The best of the ant world revealed!
The documentary is about the life of ants and their survival in the desert. The founding queen starts by laying tiny eggs, which soon hatch into voracious larvae that grow quickly and become the colony’s first workers.
These workers are female and sterile, and their sole purpose is to serve the queens. The queen produces a special scent that attracts winged male ants from other nests, and if he passes the test, he’ll be accepted as her mate.
Ants are unusually promiscuous, and the queen will have many suitors during her lifetime. The colony survives by smothering its prey, and if necessary, they neutralize the protective coat of its victim by bringing particles of soil to soak up the slime.
As tensions rise within the colony, those at the bottom of the hierarchy have little chance of surviving the coming trials, and one of the queens lies dead in the royal chamber.
The workers start singling out the weaker queens and eventually tear them to pieces, but the dominant royals seem immune to attack, and they watch as the workers go about their gruesome business.
As the weeks pass, the revolution among the ants continues. Only the most dominant queens seem immune to attack, and they watch and wait as the workers go about their gruesome business.
Eventually, the colony settles into a stable hierarchy, with the founding queen at the top, and the other queens ranked according to their dominance.
The documentary also shows the ants’ remarkable ability to work together to overcome challenges. For example, when a slug covered in a thick, noxious slime becomes stuck in a writhing mass of ants, the ants work together to bring particles of soil and place them on the slug, soaking up the slime and allowing them to attack and subdue the slug.
Overall, the documentary showcases the fascinating behavior and survival strategies of ants in the desert, and how their complex societies and hierarchies help them to thrive in a harsh environment.
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