An Empire under Our Feet. How Ants Captured the Earth

➥ Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/kosmo_off ➥ Support us on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Kosmo_off/join ➥ Telegram - https://t.me/kosmo_eng ➥ Subscribe - http://bit.ly/SubbKosmo ➥ Kosmo DOC - youtube.com/@KOSMO_DOC_EN ➥ Advertising, cooperation - [email protected] ➥ Earth Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwkiaY011N0ru_E7T0CvchB8zRqdzy67V Ants are some of the most amazing and successful creatures on Earth. They emerged back in the times of dinosaurs, and now there are thousands of their species across pretty much the entire planet. They build huge underground cities and create colonies with distinct division of labour. In this film we are going to trace millions of years of ants' evolution, look inside the ant nest and find out what life in a colony is like. 00:00 Addressing the viewers 01:48 Intro 03:26 How did the first ants emerge? 05:07 Oldest fossil ant 07:14 The make-up of the ant society (castes) 08:39 First giant ants 11:51 Dinosaur ant 14:03 The makeup of ancient ants' dwellings 16:19 The bullet ant 18:37 Nest modelling (bullet ant) 20:22 How ants find their bearings when out 20:40 Death spiral 21:17 Ant trails 22:05 The classic ant nest 24:38 Huge colonies of migrating ants 27:17 Ant wars 31:29 Living honey barrels 33:17 Ants came up with agriculture 34:29 Ants' future: intellect, impact on the planet and threat of extinction 37:02 Ending #Earth #Ants #Planet #Film #Kosmo