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7 Unbelievably Hardcore Ants

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The ant world is an incredible, dangerous, and downright bizarre place. Some ants, though, are a lot cooler and more resourceful than you might give them credit for. Special thanks to Dr. Adrian Smith of https://www.youtube.com/antlab for giving us special permission to highlight his video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heuYzC12etg) in #1. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/magazine/crazy-ants.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/ants/ https://www.terminix.com/blog/education/types-of-ants-eight-common-invaders/ https://www.thoughtco.com/brief-introduction-kinds-of-ants-1968111 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/ncmo-nru111418.php http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/ants/acrobat_ant.htm https://entomology.ces.ncsu.edu/asian-needle-ant/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150513-ants-animals-science-insects-trap-jaw/ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07458-y https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/what-skull-collecting-ants-bizarre-headhunting-behavior https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-rise-of-the-crazy-ants/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/news-blog/honeybees-face-new-threat-in-texas-2009-08-07/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-rise-of-the-crazy-ants/ https://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/thief-ant https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/animals-ants-borneo-exploding-defense/ https://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v281/n5/pdf/scientificamerican1199-84.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347283712169 https://web.expasy.org/spotlight/pdf/sptlt014.pdf https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/12/06/these-insects-stings-are-measured-as-the-most-painful-on-earth/#5864f9ed5600 https://www.asm.org/index.php/general-science-blog/item/6839-the-leaf-cutter-ant-s-50-million-years-of-farming http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/11/21/leafcutter-ants-rely-on-bacteria-to-fertilise-their-fungus-gardens/#.XAB-4iBReUk https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/honeypot-ants https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/04/20/meet-the-exploding-ant-which-sacrifices-itself-for-its-colony/?utm_term=.0f35d5806607 https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=22661 Images/Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heuYzC12etg https://www.videoblocks.com/video/ants-marching-through-a-path-in-an-urban-sidewalk-4dks0ymilikvsnt8f https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Odontomachus_monticola.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lw3-kCBx50 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tawny_crazy_ant_(Nylanderia_fulva)_female_worker.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKg2T9lh7kI https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/167894.php https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/167894.php https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camponotus_saundersi_casent0179025_profile_1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polyergus_lucidus_returning_from_raid_on_Formica_incerta.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paraponera_clavata_MHNT.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paraponera_scaled.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atta_cephalotes-pjt.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRx9Oec_8NM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HoneyAnt.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Honey_Ants_(7344580116).jpg

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