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Ant colony raids a rival nest - Natural World - Empire of the Desert Ants - BBC Two

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More on this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013cj7q This is producer Ian Gray's favourite clip from the film. Honey ant scouts come across a smaller ant nest and send in a raiding party. Nothing is left behind but the repletes are the most valuable plunder - some are drained in situ, others are dragged back overground to the victor's nest.

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  • This was recorded... by an ant..

  • Wait, ants can make honey? Never knew that before! :D

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  • the voice scares me...

  • ant warfare!

  • wow... ants can be brutal!

  • damn nature, you scary!

  • @hidrokiliak i didn't know ants had British accents, interesting.

  • i always wonder how they can get so good hq cameras into ant nest like that?

  • @DeadWhiteButterflies They actually don't make it, they drain the honey from plants and store it then.

  • Ima make myself a ant farm and spend the rest of my life giving ants education so they can build vehicles, cities, and the cool crap and fight other colonies!

  • The next game in the Total War series: Ant Total War!

  • Well... I like the Honey Ants... but... I also like the Honey Badger.

    ...but which is better?

    There's only 1 way to find out...

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