Ants Adopt a Butterfly | BBC Earth

An abandoned cocoon leads to a butterfly to new and unexpected parents.

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Natural World: Butterflies

Brimming with butterfly imagery, the miraculous life-cycle and behaviour of these beautiful flying jewels is shown in a way never seen before. Viewers are taken on a far-reaching journey through the UK and beyond, through habitats that are peculiarly British and others that are simply peculiar, including the country's biggest tattoo convention, disused railway sidings filled with rusting locomotives and an obsessed millionaire's mansion filled with gnomes' homes and giant dragons. Along the way, meet graffiti artists, burlesque dancers, eccentric scientists, passionate farmers, awestruck children and ambitious property tycoons, for whom butterflies are a constant and continuing source of inspiration.

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[timsullivan]

Ants rescue "runaway" larva. Soon more babies missing. Ants: "Better go bring back those naughty runaways."

[Lnknvy]

"And then this parasitic catapillar eats all the ant children"

*pleasant music plays

[SpuroftheMountain]

Ants: Takes butterfly back home to care for and protect.

Butterfly: Eats all ant children.

[lunamiku]

The voice of the narrator sounds so pleasing!!!

[alexisjankowski]

Ants: Awww, little baby! What are you doing here? Let’s take you back in!

Caterpillar: *Nom Nom Nom*

[John-jfnh]

Butterfly Day 60: They still think I'm one of their own and they keep asking me have I seen their missing children, little do they know they are inside me...

[maninredhelm]

What a precious and adorable monstrosity that literally eats babies. I guess if you're cute you can get away with anything.
Someone should re-cut the trailer to the movie "Alien" in this style. _"Xenomorphs have a rather interesting approach to parental care..."_ as gentle, tinkly music plays in the background.

[Blackratsnake]

A carnivorous caterpillar/Butterfly



Just what we need...

[SnoopyDoofie]

I'm sure the ant brought the caterpillar home and said, "Look what I found mom. Can I keep it?

[b.m.]

Regardless of how savage some species can be, ecosystems are simply amazing ❤️

[loser]

Talk about wolf in sheep's clothing 😃.

[funny-video-YouTube-channel]

*Butterflies are beautiful.*
They live a short and fast life on steroids.

[umarazam]

ant: here's my home :-)


butterfly: im about to end this insects whole career.

[yerabbit]

...one of britain's rarest butterflies, the jerk butterfly.

[maynotbeme-vq]

Disney -"This is gonna be great first as animation and after 50 years, live action ."

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

Butterfly: *I'm blue dabadeedabadie*

[ForumArcade]

Narrator acting like these butterflies are a piece of cultural history.

Meanwhile if *I* try and eat somebody's children, people call me a monster.

[themiller]

Caterpillar: (turns into Blue butterfly)
Ants: "They had us in the first half not gonna lie"

[blobbertmcblob]

"Large blue" butterfly

Amazing animal naming skills there, Britain.

[lisag]

What a beautiful butterfly 🦋
Very interesting birth process, amazing