutub]

Video does not answer the question in the title

[geekdiggy]

okay but how tf do they decide what to eat in the first place and why tf are they inside my power strip?

[skleesk]

This doesn't answer how they know to climb a steel pole to get to a bird feeder with jelly and oranges for the Orioles?

[jabbaweezy]

Had to look this up after a bunch of ants ruined my meal

[subhamsikdar]

Which part of the video shows how they find food?

[zrblank]

RIP Billy the Ant who lost his antenna during the making of this

[nathanyao]

one ant found a small piece of beef jerky on my desk and now there are countless visitors visiting me throughout the day. FUXJLASDLAJ SDFOIAFSOI

[familyb]

"when an antenna was removed..." hits close to home. --Kafka

[minijesus]

How many of you are here to do a reverse engineering technique on the ants?