Fire Ants Build a Living Raft | A Perfect Planet | BBC Earth

These ants are at the mercy of the floods and must find a way to stick together. Will they sink or manage to float away?

[#FireAnts #PerfectPlanet #wildlife]

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[bbcearth]

Have you ever witnessed such an amazing phenomenon?

[kenyanboy]

david attenborough sound & narration is superb
watching from Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

[Silent-Ghost-Rider]

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[groowanderer]

The ants go floating one by one (thousand) hoorah, hoorah...🎶

[cesarr]

This video should’ve been 10 minutes long

[leVraiQuasar]

and if you put you ear close enough you can ROW !!! ROW !!!! ROWWW !!!! ;)

[dileepsimham]

Wow, what an incredible scene it is !!

[AnarchyRevivalist]

"Hey! Something's clawing at my leg!...
Okay, it stopped."

[OathOFtheShadows]

just WOW, this is incredible!!!! NATURE IS TRULY AMAZING!!!

[IMatchoNation]

Imagine what humans would be capable if we cooperated this well!

[humairakakar]

Big lesson for us, hope we all get together and save humanity and morals

[SnowWhite_]

I grew up with fire ants in my yard in Alabama. To get rid of them you take a scoop of ants from one colony and a scoop of ants from another colony and dump them in the enemy colony. They battle to the death and no more fire ants. Better than pesticide 🤷🏻‍♀️

[pedroavila]

Dang, i was rooting for that last ant.

[EarthlyWonders_hello]

The significance of community in nature is emphasized by this survival strategy, which also shows their versatility. It is really astonishing how they safeguard their queen and larvae in the middle of mayhem.
When you look around, do you observe instances of animals working together?🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐘🐘

[luiscoll]

We have so much to learn from the animals. It's incredible what a group of animals can do when they work together.
That's why there is a proverb that says:
'Together we're stronger.'

[nimuil]

The video quality is super satisfying. How did you BBC do that? The camera team deserves my hat off.

[DoctorPlay]

The ants that were on the bottom are the true soldiers. Pause.

[ayman]

That scene better that Some Netflix movies 😂

[ckejsjrj-cy]

This is the power of the 'colony'.
Ants are far better in cooperation than me😂

[ameriaanimalwild]

This is truly extraordinary about ants! They can lift objects 50 times their body weight, have an amazing ability to work as a team, and show incredible bravery, willing to sacrifice for their fellow ants! ❤❤❤❤❤❤