They cannot tolerate sunlight; some of them are even blind. However they are one of the world’s most ingenious builders: Termites. They build high-risers without any technical devices that are, compared to the Empire State Building in New York, 25 times higher. They are the only animals that have managed to build an air-conditioning system without electricity. Their nests are architectural masterpieces that rise up to eight meters from the ground and dispose brood chambers for larvae, corridors for transportation, fungal gardens for nutrition and even emergency exits for hostile attacks.
close-up view to the termite queen laying eggs is indescribable!
Quarantining has me watching documentaries of insects for hours. Also because I'm a chronic procrastinator don't feel like doing my online assignments at the moment
Ants and termites are so fascinating, they should make more documentaries about them.
yes
If you want to see more about Ants. You can watch Ants Canada.
I agree
No watch desert ant empire documentary
UlvYngling I agree 2 of my favorite bugs.
I learnt more from these documentaries than i learnt in my whole undergraduation.Really these termites are very interesting insects.i want more and more documentaries like this.thanku for the video.
Interesting yes. Ugly as shit also yes lol. Why they so scary I love some bugs like ants and even some bees these are just weird
School is nothing more than a filter to find all the psychopaths to run everything . . And all the gifted minds who question everything get squashed and stomped on . . Cus the truely intelligent people are no use to a world run by psychopaths . . Psychopaths ONLY want to use everyone to get what they want cus they are the useless eaters in our world . . They may appear to be intelligent but the truth is they are as thick as Sh*t when it cones to common sence . . Stick them all on a desert island and they will quickly die off, all fighting over scraps cus they lack the intelligence to create anything
bruh that ending caught me off gaurd, i was so intrigued and was very keen on listening as it was a very serious documentary.
24:17 Oh look the termites left a message.
Thanks for laugh man...I needed that
hahahahahahhahahaaha XD
nice
XD thanks for the laugh it got m,e to laugh threw corona
@@DiamondBones007 lol
34:20 Love the 2 way traffic with stationary escorts. That is remarkably evolved behavior imo.
"Perfect orgainization without organizer" Love that line.
Pretty powerful words that speak volumes, this is U-socialim, we humans are Authoritarian-social species. We, wolves, dolphins, chimps or lions or even to a degree wasps surprisingly cannot exist without alpha males or females, we cannot exist without autocratic authority (which is why Democracy is a lie). Termite or ant U-sociality is such an alien concept where you're literally born with instructions on your employment and anything you do in life is pre-programmed and you're just a slave of instinct, from the lowliest minima to a Queen or Drone.
@@Galejro You need an authority to have a Democracy in the first place.
@Doomer The neet gloomer What are you talking about ?
Lame line
Don't know if eusocial means lacking self-awareness. That should be studied and explored more I think. Great documentary.
9:25 Young Termite: I’m so ready to see the world, maybe I’ll found a n....
The head wiggle the builders do is kinda funny and cute.
4:06 Its amazing how much this queen looks like the head "smart bug" that is captured at the end of Starship Troopers. The rippling body movements add to the similarities. Or rather how much Starship Troopers smart bug looks like this one.
As stated in another comment thread in this section, the Queen termite is believed to have been the inspiration for it apparently
“Without destroying their home” *one side of the mound completely taken off while destroying their most important part of the nest*
meh, they will rebuild it.
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StreetSpeed 24:28 They cracked open the nursery and just kept digging. Knocking them around
I thought this too, she literally ripped off half the mound haha
And... there goes my interest in this documentary, man I hate when they do things like that, remember lemmings?
I've been looking for a full-length documentary on termites for years, and i finally find one today. Good day, indeed. :D
Amuscaria Mushrooms glad to hear it ;-)
Amuscaria Mushrooms "the besieged fortress" look it up.
***** yes but you get to see termites inside their colony. you know close up shots at their daily life and such.
+Amuscaria Mushrooms you must be quite interested in them (^-^) is this dude money alot? ($_$)
kind of a niche film. You may not find many.
Dad: "Son you were having a bad dream". [after the house collapses] Son: "Daddy, it's ur turn now.".
Lol
“This is a young adult termite, leaving the nest to find a mate” *bird comes in* “That termite is now fucking dead”
"The scouting ants return with Termite booty in their mouths" LOL I loved the Narration throughout documentary. Great work!
9:22 Narrator: This is a young adult, almost ready to leave the colony Bird: I’m about to end this termite’s whole career *EATS TERMITE*
Lol
The music is just 🤣 Love it❣
*O K ?*
Nice 👍 .ants vs termites wars are always nice to watch
This was so interesting I watched through the entire thing without realizing. lol.
I took a good look into my home. Found like 6 termite queens in the basement and had a heart attack.
fell asleep and this played on autoplay. cannot describe the horror my sleeping brain came up with listening to this.
You've piqued my curiosity now! I realise it was two plus months ago, but if you can remember any of it and want to share I'd be interested to see what sort of backwards twisted sorcery your brain pulled with this subconscious subject matter!
No no no, you were abducted by aliens. The video helped them hone in on your location
I loove these kind of documentary’s
Absolutely fascinating little creatures I love the education these nature docs give me, I've binged on ant docs, giant asian hornet docs, now termites. Got to say I found the lichen to be quite amazing as well. The way those lichen have evolved such an ingenious but simple trap just fascinates the hell out of me.
I believe you have lichen and the carnivorous plant mixed up :)
+msoulja lol ikr
Excellent stories about termites! Best wishes to entomologists and nature lovers!
"Lets study this inhabited termite mound by totally dismantling it!" -some termite genius
They diddnt hurt it. The termites will rebuild what they cut away very quickly. Watch more documentaries and keep learning about them.
@@johnathanbusse4679 That doesn't change the fact that it will require more resources and time to rebuild the whole structure, not to mention that predators will have easier time breaking in to deeper chambers where defenseless grubs are more likely to be found. I'm not saying it's unethical or something like that as this could still happen in the wild if specialized predators (such as the anteaters) decided to do it but at the end of the day the termites still have to pay something just because of human's curiosity.
Human kills children and babies for land/oil, and here we have a human worrying about termites home being destroyed. A human genius.
@@muramasa1984 lmao, forreal. Who gives a single fuck about some termites.
Arguably better than what the pest control would do.
50:52 that's the reason Texas started building the frames of houses exclusively out of aluminum or steel.
Anarchy Empire smart. Plus extruded aluminum tubing is CHEAP. Maybe not as cheap as wood, but it pays off in the long run having a material that isn't FOOD FOR BUGS(and also can't rust/for).
House should be build from concrete and bricks. Other matarials are stupidly weak and vulnerable...that same in Florida.
Same now in south east asia. They are everywhere here.
i want more documentaries like this 😭😭
+aldrin john Wee lots on our channel. hope you enjoy!
+The Secrets of Nature i like insect documentaries 😊
+The Secrets of Nature I love your vid and do a ants docturmy
dodododoge doge me too
i love it
Those Borneo termites have awesome WSD (Weapon of Solo Distraction)
cool!! when i was a kid i always watch this kinds of shows.. 😊
Fascinating subject matter and well-captured visuals. The sound, however, is a nightmare at least early on around 15:00. Echoing eerie piercing tones that are so sharp and loud that I had to turn the sound down just to bear them. I think the intention was to create a "creepy" ambiance but it ends up sounding like somebody's high schooler found the reverb
A really great science documentary. Beautiful photography, excellent script. No bombast or sensation. Do it again. Many thanks.
Those termites see attack on titan when humans break open their walls and smile at them creepily. A very impressive species tho, they deserve great respect for recycling and maintaining the natural cycle.
I wish we could achieve such a high level of tallent, collaboration and simbiosis with our environment !
If only
Mike Me come on we have a lot look around you they can’t make cellphones and cars
@@disgustingfukka6541 they seem to be doing just fine without those things
I don't know if i'd like to live with larger than equivalent arvarks trying to eat me.
Incredible!! Love these type of documentaries!
Brilliant episode, an eye opener. Watched it second time after few years of first watch. Second time satisfied
Yes to view them with out breaking their home. Breaks half their home😂😂
The ending thooooo 😂😂
@Fraulein Bella hola momma
Thank you for the incredible information ,. I love there was only a few ad's . Nice work
Termites Emerge from the Tunnel : A whole New world! Birds: Bon Appetite Baby!
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Now I'm horrified to imagine what's going on inside my wood dining table, specially the vision of the queen laying eggs 😨😰
That was interesting. Thanks!
awe the music playing while they work is kinda cute. lol little xylophones being played with the flute is so cool.
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you😁
Please curb the spread of music, we understand who you paid for it. But let me tell you he has a terrible reputation in the music industry, especially the Canadian industry as being a shmuck: just watch him on Howard Stern, with his mullet. Don’t purchase his music anymore! It contains illegal sounds from his body parts!!!! Thanks for the amazing film!
36:49 "A few ants manage to retreat with pieces of termite booty in their jaws" Mmm termite booty
Steer clear, it nuts acid from its face!🤗😐
I read you comment out loud to My 22 year old son and he laughed and said, “I bet it was a dude that said that...” ...yep...Funny, you’re both named Aaron.
That time took me to a ad
Aaron Lowe MEDIC!!!! man down
Humor
This was fantastic. Just seeing that queen at the end in such detail was extraordinary. Bravo! I mean, bugs really seem like aliens. It's actually kind of terrifying, in a way. But I think that's what makes it so fascinating.
THX U SO MUCH FOR THE VIDEO UPLOADED
thanks for this documentary, I learned something new about the termites
Termites are one of the world's most ingenious builders...
And demolishers.......
zayuran KightSpider ants have btains can eat you alive whoo
basher abdi Wtf did you say? No seriously I can't understand your text.
sorry wtf gtfo get the fuck out
basher abdi o my God you actually +1. your own comment that is literally the lamest thing you can do LOL, Do us a favor and Get The Fuck Out of here little boy .
WOW, they are really impressive, they build infrastucture like roads, tunnels, high rises, and they even have acid cannons to defend against an assault on the other ant colonies they're really amazing little creatures, plus they can travel for many miles, and they can carry lots of food for the long journey home, they really are an amazing species. I just wish they didn't eat our homes and cause so much damage, if they didnt do that then i'd really like those little guys.
It’s our fault for building homes made out of their food (wood) and then creating good living conditions. Earth/brick and concrete-based buildings don’t have these issues.
They eat furniture too. They're eating my table. Now I'm horrified of what's going on inside it.
i love this documentary reminds me why from a young age we are tought to study and document these phenomena whenever possible.
I thought the queen looked familiar. She was on star ship trooper 😂 amazing video thank you
i love this documentary it shows just how fascinating termites are and how he shouldn’t look down on little insects but rather learn from them
I wish this had captions for those of us with hearing issues. I love the documentaries you bring to us, and have given this a like…even though I didn’t get all the narration and dialogue. Termites are amazing creatures, essential to their ecosystems, and there are many more species that don’t eat your house than do. The fungus growing ones are the most interesting.🖤🇨🇦
Yeah that sucks you cant hear it all
Perhaps there's a browser extension to help with this
Full watched interesting documentary about these small creatures many termites in our place
Wonderful documentary. Thanks for posting.
"Finding someone as thorough as Rose these days is rare" Like when was the script for this written, 1952?
Dude they gave u this quality of a documentary for free. Free entertaining knowladge. So u better stop shitin on anything thats actually good.
The king's work is to fertilize the queen. He a damn happy dude in there all the time... 😎
Imagine working on an assembly line in a factory. Uncontrollably inspired and internally forced performing repetitive actions with zero pleasure. Fucking questionless hellish circles... like a slave. "God makes them do it in the trillions because humans." Pretty awesome for them right?
What's good about it what if it was forced to fertilize a fugly Queen. 🤢🤮
@@romella_karmey. She is beautiful to her colony. She is their mother and the king is their father.
He’s a stud 🤠
Interesting film about termites. Thank you and best wishes!
Fascinating documentary, I really enjoyed it 😊
Termite: hey, where did bill, Roger and Dave go? Other termite: they were killed by a pitcher plant Termite: ok
I've got more respect for termites than most humans after watching this. They're amazing little creatures. 👀🌏🙌
Loved the sound track!
pretty amazing these termites are!
Everytime I see one if those huge dirt nests, all I can think about is the fire ant scene from the Scorpion King
thanks for your video
OMG, AWESOME & SUPERBLY DONE DOCUMENTARY 👏👏👏👍👍👌🏻👌🏻🙏🙏🙏😍Loved watching!!! Well done team! 👍
I'm watching this at 1 A.M, and tomorrow I've exam, lmao
Great documentary but I would have liked it to contain more information, not just looking at them. Sure they are amazing and all but I would have liked to get insight on their defence capabilities, how their acid works, more about their feromone usage, social behaevior, forming of ventilation, predators and all kinds of stuff but this documentary touched the deep information very vaguely. When they gave insight how their internals process plant materia kept me going trough the whole document hoping for more deep information but it never came.
Setä Sytkäri i think you mean pheromone
Wow you didn’t spell 1 word correct lol
Perhaps it is because they don't know the answers.
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write a letter to Santa
Rose is so happy to see that family leave in the morning.
Anyone else feel like there’s 🐜 ants in their pants 👖!? 😏 this is excellent! Well done! God Bless all creatures big and small we need them all! ❤️🖖🏼
29:49 I love it that the termites have a 1 way system in their tunnels! How smart are they?!? Much more efficient than ants that walk all over each other. This documentary is fascinating. 1 of the most enjoyable I've seen 4 a while. 👍
40:20, so that's where monokuma's theme comes from! Wow, composers really search wide to find inspiration
What's monokuma
These be flying on me at school
"Without destroying their home." Termites: *looks at the camera like they're in The Office*
So fascinating ! Hats of to the scientists !
I now have great respect for termites! Lovely little vegetarians they are😊
'To know them is to love them'.
A great and informative documentary. I love the fact that you did the research in Kenya.
great program about our world nature.
23:15 scientist: don't break it 23:22 scientist breaks it
I think we are ok (in kenya obviously) sharing our shambas with the termites. Its usually so much fun exploring those ant hills. I love the beauty of our country Kenya.
So true, But we are at risk of loosening our roofs,our homes and other plants to them
Well, to be fair I wouldn't mind much if my home was crap either.
@@sebastienlorentz5421 It's interesting to me that u think it's interesting....that's so fascinating
@@sebastienlorentz5421 naw, I'm genuinely interested
Love You Kenya..from The USA. Do y'all ever smoke weed ?
I remember as a child discovering some termites eating a table, when I got real close I noticed that they have humongous heads and I thought that they were really cute with those big heads .
26:55 good editor
LOL! From concrete back to under the bed.
...Watching during the Plandemic. ..🔴⚪🔵✌
God damn, insects are amazing little creatures.
Yea but they scare me haha😂
"They are the only animals that have managed to build an air-conditioning system without electricity." I'm pretty sure leafcutter ants have air-conditioning as well, using the heat from their food productions to circulate air.
I know, right?! A lot of things that live/burrow underground do this. Making one opening higher than another sucks air in.... instant air conditioning! Other insects, and also some burrowing mammals do this too.
buttercrap uhhh. Old egyptan able to make air conditioner without electricity. They house really have small hole.
Bees also regulate the temp in a hive by moving air with their wings.
@@LerRhann wood ants have their own central heating system, during early spring, when it's still to cold for them to forage outside for food, they'll cluster around the top of their mounds and sunbath, using their bodies to absorb heat, they then "carry" the heat to the center of the nest in order to keep their queen and her eggs warm.
And yellow jackets will fan the entrance to their nests with their wings if it gets too hot
I don't know how captivating this is... I watched the whole documentary in one go
Thoroughly enjoyed this
9:22 "This is a young adult.." .....aaaaand, it's gone.
Ha. WAS a young adult
I was getting pissed off when they kept breaking off parts of the super structure
Zasso no Kemuri me too! They show us night vision clip of the termites working hard constructing it then next day ok let’s tear it down and hijack the queen
@Jenna Kern ahem Venus
Lol so was I likewhy
Bravo, great reality paradox.
Super dokument. Pozdrawiam z Bolesławiec pl
That kid's acting is on point
MrOplef 😭😭😭😭 I noticed him too. I was like hmmmm this kids really doing something here 🤣
i heeeaarrrd this noise in the waaaaalllll
That queen reminds me of Starship Trooper's brain bug
Yup. That was the model of inspiration for the movie - but with a proboscis brain-sucker
Starcraft Cerebates were like her...
rene kenshin Yep
Would you like to know more? XD
"RICKO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO"
Little Danny also has a talking index finger that says, "Redrum! Redrum!" And he can also shine with Scatman Crothers.
Ant- what's that little horn on your heads Termite- come find out Ant- IM MELTING! IM MELTING!
Lol
As the Orkin man with Branch 2 certification... I can't treat for termites yet, as i need branch 3 certification, but i can educate my customers. I love learning more and more about things like this and we have classes by Entomologists and the like but i like overachieving and self educating haha
Are you serious? That’s a joke. I started with my W phase license and doing wood destroying insect reports. I always wondered if it would be worth going to the corporate side but hearing this I sure am glad I stay with private family ran outfits. Is your pay commission based.
@@Just.A.T-Rex hey its been so long since I made this comment. So things changed. So in California an applicator can treat for termites. But a branch 3 must fill out a Termite report or verbally ask the applicator to apply termiticide, etc. But a branch 2 cannot under law. So as a branch 2 that I was I could not technically tell or inform a homeowner they had termites unless I was also branch 3. Not even an applicator can, even though the applicator sees and applies termiticide every living day haha. I'm no longer a pest control technicians but to answer your questions I was both on base pay and small commission based
@@MrXxJosexXso if u seen termites u just had to keep quiet
@mrs.childers8333 exactly. As an applicator you legally couldn't say they had termites. you could just recommend getting an inspection for termites.
"You have just entered. The Scary Door"
...a location adjacent to a place; a campsite along the shore of lake Eerie. That's Eerie with two Es.
10:15 onward is so relaxing.
this was amazing :>