Every Ant-Manipulating Organism Explained

Get Exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra here → https://nordvpn.com/daninblue It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! 🐜 You asked for ants so I ant-swered! Today we’re covering myrmecophiles, a diverse group of organisms that have evolved to interact with ants as a part of their natural life cycle. Many of them work together with ants, but many of them take advantage of them. I also cover some cool ant-on-ant interactions that I thought were interesting enough to mention. Enjoy! [CLOSED CAPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON THIS VIDEO] Discord:   / discord   Tip Jar: https://buymeacoffee.com/daninblue Channel Memberships:    / @daninblue   Patreon:   / daninblue   TIKTOK:   / daninblue_   IG:   / daninblue_   Sponsorship inquiries: [email protected] Other business/personal inquiries: [email protected] 0:00 Introduction 0:20 Ant Agriculture 3:36 Ant Mimicry (Myrmecomorphy) 6:14 Social Parasites 7:49 sponsor 9:24 Inquilinism 10:47 Slave-Making Ants 12:30 Physical Parasites 14:51 Ant Predators (Myrmecophages) 17:01 Xenoparity 18:12 Ant Plants (Myrmecophytes) 19:53 Commensalists 20:33 Ant Warfare 22:58 Supercolonies 24:39 Human–Ant Interactions If you’re seeing this, consider leaving a comment. It helps me a lot :) FURTHER READING: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... https://www.cell.com/current-biology/... https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do... Battles among Ants Resemble Human Warfare | Scientific American WHO AM I? Hey, I’m Dan. I double majored in biology and psychology and am now pursuing a PhD in evolutionary biology (I study bugs). I make deep-dive videos about broad topics in evolution, ecology, and psychology and try to give as well-educated and integrative explanations as I can. I plan to stick around on YouTube for a while, so I hope to see you around for years to come! MUSIC I USED IN THIS VIDEO: "Bleeping Demo" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Vibing Over Venus" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) “Trilogy” Telecasted (YouTube Audio Library) "Blue Mood" Robert Muzinger (Youtube Audio Library) "The North" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Galactic Rap" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "On the Ground" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Past Sadness" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Scheming Weasel faster" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Dark Fog" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Legend of One" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Magistar" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Symmetry" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Dirt Rhodes" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) “Babylon - Disco Ultralounge” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Pleasant Porridge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "On the Rocks" TrackTribe (YouTube Audio Library) "Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) “Weekend in Tatooine” Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library) “Down the Rabbit Hole” The Grey Room / Density & Time (YouTube Audio Library) “Helium” TrackTribe (YouTube Audio Library)