Termites - Life's Ultimate Architects
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Uploaded by hudson on Mar 1, 2006
DVD this is pulled from only available from the UK: http://bit.ly/4AayR2
This bit about termites is so amazing, that it completely altered my understanding of the social order and man's supposed dominance of it. This termite colony's complex and unlikely construction is truly a testament to the incredible power of natural selection. The structure has air conditioning, a sewage system, food storage, fungus cultivation, and would be over a mile high if built to human scale. Truly astounding. Watch for the creepy shots of the termite queen near the end to see James Cameron's obvious inspiration for the queen at the end of Aliens.
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How in the blazes did he get down there?!
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Some video says the queen termite lays 1k eggs a day but some video says 30k eggs a day some say 5k eggs a day so.. which is the correct one
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Imagine if ants and termites were the size of humans, our species would have died long ago.
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@sauvang93 looks that way and gest like the ailen these thing are smart as hell thay work hard especily the queen she did a good job if the house was big enagh for me i wound be there room mate
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9 zionists watched this
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The termite queen inspired ppl to create the infamous alien queen!!!
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David Attenborough: But what could be in these towers? They sound *thump thump* hollow. Well, there's an easy way to find out.
*CRRRAAAACKKKK*
BREAK THAT SHIT OPEN THAT'S HOW.
David Attenborough. Like a boss.
6 months ago 5
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that's one big mama
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@hudson No homo but, i love him
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Who is the presenter anyway?
KinetiK138 1 year ago
@KinetiK138 David Attenborough from the BBC
hudson 1 year ago 16
its great to see such comprahensive footage, my mm is a teacher and she uses this video for her class, nice post hudson!
TheHordeOfTheLiams 1 year ago
@TheHordeOfTheLiams Yay! that's great to hear. Thank David Attenborough and the BBC too, they made this amazing video in the first place. I love them. =)
hudson 1 year ago
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Of course he isn't crawling around inside a real termite nest. It's human built structure just for the fotage. The same goes for filming the queen. Do you really think they searched all the tunnels with a mini-camera to find her? It's a huge terrarium.
Ridderheim7 2 years ago
you post like you are some kind of authority on the subject when you have no idea what you're talking about. typical troll.
hudson 2 years ago 20