Ants vs Crab | Natural World: Ant Attack | BBC Earth

The ants take on a formidable adversary - the freshwater crab. Have the ants met their match?

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Natural World: Ant Attack
In a quiet patch of forest, life is about to be turned upside down for its animal residents - the ants are coming. Spiders, scorpions and even forest crabs don't stand a chance. As food runs out, the ants, driven on by the ever-hungry grubs in the nest, have no choice but to attack the not so easily defeated termites. Armed with chemical weapons and fearsome jaws that could crush an ant to pulp, they're the ants' toughest adversaries. From the raw terror of battle to the inner-workings of an ant colony, this is television as you've never seen it before.

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[imgewddewd]

Me expecting the crab to put a fight
Crab: *immediately begins to be eaten alive*

[ansh]

That wasn't really a "vs" fight, it was more like ants brutally eating a crab alive. Awesome footage nevertheless.

[imohamme]

This looks even more painful than an insect dying

[godmachine]

The crab always seems to lose in these shows.

[aishwaryadityadafal]

I honestly got happy when he said there's no way ants can penetrate through the Crab's exoskeleton,
but then.

[pranukvs]

The crab was just chilling there like "okay let's just get it over with"

[mash]

Wew, what a way to go out, nibbled from the inside where you cant reach.


Brutal

[mixmixi]

I don’t regret killing those ants in my childhood. They are brutal.

[DragonAurora]

The whole time I was thinking "Oh they're gonna get the eyes!"

[kindredspirits]

“We’re having crab legs tonight boys!”

[SnoopyDoofie]

Ants eat from the inside out. In other words, they're going out for dinner.

[mapleleaf]

I didn't expect to watch a horror movie in the morning 😱😱😱

[mohamadzakaria]

Everytime I see ants vs anything I know ants will win. These tiny creatures intelligence and team work are unmatched and amazing.

[tameronica]

Hey, crab, do this cool thing called "walking in the water."

[ithurtswhenipee]

It’s sad how the crab doesn’t even try to fight back, he just sits there and accepts it, probably wishing for a quick death

[rpenguin]

Seeing the shell with the eyes cutten, but there’s still a body inside is so cruel

[rixxy]

You failed to mention that they eat his eyes out first. Then the crab basically gives up.

[DenZhead]

Anyone here just saw driver ants eating a slug and thought "ah the slug put up a better fight"

[NAT-turners-Revenge]

"Fresh water crabs are common in the forest"
... damn 😲

[apha]

Crab: "The sign said it was an all you can eat buffet !?"
Ants: "Yes, it is."