Termites vs Ants: Who’s King of the Hill? | Wild to Know

A termite mound is a strong fortress, made of packed earth and saliva. In the Central Highlands of Brazil, millions of insects live inside these towers, with each colony run according to a strict social hierarchy.

Right at the top is the queen 👑, who must be protected at all costs. But what happens when a hungry anteater attacks? And how do termites fight a different kind of enemy: wildfire?

Watch now to learn the answer…

Chapters:
00:00 Termites rule!
00:49 Inside the Termite Castle
01:35 Audience with the Termite Queen
02:12 Anteater Attack!
03:16 Ant Invasion
04:42 Termites go shopping
04:59 Wildfire spreads
05:33 Royal Wedding
06:03 Endcard

#terramater #terramatters #anteater #termite #ants

[terramater]

Thanks for watching! Can’t get enough of Mother Nature?

[FlyingDwarfman]

I must say that this was one of my favorite videos done by Terra Mater.

I truly appreciate the time and effort necessary from your videographers to collect this footage and your writers for compiling the narrative needed for this short, ~6 minute video.

As a teacher, this is something I want to find the time to share with my students. As a parent of an infant, this is something I want to save so that I can share with my daughter when she's old enough for it to be salient.

[neoselket]

If you want to play a game about ants or termites, play Empires of the Undergrowth. It's primarily an ant game but you can play as termites too, it's really fun!

[TheAnglicanFundamentalist]

This needs to be longer. It reminds me of an old documentary called "Besieged Fortress"

[yourlostcarkeys]

Absolutely amazing video as always ❤, this should be getting millions of views!

[dahlgalai]

Ants and termite were busy waging war with each other until furry beast with long tongue appear and slurped all of them

[brycekirkham]

Great video, really fascinating interaction. Insects are amazing little creatures!

[johnanson]

Truly wild to know! Incredible video🐜👍

[TheyCallMeNewb]

That poor young ant eater -- and it's mother.

[sagarus-x]

3:38
This is my favorite clip. It's like the ant is putting the termite in a ear naked choke.

[Kerajaan_lituntia]

4:03 "then the cavalry arrives"
Same energy as "THEN THE WINGED HUSSAR ARRIVE"

[stevebennett]

I love these videos, I always learn something new and they're fun to watch.

[HIGHALERTCOC]

The commentary makes it more cinematic and entertaining

[WasiuToure]

If you need to watch a
video about termites, depend on Terra Mater. Thanks for the video on termites and ants 🐜
You are amazing and awesome

[isaiahnaegi]

Life of a termite colony is basically akin to Medieval/Dark Ages.

Except Older, Authentic and way more Fun to study.

[panishirovim]

Insects are impressive! Whatva harsh and hard life they have! Respect!

[RechillSajulga-bx]

just asking how do you guys records this or capture this ?

[Caseoh-blackhole-eater]

All i gotta say is that queen ants are basically badass fighters while queen termites are basically termite spawners

[dredayalldayerday]

I was rewatching Antz for the millionth time and decided to see why ants and termites don't like each other

[jazzalie]

Did I'm the first viewer commenter❤