Creating a Second Giant Ecosystem Vivarium
My giant cloud rainforest ecosystem vivarium, Pantdora, has been a dream tank. Its unique plethora of flora and fauna, all connected via the food web, and lead to some amazing insights into the workings of Mother Nature! But the time has come to create a second ecosystem vivarium, an attachment to Pantdora, as an extension to the biological world we created. In this episode, I travel to the biodiverse island of Borneo and Australia to explore different biomes, and decide on what animals, plants, and fungi, I might be able to house in our next world. Hope you enjoy this Episode 5, Season 2 of my ecosystem vivarium series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.
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OMG! AC Family, this is about to get crazy! Now that you've learned everything by the end of this video, LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! Which biome type should we do as an extension to Pantdora?
Please add trap jaw ants pleas
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you should've gone to an australian rainforest. yes, they exist, but not for long. due to various reasons (corruption mainly), logging companies are allowed to do whatever they want. so itd be nice to see you preserve some of our natural beuties.
to be honest I am just suggesting to do a desert biome it would look cool with scorpions and things
A swamp with some small snakes and a small caiman
I love that the guy I used to watch as a hobbyist is now rich enough to own a mansion full of vivariums. Way to go bud.
i just really wish he would sanitize his pieces before putting them in. he keeps getting issues from that he seriously needs to learn from before he scales up like this
Digital Nomad. Get first world salary, live in developing country
@@avamorgan7860why though? That's how nature works, he's not trying to create a sterile scientific project to study. The natural introductions help add variety and the same chaos that exists in nature.
@@tanuki88nope, he's living in his homeland.
@@smgp2023 Yeah, and he used to live in Canada, he grew up there. As you can no doubt tell by his lack of accent.
A canopy expansion would be amazing to watch the plants grow through
Ikr.. I love how he described the plants creeping upwards and the animals being able to take refuge in the canopy.
Nature is horrible system
It's finally completed: kzhead.info/sun/jbikabCeg52Lh3k/bejne.html
Deff the low land rainforest with the cave system The low land rainforest can lead you to the cave
Someone report the bots
A canopy vivarium would definitely be my choice!
I originally voted for Cave because I find them absolutely fascinating but canopy stole my heart in this video. I think from a video production standpoint it has the most to offer viewers too.
Me to
I want cave to
Changed my mind, build a canopy.Add mammals and birds.
Not possible for birds my guy., its not an aviary.,
It’d need to be huge, and wide!
Couldn't save that 1 Bird. Because of the appeal to nature
At that point might as well set up cameras outside. (Could be a cool series tbh)
It would need to be even bigger than pantdora.Definetly cruel for birds to stay there.
At first, I wanted to see a cave, but after watching this video, the canopy addition seems like a perfect dovetail into what you already have accomplished.
yes vote for canopy and we get to see weaver ants and its been a long time sicne we had any
@samanthabronder9861 yes!!!
agreed
Exactly
Me too
I remember watching this guy when I was a child and now that I’m older, I enjoy his content even more. You were a special part in my childhood. Thank you!
Thumbnail was very intriguing ifykyk
Blud made me want to start an AC family together 🥵💀
fr fr his arch go crazy
Dat dumpy though
Canopy connected vertically to Pantdora gives habitat for sugar gliders & other mammals, as well as a refuge. Since a lot of people want to see a cave, I'd say make a small cave connected to Pantdora in the room like you said. Creatures can then go up into the canopy or "down" into the cave. I think having places where creatures can "leave" Pantdora for a nearby biome will give the most unexpected surprises!
im gonna put you in a vavarium
I agree with you Nphen maybe instead of doing one, maybe work on 2 areas to provide a greater experience for Pantdora
You know what would be great to see? ELEPHANTS!!!! Thats the most incredible and cool idea ever!!!! PLEASE AC MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!! GIVE US ELEPHANTS IN THE VIVARIUM!!!!!!!!
@@Treestumpqp 🤣
small caave yess!!! Cave is likely not an option you want in your home since it smells. so 100% agreee
I think canopy is the best option here. It would be awesome to see plants grow there and see insects jumping around. You can even have a weaver ant nest up there!
And MARMOSETS!!!! (What I like the idea of cute monkeys in it)
Dormouse to
And the mammals. we need some mammals
Agree
Yes
As a Geologist the cave was truly my favourite, but I can see the challenges with it. But my close second is definitely the grassland!
I just want to say thank you for giving the flash warning before showing Lady death strike. As someone who has severe arachnophobia, but loves to watch your videos is heartwarming to know I could watch them without 😢 afraid of the spiders.
1: Canopy. Not many people get to see what is actually going on in a canopy. This would be super fascinating! 2: Cave. I would love to see bats, if you can connect to the outside, (and you can handle the ammonia smell).
The cave would be cool for an opening from pandora. It would be fun to watch curious creatures walk in to the den of a huge cave beast. Canopy would also be amazing because of weaver ants.
Couldn't save 1 bird out of the appeal to nature
This! I would add on my 3rd, grasslands, just because of the differences between what we have already and a new vivarium. But canopy is definitely #1
@@osmosisjones4912 How would you get the bird back up to the nest?
I said cave 1st canopy 2nd lol
My personal vote: 1. Lowland rainforest 2. Canopy These two home the most interesting insect/animal options and beautiful vivarium for him to record wonderful footages for us to see.
A lowland rainforest is pretty much what he already has in Pandora .A swamp would be the most different and interesting although it requires way more maintenance
Canopy gets my vote.
I agree
1.cave 2.canopy 3.grassland
I think that too
Lowland Rain Forest is my vote! It sounds amazing with the marmosets descending on the lowlands.
Love from Malaysia!❤
Regardless of what biome you choose to do next, you HAVE to build a canopy at some point. The fact that it would just perfectly connect with Pandora and into your second floor is just impossible to ignore.
your right id love to have both cave and canopy because there both very cool and unique
@@l-o-g-a-n- "You're right; I'd love to have both cave and canopy, because they're both very cool and unique." FTFY 🙃
A CANOPY vivarium sounds like it may not only be the most practical but also really cool to see. Lots of potential, with mammals and birds and others. Next choices would be 2.Lowland rainforest, 3.Cave system, 4.Grasslands then finally 5.Swamplands.
100% couldn't have said it better myself!
This is still the highest production quality channel on youtube, so many years in a row. Always such an experience watching these vids.
Seeing a wild orangutan is a once in a lifetime opportunity. And something future generations might not be able to experience. You should consider yourself very lucky AC!
A CANOPY! I had chosen Cave before, but after this, I reckon a Canopy would be a great learning opportunity and a great natural expansion on the already thriving vivarium. Also, the potential fauna is super interesting, with lively creatures we can enjoy watching. Plus: ANTS!
Canopy ! canopy ! canopy ! The way your setup is made would be perfect for this expansion !!
Cave. I know everyone loves the canopy idea, but you really need a cave! A cool place to retreat to.
Lowland rainforest is the best thing
The canopy idea would be amazing ! I love vertical vivariums, it gives such a grand sense of scale to even fairly "small" volumes, and not needing a bridge also makes the two habitats more directly connected, which I think could make the Ecosystem more seamless. The cave is my second favorite, the partially cavernous vivariums You've created over the years look amazing !
The cave would be awesome if it was attached by an opening in the side of the moss wall like a cave, a great place for roaches to hide, plus whatever fierce cave monsters he wants to add.
Canopy is my pick. I love the idea of watching the difference between Pandora and the canopy biomes and how already established and new creatures interact with it. I also love the idea of a grasslands. Grasslands seem so plain, but are amazing and showing people how impressive they are would be really cool.
The thumbnail is wild tho
I think you should create the easiest addition for you and most cost efficient. Im sure we all will enjoy what ever you come up with.
Who wants Desert terrarium?
My eight year old son votes canopy, an awesome upgrade for Pantdora. I like canopy as well, not only for the availability you have to it, but also the potential your home already has built in.
I love the idea of a second vivarium. For biome my preferences are as follows 1. Canopy: I love love love the idea of a canopy, a place for fruit trees to grow with really cool plants, combined with tree dwelling animals. I also think it fits very nicely into Pantdora as it exists already. 2. Glassland: This one is because of the sheer difference to the existing pantdora, it would be quite different to the one we know. 3. Cave: I'll admit I am not that interested in the cave as a environment in of itself, however it existing with pantdora, acting as a safe haven for animals to me sounds really healthy for pantdora 4. Swamp: This one sounds like alot of work, and while cool in my opinion it won't mesh the best with existing pantdora 5. Lowland rainforest: I don't hate the idea, I just see it as too similar to what already exists
My favourites are canopy and grassland too.
Bow
Completely agree
Okay, you changed my mind. I do like the canopy idea the best, I just want to see the tiny monkeys involved lol. Since that could happen already, I vote canopy!
The canopy 😍
The cave one would be absolutely amazing
My vote order for the second (and maybe future third?) vivarium: 1. Canopy: the biodiversity, the fruit and refuge to help the cloud rainforest below, dormouse and other intersting critters 2. Cave: cool air and refuge to help the cloud rainforest, cool water feature(s), cool crystalline and interesting shaped formations 3. Lowland: biodiversity, flowers, marmoset enrichment events 4. Swamp: would be very interesting if a shore-type area was added, more amphibians and aquatic reptiles and fish, cool aquatic plants; but not as self-sustaining 5. Grasslands: bug refuge, rodents; but hot, bright sunlight and needing to constantly replant (so not as self-sustaining)
The fact that the orangutan just got down and walked past you guys without even glancing at you just shows it KNOWS how powerful it is. Absolute badass.
they also do be chill like that sometimes
They just chill like that
I know it was probably just a slip of the tongue, but something about introducing Borneo as one of the last bastions of biodiversity by saying it has "over 400 square meters of rainforest" was just the laugh I needed today. I couldn't stop picturing this one parking-lot sized cube of green just PACKED with life.
I mean, it is over 400² meters
It sounded totally wrong to me, so I googled it. It's apparently 430,000 square kilometers.
@@Shugo5775he’s not wrong, that’s over 400
@@Shugo5775 It says km in subtitles, he just made a mistake.
Oh. I totally thought he said square miles, lol
In all honesty, I think the cave, canopy and grassland biomes would be PERFECT to add to Pantdora, creating refugiums for all kinds of critters to repopulate and thrive
Honestly I can see a future where you end up doing all of these things 1 by 1 and end up turning your home into a giant vivarium ❤
Love the idea of a canopy! The inclusion of mammals and birds would be so great for a more diverse ecosystem. And building up would look so grand going from floor to ceiling. A vivarium reaching to the heavens
The Canopy sounds the most interesting. The others seem to bring with them complications that can't be gotten around. The swamp and grasslands brings with them the most human intervention which acts counter to the intentions of your vivariums. The cave also sounds really interesting and would love to see some form of glow worms, but while in my mind perhaps I'm not being creative enough, the cave might bring with it complications in how to shoot (camera angles and such) for it without interfering much. The lowland rainforest to me sounds as though you'd be closely or similarly be recreating Pandora, just with different species in flora and fauna. Just depends on what you're willing and not willing to do and how the community votes. Could surprise us and do all of them as one of those classic 'got ya' moments. Either way will be worth the watch and journey.
Not sure why but I've been drawn to water my whole life. I've had a childhood experience with a pond with a clean out drain. It had a flowing water source in and a levy to let out on the other side. I didn't realize what an ecological treasure I grew up watching. I now understand what a lucky experience I got watching a freshwater pond that was healthy. Thanks to your channel I look at my childhood different and am able to appreciate the science lessons that were in front of me. ❤ Thank you for sharing your knowledge and understanding with us all.
Cave sounded super interesting but the more I think about it the canopy expansion would be rad as hell
After watching the pros & cons of each choice, I've changed my mind from swamp to canopy. It seems to have the most compatible habitat and inhabitants however, whatever is chosen, it'll be fabulous!.
For the swamp biome, i suggest looking into naturalistic solutions for aquariums that require very little maintenance, such as the Father fish method. It might help eliminate all the cons you had with hosting the aquatic part.
I think a cave or swamp would be cool.👌👍❤
Never thought I'd be hooked on a channel about bugs and vivariums. The work you put into this is amazing.
Thank you so much for being part of Pantdora's journey! Ant love forever! ❤🙏
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I change my mind about my vote for the cave. A canopy seems like the most interesting environment that woud work very well with the current ecosystem!
A canopy or grassland would be amazing to see!
canopy for sure, it just makes sense as its above
Canopy was my original choice! I'm so happy to see people starting to change their mind.
Marmosets would absolutely blow the roof off this channel, and they're one of my favorite primates... super interesting and intelligent.
I've always been against keeping primates as pets, until I became capable of providing a quality life for some. I'd rather be the one taking care of a pair than some random person who gets them to house in a tiny cage their whole life. We'll see. I've been sitting on getting them for years now. Must think more.
Yessss, they’d be such an amazing addition to the channel
@@AntsCanadaCan’t wait to see these marmosets thriving in your canopy expansion!
@@AntsCanada Hey, I used to care for a marmoset exhibit full time at a former job. I'd strongly reccomend against it. There is a huge list of reasons why, but mainly they have long lives, complex needs, and aren't easy to handle. Please feel free to DM.
@@AntsCanada personally I'd agree, primates are smart, have complex social lives and a high degree of freedom of movement in nature. Its hard to imagine a way to provide an equivalent life in captivity
you should make a Cave or a Lowland Rainforest, they just seem the coolest
I vote Canopy 👍🏻
Somebody get this man his own private island
Welcome to Pantdora Park
@@josephamstutz8532let’s put some dinosaurs in it hell yea
A canopy environment like the one you described would be one of the most ambitious and exciting additions to this channel. Also, thinking on the health and balance of Pantdora, I think a cave acting like a safe heaven for prey animals would be very beneficial. Regardless of what gets chosen at the end, I just know we'll love it and you'll break the internet ❤
I'd love to see a desert vivarium at least as big as Pantora, one with arid mountains, a canyon river leading to an oasis, rock formations, sand dunes, and underground rock caves and ant colonies beneath the sands.
Cave and grassland are my favs
PERSONAL OPINION: Grassy Plains with Caves below in one! Grassy plains is by far the best one. Flowering plants, pollinators, grasses, etc offer something your current system doesn't. If you had leaf cutter ants they'd probably love grassland too. You could even use sandy soil that is poorer in nutrients so mostly only grass and wildflowers thrive there but don't get too crazy. It'd be very different to a jungle as it's slightly drier and will have less nutrients in the soil. You could even install large basking rocks and dead wood for reptiles that also act as places to drop offering to the inhabitants. Overall I think a place with actual flowering plants, less rainfall, pollinators etc would be so much more interesting than the other biomes. It would offer true variety and you would be able to see which biome your ant species prefer. Another thing to add is grasses typically have shallow roots, so you could install hollow caverns below the grassland with entrances and that you can place cameras as well as view them from the outside of the glass. Edit: I also noticed in the video you said you might need to replant grasses in case they get eaten but grasses have evolved to be grazed you should not be concerned about that.
OMG! I want to see a wildflower meadow with ants and a cave so bad!
As was mentioned in the video; "What about sunlight?" How could this be overcome? I do like the idea of the cave system below the grasslands though.
@@MrRobbiegem2005 He can afford strong grow lights lets be honest
i need to see bees. i want a bee farm so bad but am not a horticulturist and yeah bees.
You can also get turrets with mirrors in them installed in your roof
I would love to see a canopy built above, and a cave system built below all working together . If anyone can do it, it's you! Love the content! You're amazing!
Yes! Start with the cave to provide a solution for creatures struggling with heat, then add a canopy down the line for the potential addition of mammals or even birds!
In my very cool opinion I love the cave idea as it is so much different to pandora rn and will introduce many more different animals
Cleary we need to keep watching and supporting this channel until season 7 and he has added them all.
I genuinely think a canopy would be perfect for your house. Would also be in keeping with moving up through your house
Not sure how I feel about the possibility of bringing in animals much higher in the food chain. I love that this channel focuses on the little guys.
i feel like either the canopy or the grassland would be really cool to observe and beneficical to the current animals and plants of Pantdora! i also love the idea of the monkeys tho, so if the canopy could be their "playpen" that would be ssssoooooo cool to watch
So I'm either between the cave and canopy, as both seem the most beneficial for pantdora and vice-versa 😊
Canopy for sure! It makes perfect sense to go along with the current rainforest.
Hi mikey, im a licensed vet tech who works specifically w/ primates (including marmosets & tamarins). I think your primate idea is a good one if you decide to go that way. Despite your aviary being well above the minimum size, it still feels a wee small to me for them to live out the rest of their lives in. THAT SAID.... they are captive bred, so of course they aren't going to have the space that their wild habitat would afford them, and I think you're probably leagues ahead of anyone else who would buy them as pets anyway. So if they must be pets, you're definitely the best option imo. I also think it helps a ton that your plan would be to let them explore a different area when you film. That alleviates a lot of my concern over the size of their space, because you'd still be giving them plenty of opportunity to encourage their natural curiosity & exploration. You really couldn't ask for better enrichment and captive care. And no doubt your aviary will provide plenty of enrichment to them for a long while as well, but they are highly intelligent creatures that require mental stimulation (i.e enrichment) on a daily basis. After they grow used to their environment, I would suggest coming up with new ways to spice things up for them, and challenge them. I do have a few warnings for you: they smell. MUSKY. worse than ferrets. they're fast af and if they don't like you, they'll go for your eyes.
Ferrets do not smell. That's an annoying rumor about them and as a vet tech you should know better. My carpet sharks are highly offended. Don't leave your keys loose! 😆
I really hate the fact people can have primate as pets . it just seems wrong to keep our relatives like that
@exidy-yt you know, full disclosure, I actually have a medical condition where I don't have a sense of smell 😅 so my ideas of what animals smell are based purely off of second hand information. People tell me ferrets smell, and tbqh I have no choice but to take their word for it. Tams and marms on the other hand are potent enough that even I can get a faint wiff, and that's when you know ur cooked 😂
@pixazelz yeah I don't entirely disagree. If this were a wild catch situation, I'd be 1000% against it. But captive breds are never going to released, even if someone wanted to release them, they would just die in the wild. And while I think the MOST ethical option would be to source them from some kind of rescue, if possible, I also think, just realistically, most people don't have access the resources Mikey does. he has the means to care for them better than probably anyone else would. If he can ensure that even two of them are properly cared for then I'm happy with that.
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The grasslands will give us a different ecosystem to learn from
I was reading a paper on biology, and the writer kind of changed how I view things. He said that we usually use "biodiverse" to mean "good", when in reality, it just means "stable" or "resource rich." A long-lasting ecosystem is biodiverse because it's had enough time for lots of species to adapt to it, and a lot of potential food sources. To that end, I want a grasslands biome. Living on the North American prairie, I've learned that people often don't appreciate just how diverse the ecosystems can be. They're not as biodiverse as rainforests, but they're gorgeous.
My votes are: 1. Canopy, other people have said the reasons already 2. Lowland Rainforest, I just think it would also mesh together with Pandora really nicely, and also marmosets are cute 3. Cave, mostly because I think we probably wouldn’t be able to see the animals most of the time 4. Grassland, honestly I don’t know if it would match up with Pandora 5. Swamp, used to be my top pick but now seeing as it needs a TON of stuff, I just don’t think it’d go well.
Canopy/ lowland forest sounds the best.
Every one of these environments sounds fascinating in its own right and would definitely provide great content for your subscribers. I love the idea of including the marmosets !
Yeah. A canopy going into that 2nd floor would be immensely cool and unique.
Since the cloud forest was your first one I suggest a grassland prairie as the second. The natural progression would be this anyway. Mountains become grasslands. It would also allow an underground viewing window to actually see under the soil for you to see the ants better. Prairies don’t get that much rain normally so it’s a good way to observe species that like drier conditions.
I agree with this whole heartedly
You have a point
Exactly, and I feel the grasslands would be better hiding places for spiders and such!
I used to watch you during covid and haven’t seen your videos in a while, it’s awesome to see how far you’ve come and how large your enclosures have become!
It doesn't matter what you choose I just can't wait to watch BIG DOGGIE 💯👣
My mind was blown on the last episode that he has an aviary as well... I looked at my husband and we were both shocked and said at the same time, " I want to see that too!!!" Now we have an extension... YES PLEASE!!! Best channel on KZhead!!
You should check out his vlog channel, Mikey Bustos Vlogs. It doesn't stop at the aviary! He has all kinds of cool animals and takes great care of all of them. Plus, plenty of positive vibes to go around! Mikey never fails to put a smile on my face ❤
Check out his other channel, he shows off the aviary and other stuff all the time! Mikey Bustos Vlogs.
I would love to see the canary biome but more than that I would 100% love the marsupial pair. Keep up the amazing work. Your channel is one of my favourites on KZhead and I look forward to watching the next episode.
its amazing...so calming to see...
@@MimiMin I didn't know that he is a singer as well 🤯
At first I was all in for the cave. But now, the diversity and contrasting refuge support the canopy provides (and adding interesting mamals, and birds) has me sold!
Canopy and cave are my top 2 choices in that order, truly enjoyed every minute of this adventure of a video tonight! Keep up the impeccable work🤙🏼
Dude im so excited for the future of antscanada🙂 Who's exited too?
My vote: I think that YOU sounded the most excited about the canopy and grassland biomes. I think I originally voted swamp when you first put up the polls. But now I think canopy is the best idea.
As someone who lives in a swamp (Louisiana here), I think the potential of swamps is unlimited. It does not necessarily need to be all water. In fact, the most interesting thing about the swamp ecosystem is the bridge between water and land. Clearly, I think keeping crocodiles (alligators on our side) is not right and also unreasonably dangerous. But varieties of snakes, turtles, bugs, and ants are limitless. With this said, I gather that the swamp is not going to be the one selected. With everything left, I definitely vote for the lowland rainforest. I also feel like you were most enthusiastic about this one.
I was born and raised in South Louisiana at the bottom of the boot. There's nothing like the swampland. It's so beautiful and unique. And as much as I love Ants Canada, I don't think it could be replicated🤷🏼♀️
The problem for swamp water is that you can't see through it
Local people 🙋♂️🙋♂️
@@amandaguidry4242don't act like the swamp is so insane like he can't create that but can literally make anything else 😂
@@RenixGamesthe swamp is super diverse, and it IS an insane ecosystem, and it WOULD be really hard to recreate it. I stand by what I said.
I think that a canopy/cave would be the best choice
as a Texan I am really sad by how many people completely underestimated how cool and interesting the grasslands could be.
With the choices given, I'd say cave - but a horizontally split ecosystem with grassland on the top portion with a cave underneath would be epic!
This comment deserves more attention. Dude that is the best idea ever
Two in one! An amazing idea!
This is the best idea I’ve seen
Thats what i put as well
yesss
I think a swamp has the potential to be the coolest addition, but because it would require so much maintenance and help it isn't a good addition. The best part about Pantdora is how it is largely self-sustaining and self-regulating - a true ecosystem behind glass! For that reason, a cave refugia where creatures that are having trouble with the heat can escape to is probably the most practical. Personally, I'd love to see a cave addition and a canopy addition down the line! The canopy strikes a good balance between serving the greater ecosystem and offering cool potential for new creatures.
The only problem with the caves imo is veiwing. How do you view inside a cave system? Any glass walls looking into the cave would sort of let in unwanted light.
canopy would be so unique
Rainforest canopy for me 👍
My personal favourite right now would be the following: - Divide the new big Vivarium into two open & adjacent biomes, 3/5 of that lowland rainforest and the other 2/5 either swamp, open grassland or a cave system. Emphasis for that 2/3 should maybe better go towards a refugium for animals used as prey to give them a stable and save environment to multiply. - Once both Vivariums are thriving, combine both with a 3rd Canopy one on the second ant room floor like you suggested yourself at 30:26 This, in my opinion, would be the most stable and diverse option and interesting to see how different each biome would develop on it's own and interact with each other aswell.
I was thinking something like this, too. Pantdora needs a refugium both above & below. A lot of people want canopy, so that's a must. He already has glass floor panels ready to expand up there! After that, perhaps on the same level as Pantdora, and connected, a swamp leading to a cave?
Love your idea, you managed to say exactly what I was thinking, we need the safe place but a new area for interest and growth
Canopy seems to be the best fit but man a swamp would be so fun to watch too
Canopy would be amazing to see
I am sorry, this might extend the jurisdiction you gave us, but what if you make different vivarium, representing different landscapes and connect them together when you feel suit, like maybe to signify changing weather or seasons, it will also serve as a means to control or balance the ecosystem, as several species require certain conditions that Pandora might not be able to provide for them. It also gives certain prey creatures room to breed and populate as they are reducing at an astonishing rate. Like maybe a desert kinda vivarium and maybe a rainforest kind of vivarium, where water will be in luscious amount. But I know this idea will be costly but I felt there should be no harm in expressing the Idea if you like it. Thank you for providing us this knowledge and experience i really appreciate it all the way from Africa ❤❤❤.
CANOPY, this will be a journey. Isn't this the reason you specially created this ant home. It will be epic to have multiple Weaver Ants Colonies.
My vote is for the Canopy/Lowland Rainforest. It would be the more practical option and would also allow for the addition of the marmoset's (cute little fellas) and maybe even some smaller birds among some of the other critters mentioned. It would also integrate really well with the current ecosystem. Watching everything grow and thrive would be a great journey.
I think a cave could be awesome because that would be a totally different biome and i'm sure you'll make it beautiful
Arched up in the thumbnail is wild
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When there is 1 there is 2. When there is 2 there is 10. Eventually the entire room will one giant vivarium. So excited you are adding on, never let this series die. The cave system would be really cool, but I think that should be the 3rd Vivarium... The swap would be so cool, but because of not being able to self regulate, and the want for the Caiman. I think that should be the last ecosystem made, and maybe you can find a way to connect some of the natural filtering systems from the other vivarium's to help the swap system regulate itself. Rainforest is a must eventually. And I would love to see it first, which might be best as you will need the time to tame. Canopy would be so cool as a house feature let alone a video series. I think that has to be the next one, it would look so cool and be an awesome edition. I think we all know which one will be next!
Soon there will be little difference between the outside and inside of his house.
Agreed
I hope he add a tiger in the 3rd vivarium
When I started watching this channel years ago, it was all ants. To see you go through a pandemic, lose colonies, build the ant house, and now this. 5 years ago I would have never ever thought this is where you would be. Your story telling has immensely improved to the point I feel I’m watching a full blown production show! Please never stop. And P.S. I want to see those blue ants again some day!
I used to watch this guy everyday during the pandemic, one of my favorite was when he added 4 spiders to keep fire ants from escaping, can't believe its been 4 years since then
Borneo and especially Kinabatangan River is one of the craziest wonderful experiences one can have on this earth. The sounds, the smells, the animals. Awesome that you went there and shared your experience 🎉
A canopy vivarium sounds the most practical though to be fare they all do the swamp being the least practical which ever you decide to do ultimately from here I will very much enjoy watching it evolve thankyou for the entertainment ✌️