I Added Carnivorous Pitcher Plants into My Giant Rainforest Vivarium

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In my giant cloud rainforest vivarium of various animals and plants, an unintentionally introduced colony of invasive black crazy ants has completely taken over the tank, so my ecological solution was to add carnivorous pitcher plants (Nepenthes sp.) to the rainforest in hopes to curb the population growth of the black crazy ants. What ended up happening to the black crazy ants, after uncovering the feeding secrets of the pitcher plants, was nothing short of an adventure! Hope you enjoy this week's botanical episode, Part 11 of my Ecosystem Vivarium Series. Ant love forever! This video was shot in 4K Ultra HD resolution.
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@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

Guys/AC Family, you all helped me do this! Thank you! 😭🙏🐜❤️🌿 Things are about to get even more epic next week! Ant love forever!

@ironpurush 3 месяца назад

Forever buddy❤❤❤❤

@wifemumcreative 3 месяца назад

We will forever support you Ant Love Forever ❤❤❤❤

@jiyuhong5853 3 месяца назад

Great video! lets hope that these plants and the ants can coexist peacefully, like our once glorious fire nation had.

@theworstspeedrunner 3 месяца назад

Can't wait for the next episode, and don't worry take all the time you need on the episodes

@batamoppo4998 3 месяца назад

This is a reply.

@markc9438 3 месяца назад

"Dude, next season of House of Dragon is starting up..."..."That's okay, I'm good... I'm hooked on Antscanada GRV...Those Black crazy Ants have gotta be dealt with... gonna be epic"

@ovrurhed0yezir 3 месяца назад

Yezir exactly

@zeuslara1 3 месяца назад

100% agree! :D

@Dreamheartcat 3 месяца назад

100% with you. Who needs to watch a fantasy (and often poorly written or directed) version of natural selection play out when we can watch the real thing up close and personal?

@RicktheGoose 3 месяца назад

(The end of Game of Thrones sucked and House of Dragon is kinda boring) ANTSCANADA FOREVER!!!!!!!!

@wr24markii55 3 месяца назад

House of Dragon is boring. Trying too hard yet still failing to be on equal footing with its predecessor.

@sethstinson1341 3 месяца назад

I didn't realize how small the pitcher plant was until the full sized cricket came up and looked like a giant.

@Tigerglider 3 месяца назад

Insane, i bet it will grow well.

@jlukito2011 3 месяца назад

From what i know albo will eat more crazy ants and bical could provide a home for the carpenter ants

@caloocanboy5800 3 месяца назад

@@jlukito2011 truncata

@erinurbanus1858 3 месяца назад

They get much bigger, those plants are practically babies. Some pitcher plants are large enough to even catch rodents!

@KIBERB 3 месяца назад

@@erinurbanus1858new rat trap (100% natural)

@Dkzdream 3 месяца назад

Just an FYI as a mechanic there’s a company called vevor selling endoscopic cameras like the Bosch one you’re using for 68-78 usd with a smaller camera and higher quality footage imaging incase you’re looking for a better solution!

@dukeofthedance8062 3 месяца назад

Thank God somebody else thinks he should get a real endoscopic camera vs a $20 job off scamazon.

@dukeofthedance8062 3 месяца назад

My 18yr old brother uses one for cars that's better than the one Mikey bought. I use it on my reef tanks since it's waterproof to look inside caves or to see the backside of the reef, make sure there's no coral eating pests popping up where I can't see them. It's pretty neat but cost $4k. Step up Mikey, little bro Matthew is shaming your wealth and unwillingness to spend a dime lol. I can't imagine Mikeys honestly being more than $40. Not $4k. I believe the one Mikey has was from 1970 too. It's old and out of date.

@Dkzdream 3 месяца назад

@@dukeofthedance8062 the Bosch one he has isn’t a bad one but it’s very out dated the Vevor one I have displays images in 1080p high resolution and for the 68-78 price range is amazing since I build a lot of motors it’s useful, they have the same camera with a rotating head that allows it to bend backward for like 115$ also amazing price for the quality of the product!

@rya3190 3 месяца назад

It's probably not bad for a home aquarium, but now that he's established a use for it, it would be a business purchase at this point...

@andyrome316 3 месяца назад

Get them really cheap....do something called a ferret that you plug straight into your phone....can poke around and see all sorts

@kiyoraka102 3 месяца назад

Rocksteady and his cricket friend is the best thing I've seen in a while...

@AutismArchon 3 месяца назад

Please never stop this series. It’s better than 90% of things on discover channel these days.

@BBBplayers 3 месяца назад

I expect to check in on this series in a few years and discover the ants are developing nukes and drafting laws

@pat-paterson 3 месяца назад

for sure!!! 100%

@smoshcom100 3 месяца назад

It’s better then all them

@GrimmGreenn 3 месяца назад

Name one show on discovery that's better than this! The story, production quality and narration is better here than everything on discovery. Id honestly be surprised if this series doesn't get offers from a network.

@raflievens1051 3 месяца назад

Its the best series

@themeoftheweek7343 3 месяца назад

“Look at these cute little baby fishies !!” “Now choose what you would like to watch eat them”

@tinykali9523 3 месяца назад

A giant water bug would be a nice predator for the waters

@monkey5889 3 месяца назад

baracuda 🤫🧏‍♂️

@realangiechrist 3 месяца назад

I think a group of 6-8 African Dwarf Frogs would be perfect! They are super cute, and decent hunters without over-eating. I keep them in a 20 gal. with endlers and a Paradise Gourami, and lots of plants and rocks to hide in

@bradleyborrowman2115 3 месяца назад

Some form of dwarf snapping turtle would be cool.

@7sinz88 3 месяца назад

CAAATFISHHH 2 for 1 special Or maybe that fish that spits water :) haha Or some Kinda Water Diving Spider

@neongamer3364 3 месяца назад

My sister is a fish biologist type and she suggests looking into getting a sculpin to keep the guppie population down. They’ll eat anything they can fit into their mouth and guppies can get out of control without a predator. She says you’d probably only need one. Loving the content, it’s clear how passionate you are. Keep up the great work!

@maxfish4875 3 месяца назад

you have any ideas about fish that would eat guppies but NOT shrimp? I was thinking some cool looking tetras would be great, but in my experience at least, tetras tend to snap up any shrimp and crustaceans around before feeding on smaller fish. mine even ate my snails, but I'm not sure if they were preying on them or just scavenging them

@chesterdagoc5915 3 месяца назад

Keeping a sculpin in a freshwater tank :/

@angryboi801 3 месяца назад

@@chesterdagoc5915 u do know there are freshwater sculpin species right?

@chesterdagoc5915 3 месяца назад

@@angryboi801 no

@krietor 3 месяца назад

@@chesterdagoc5915Oh, ya. We called them bullheads when I was a kid. Calapooya & other Willamette valley streams

@rutbuck121 3 месяца назад

I'm 52 years old and every sunday i sit on my couch with a cup of coffee and geek out on AntsCanada's Channel! Love it!

@dukeofthedance8062 3 месяца назад

Am not much younger, but same here! In fact, what you just said is exactly what I'm doing right now except it's a 3 feature. I waited till today to see all 3 and started off with this one. I just hope he cuts down on that silhouette pantomiming. You and I aren't 10yrs old anymore lol. Imagine being a camera guy, Mikey: "Now hold on guys, I've got to change into my onsie outfit for the pantomime shots. It'll just be a few mins, don't get mad, hold on, hold on!! See? It just took 15mins because you guys know I have to get hair done for these shots too. Now I told you this was a part of it, and no matter what you or anyone says: I like it. It makes me look tougher and taller than I really am." *while adult audiences shake head "no" from side to side

@kittybossatron 3 месяца назад

@@dukeofthedance8062he gets new subscribers, those much younger than y’all, I’m only 17 and thr over exaggerating is a bit out of place but it’s for the short attention spans many have and I don’t really mind it, it also brings in some people to grow the channel

@redhairshanks9491 3 месяца назад

That full-grown cricket appearing at the pitcher plant really felt like a giant monster appearing in a movie, the scale of these insects is crazy

@vadepierce4542 3 месяца назад

IT REALLY DID!!!!

@Karthik-kt24 3 месяца назад

I know right! it scared me really I hope I dont get insect horror dreams tonight

@PowerHausMusic 3 месяца назад

i thought the same thing!

@Bunneh8002 3 месяца назад

FR!!!

@gosiaj.9154 3 месяца назад

Yeah

@knightofastora1324 3 месяца назад

This man really yoinked an entire ant colony with his bare hands

@ArtzyZero 3 месяца назад

Desperate times call for desperate measures! And this is the same guy who willingly put his hand into a fire ant colony. XD

@ZenAki 3 месяца назад

And he’s also the guy who is squeamish about earthworms. That fact surprised me more than anything else about his work with ants. But then again, everyone has things they don’t like. And for the man of AntsCanada: that thing is worms.

@AngryKittens 3 месяца назад

To be fair: both black and red crazy ants are completely harmless to humans. They don't bite, and the formic acid that they spray at other ants don't penetrate human skin. The worst thing they can do is crawl all over you and tickle you with their feet.

@Random_pickle_on_steroids 3 месяца назад

You remind me of that instagram guy who would yoink creatures in jungle

@AngryKittens 3 месяца назад

To be fair: black and red crazy ants are completely harmless to humans. They don't bite, and the formic acid spray that they use does not penetrate human skin.

@solomonbacon8893 3 месяца назад

Another cool tidbit: Pitcher plants do not get the water within them from the rain, it actually is produced by the plant and within the pitcher before the lid ever opens. The plant itself produces a perfect concentration of digestive enzymes. The hood blocks OUT the rain from diluting this mixture.

@yomommashaus 3 месяца назад

*the hood blocks out the hate from diluting this culture

@yourlocalgrackle 28 дней назад

Depends on the species, while this is completely true for many species, some species can dry out and rely on rain to help them fill up again where they then add their digestive enzymes into the collected rainwater

@recoverbygrowing2068 3 месяца назад

I started watching the series from my TV rather than my phone. Game changer

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

Yes, I shoot in UHD 4K, so watching on a TV really makes a difference for the details. Thanks for watching! Ant love forever!

@TheFallenTrooper 3 месяца назад

I can’t even watch it on my phone! It doesn’t even do the video it’s justice!

@user-mp9rd4hg8b 3 месяца назад

Agreed. My monitor is an 85" 4K TV. I will never go back to a regular monitor.

@xxxxblackorcidxxxx 3 месяца назад

Oooh i'm gonna need to try this❤

@dukeofthedance8062 3 месяца назад

To this day, I have never once watched anything more than 1min long on any phone, ever. If the screen is the size of the bottom of my coffee mug or smaller.. just why bother? So I say to you: Welcome back to the 20th century where little screens was an idea to be laughed at. Nobody then would have believed such a thing would happen or could even truly occur. Like... why? If you're watching John Carpenters movie The Thing, how scary can a half inch sized monster be? Or watching Texas Chainsaw massacre. You wouldn't even be able to make out their faces. What a way to watch movies. I personally don't understand it but hey, to each their own. If people want to watch a 2-3hr movie or show on something smaller than a pack of cigarettes, so be it. Kudos and have fun lol.

@tippytoppy8314 3 месяца назад

Why does all his thumbnails look like he's making sacrifices to the vivarium

@caesar5588 3 месяца назад

And being super jacked on top of that, dude looks like some Muay Thai fighter praying to buddha

@xOwnageSaucex 3 месяца назад

@@caesar5588had to compensate for the fact that he’s 4’9

@T0b3TV 3 месяца назад

They are so cringey lmao 💀🎉

@josephberg3836 3 месяца назад

@@T0b3TVhating is cheap

@your_name_here-oi6zv 3 месяца назад

His name is mikey bustos. Same guy that sang "i wear speedos" around the time despacito got popular @@caesar5588

@gno1401 3 месяца назад

Shoutout to the brave jumping spider to challenge the dark horde! Main character move right there.

@dm_katy2263 3 месяца назад

oh absolutely! It felt like watching a spy/heist movie like mission impossible

@rhunter42dragon 3 месяца назад

I was so proud of the little guy. I love jumping spiders!

@TheDuckyDino 3 месяца назад

@@dm_katy2263really cool it’s the “spy” in spider

@hayleyengberg8921 3 месяца назад

When the mama cricket came in at 20:15 it was like a kaju movie

@pickledfur 2 месяца назад

kaiju

@-OokySpooky- 3 месяца назад

Remember to keep your pitcher plants extremely visible to the naked eye if you add more, it might not look like it to you and me but the pigmentation of pitcher plants are generally incredibly ultravoilet and pop out like beacons to any insect. Also I'd love to see you add those dart frogs! Just dont try to replicate their environment too much lol, dartfrogs get their toxiticy from ants and arthropods that get their toxicity from plants. Think of them as a poisonous capacitor. To my knowledge no one has been able to recreate their ability to refine and produce batrachotoxin in captivity but if your still nervous know that not all dart frogs produce deathtouch. If youre reaaallly nervous stay away from golden dart frogs and lean towards something like lovely dart frogs, which are black bodied with a cool yellow racing stripe and leopard printing - really cool frogs.

@chance9512 3 месяца назад

Better plot and story than literally everything on TV or Netflix. Reality is stranger than fiction. Keep documenting, keep narrating, and keep doing. Good work my dude.

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

I will. Thank you for being part of Pantdora's journey. Glad you enjoy it! Ant love forever! ❤️🐜🙏🌿

@ko6571 3 месяца назад

Try adding a betta fish to control the guppy population, they're known to attack them.

@Matost1 3 месяца назад

reality is not more strange than fiction you just watch too much fiction and too little about reality/our planet, bruh...

@CommanderFox65th 3 месяца назад

@@Matost1dumb people watch AntsCanada too!? Never knew

@poppythedogofwonders 3 месяца назад

I know this comment is probably a joke but it still really irritated me. Don't generalise an entire medium like that. You people are why I got an extension to turn off comments, y'all toxic as hell.

@facerace6012 3 месяца назад

There is a species of frog that lives inside the pitcher plant and cleans up the bodies left inside the plants bowl. They are native to Asia and have a mutualistic relationship as the plant provides a shelter for the frog while the frog cleans up the pitcher!

@PrimeCastrence 3 месяца назад

Yeah

@TheOfficialSmudgy 3 месяца назад

AC should get some

@Taylor-ig6uu 3 месяца назад

Oh I didn’t know that, that would be cool to see, hopefully the next addition

@youtubeSuckssNow 3 месяца назад

Out of curiosity, does this extend the life of each pitcher since it doesn't fill up?

@Sarappreciates 3 месяца назад

The frog is immune? I thought these things could eat small rodents and reptiles.

@DarkLotusRen 3 месяца назад

My suggestion to control the guppy population would be a Sparkling Gourami. They're a nano fish and I keep them in the same perimeters as guppies without issue. They'll pick off the smaller fry but won't be big enough to eat the adults. The also do well in groups, even clicking at each other!

@somethingsinister...8035 3 месяца назад

I really hope the Trapjaw queen survived. I was looking forward to seeing a new colony arrive on the scene.

@Tank50us 3 месяца назад

The Jumping Spider: "Oh would you look at that, Dinner and a show"

@bmccahon 3 месяца назад

Running on the carnivorous plant theme, you could use an aquatic species of Utricularia (Bladderwort) to manage overpopulation of the guppies. They produce beautiful flowers and would only be able to target smaller baby fish, meaning the ones that survive the earliest stages would be able to continue living safely within the pond!

@danielkosta3134 3 месяца назад

I agree. Bladderworts would be perfect and look great as well.

@oddspadakins 3 месяца назад

or even butterwort which have beautiful flowers and eat small aphids or flies. They also don't need a lot of direct light

@lupuandrei1646 3 месяца назад

And a carnivorous orchid would be a great addition to blackwater bay

@gdsfgsdgsdfg 3 месяца назад

@@lupuandrei1646 The only orchid that is strongly suspected to be carnivorous is Aracamunia liesneri which is fairly difficult to acquire but itd be pretty to include in

@Roxrock 3 месяца назад

Keep in mind that the bladder traps are quite small and might not be big enough, and also consider that only a few aquatics are ideal for smaller bodies of water. Edit: Too much minerals in the water could also be a problem.

@reytrunk259 3 месяца назад

Hey, big fan of the channel here. A good solution to the guppy problem would be to add crayfish, they’ll eat just about anything and are (in my opinion) fascinating to watch.

@shriyapatel4300 3 месяца назад

Wow! I have to agree here, crayfish would be perfect for the guppy issue!

@KW-ps6hk 3 месяца назад

Knowing nothing about their impact on the things around them, if nothing else, crayfish would certainly be fun to watch.

@lynnettecoleman2730 3 месяца назад

Hi there AntsCanda I have been following your channel for quite a while and I was so excited when I saw you had added carnivorous plants to Pandora I am a expert on these plants and I just wanted to let you know for the picture plants might stop producing pictures because when I saw how much the pictures had eaten, I knew they would go into a hibernated stage. These plants only actually eat once a month, and if they overfeed, they could die I recommend another carnivorous plant called a Drosera Capensis also known as a sundew these plants actually meant to catch ants and I’ve had had one for quite a while in my small humidified tank, and it has done great and it has even started to spread. I really think you should use this plant just in case case the pictures don’t work out and also the sundew make these beautiful gorgeous purple flowers every month or so. Hope this information will help you.Ant love forever.❤❤❤

@YelloLibra83 3 месяца назад

Fun fact. The pitcher can detect and make the lid as slippery as it wants. If the prey isn’t big enough for a substantial meal…it will wait until something bigger comes along. This keeps it alive without burning through unnecessary energy. Add other carnivorous plants…sundews and vfts if you want a even more efficient way of trapping.

@ghazkull1919 3 месяца назад

The sundew would be beautiful and amazing to see eat flying things your 100% right on this plant

@TFGamer95 3 месяца назад

I was hoping for Sundews!

@turtlewarrior7569 3 месяца назад

I really want to see Venus fly traps in there just cuz why not. Those things are cool.

@NesconProductions 3 месяца назад

Agreed with commentors Sundews & Venus Fly Traps would have a field day in this vivarium! More spiders, salamanders & other crabs would all be welcome additions 😚!

@BudaKhan420 3 месяца назад

How the hell did they figure that out?

@devinoutfleet1998 3 месяца назад

Absolutely INSANE how big the adult cricket is compared to the babies when you see them in contrast to the pitcher plants. Really cool shots!

@darwinskeeper421 3 месяца назад

I used to follow cricket farming channels, and am used to this. They call newly born cricket nymphs "pinheads" for a reason.

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

Yes, it's insane how big they grow, and these babies are actually twice the size of newborn crickets!

@LiIBiIlyOfficial 3 месяца назад

Terrified me seeing that huge cricket come up

@Fragger_Phrst 3 месяца назад

@@AntsCanadahow do you notice everything that goes on in your Vivarium/enclosures with such little tiny creatures. Do you just have a magnifying glass and look around? Or do you have an eagle eye?

@Raeuber_Plotzenhotz 3 месяца назад

These pitcherplants will thrive anywhere in your vivarium as long as the rh stays above 65% most of the time. The only possible problem could be cultivar selection. The highland varieties prefer overall cooler temperatures, especially nights that are significantly colder than the day. In my experience coarse sphagnum peatmoss with Perlites or anything airy worked good. You can also use long fiber sphagnum moss with pinebark or perlite. Lately even clay pebbles from bonsai cupture have worked great especially for certain rock dwelling varieties. Research ist the most important thing. Keep doing what you are doing!

@Max_Pilgrim 3 месяца назад

15:33 "its related to the asparagus *WE* human eat!" This is AC trying to convince us he's not a metamorphised cockroach

@bskec2177 3 месяца назад

Ant alarm pheromones usually don't get released when the ant falls in water - it would draw more ants to the hazard. This would also explain why alarm pheromones aren't released when they fall into a pitcher plant.

@MYJewels68 3 месяца назад

Truth

@fightvale57 3 месяца назад

that makes total sense. Thanks foe the additional info❤

@NelehLove9313 3 месяца назад

Sacrifice without sacrifice to the horde... that's smart. Dammit.

@teambellavsteamalice 3 месяца назад

That indeed seems logical

@tathei2065 3 месяца назад

We need some merch that reads "Little did I know... "

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

🤣🐜🙏❤️🌿

@oldschoolclassics7298 3 месяца назад

Ang graphics of the animals on it 🙌😁

@juroen6134 3 месяца назад

And on the back: which left my jaw on the floor...

@sushionaram 3 месяца назад

meme text Little did I know... and ant with several question marks

@Hungary_0987 3 месяца назад

@MikMoen 3 месяца назад

When I was at a local nursery looking for a small indoor plant to fill a pot I had, I picked up one plant only to have finally seen my first Jumping Spider out on a leaf looking around, probably wondering what was going on. And? Everyone I've heard talk about them are right, for a Spider, it was the cutest thing I'd seen. They look so inquisitive, turning around looking every which way. I put the plant back down to leave it be.

@erikpetto3672 3 месяца назад

I just found this channel a few days ago, and now I've been awake for three days straight because I can't stop watching.

@joeygamer5387 3 месяца назад

You should name the cricket, Bebop. He always hangs out with Rocksteady!

@Pr1me_Yodaz 3 месяца назад

@fightvale57 3 месяца назад

cute I love it❤

@SHMOUSEY86 3 месяца назад

God I love pitcher plants. We used to use them for carpenter ants. Not as cool as a Venus fly catcher, but way more effective of a killer!

@Darkstar..... 3 месяца назад

What are you talking about? The ants used them as grave sites for their dead. Did you watch that one?

@dessertstorm7476 3 месяца назад

i kept some in the UK before, put them outside during summertime. They filled up and literally overflowed with hoverflies. Eventually they each produced a really big flower and died.

@Boom-ff2vd 2 месяца назад

I love how he sounds like a villain whenever he talks about lady death strike and her children

@CanadianWolf-hearted 3 месяца назад

That cricket looked huge! That’s so weird to me how well your camera shows the ants! I thought for a second that the ants were the size of an adult cricket until the mother cricket showed up!

@prompit 3 месяца назад

People really don't understand how hard it really is to keep fish, and the fact you have babies this soon out is an actual telling sign of how balanced and happy those waters really are

@Feril1 3 месяца назад

But they are guppies, I've had them breeding in any enviroment.

@Dixie_N0rmis 3 месяца назад

Guppies reproduce like rabbits lol

@Reclusiarch_jakal 3 месяца назад

Guppies usually would breed just the store tanks and give birth during transit too . Mollys would’ve worked too but the guppies have better coloring

@AngryKittens 3 месяца назад

Guppies will breed even if you put them in a dirty mud puddle. They can survive anything. LOL

@AngryKittens 3 месяца назад

A better indicator would be the nerite snails and the shrimp. They are very sensitive to water conditions. If the water was bad, the nerites would be crawling away from it (they're semi-amphibious), and the shrimp would be molting like crazy.

@DefiantMercenary414 3 месяца назад

Lady Deathstrike as the post credits looming threat always gets me.

@djfrannie 3 месяца назад

Yessir cant wait! Shes the star of the show for me

@PriestofGluttony... 3 месяца назад

Chills

@Setsunako6587 3 месяца назад

The edging is killing me.. I'M SO HYYYYPED 😭🙌🏾💕

@ourwildernessandwildlife 3 месяца назад

We definitely need a Soundtrack for this series! The songs you use are so dramatic and fit the feeling of Pandora! Well done AC! This feels like a real dramatic documentary.

@enacevoadventures9471 5 дней назад

Him: I won't be touching the ecosystem to see how it will turn out! Also him: *removes an entire ant hord*

@Paratrooper891 3 месяца назад

Carnivorous plant just after a meal: Ok, time to relax and digest this great meal. Dude with an endoscopic camera: OPEN WIDE!

@erickblackkwell4587 3 месяца назад

Lol thats funny

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

😂😂😂

@Paratrooper891 3 месяца назад

@@erickblackkwell4587 cheers.

@Paratrooper891 3 месяца назад

@@AntsCanada I was editing photos when this video randomly popped up in my feed. I've since watched 4 in succession and have zero regrets. Keep getting after it, bro.

@danielfernandez7752 3 месяца назад

This is probably the best animal/wild life content channel on youtube, the way the videos are filmed and the order of the story telling, the things happening in pandora, its all 10/10

@angelataylor4975 3 месяца назад

And he does everything himself..

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

🙏❤️🐜

@Kenny-yl9pc 3 месяца назад

The Guppies adapt their breeding behaviour according to their threat perception; when they do not encounter any threat in their environment they will get fewer offspring, but invest more resources into those few which results in bigger offspring, on the other hand when they do encounter threats in their environment, they will adapt by laying more eggs and getting more offspring, which in turn are smaller due to less resources invested per offspring by their parents. Therefore, I don't know how much it will affect their overall numbers when you introduce a predatory species into their environment.@@AntsCanada

@bigboi9877 3 месяца назад

Why does he say he will upload every Saturday but instead does it on Monday or sunday? Thats being dishonest

@ConsumingFire12 3 месяца назад

Bro just leave it be you like the videos don’t you? @@bigboi9877

@multiarte3919 2 месяца назад

I’m not a plant expert but I do know that the pollen honey thing the pitcher plants have makes the ants go inside it’s like making them go in

@mrho7433 3 месяца назад

Great video as always! If you're concerned with things flying or crawling out, I would recommend a small air curtain that is automated every time you open Gia.

@marvincenth.5781 3 месяца назад

For the water predator, you could add a blue whale. They have very small throats despite the fact that their mouths are really big, so they only eat smaller organisms. I think it would be perfect for your vivarium :)

@martinhuhn7813 3 месяца назад

No! A great white shark! Because they are great.

@jacksin54 3 месяца назад

What about giant squids

@potato1841 3 месяца назад

I think a Trex would be a excellent addition

@Dougles_prospecting 3 месяца назад

Possible a sperm whale? Might be to big of a tank for one

@Freehardy 3 месяца назад

small aquatic monkeys?

@jwlms 3 месяца назад

Jumping spiders are seriously the coolest spiders imo. Extremely fascinating to watch.

@Soundofwindonsand 3 месяца назад

As a very young boy 2-3 years old, it was the little jumping spiders that kept invading our Fl. Home that taught me to be unafraid of spiders Especially after I realized they were looking at me..

@Hungary_0987 3 месяца назад

@@Soundofwindonsand some you should

@PuppetMasterdaath144 3 месяца назад

wrong, jumping spiders are rarely cold, in fact their body heat is over 9000 Fahrenheit

@Hungary_0987 3 месяца назад

@@PuppetMasterdaath144who u replying to

@CLove511 3 месяца назад

I went to a rodeo, but on the railing in front of me a jumping spider was chasing down ants, and I don't think I saw a single event.

@jackofallgames3097 Месяц назад

So odd. The hood of that species of pitcher is usually quite slick and almost always a death sentence

@skertofsunrisehills 3 месяца назад

There's not too many channels that I actually keep up with, but this one is a MUST! I love how each episode unveils a new discovery and how new species are introduced systematically to try to balance the power within the vivarium. For the water section, if the guppy population grows out of hand, would adding crayfish/crawfish help reduce the population, or are they not aggressive enough hunters for the job?

@Heartshackles 3 месяца назад

About the pitcher plants, most nepenthes are tropical. You didn't particularly say where or how you got them, but if the pitchers were emptied in transport, you generally want to fill them up again with some rainwater 1/3 of the way. It might explain why the plants weren't as "slippery" as hoped, if they were emptied somewhat and need to input the water again. Pitchers will enjoy the humidity for sure since they do not want to be dried out, they are very popular tropical terrarium plants in plant terrariums. They are fast growers to my personal experience as well, and since they have a lot of prey in your vivarium I'd expect them to thrive and make a lot more pitchers! One thing with pitchers though, it's important to get them from safe sources because it's becoming a problem for the plants in nature that they are more and more commonly poached... but I'm sure that's something many would already know here because of the caring nature towards nature the community has! If I'm repeating a lot of things others have already said, I apologize! I would love to see a red bloody mary pitcher, it'd be so bright and almost menacing in the vivarium!~ Also I love the jumping spider I'm so invested although it's not seen so often.

@catherineta 3 месяца назад

AntsCanada is located in the Philippines, tropical country.

@frenchfish1925 3 месяца назад

I'm thinking a sundew could be fun...

@oOJopapaOo 3 месяца назад

lol what isn't it located in Canada?@@catherineta

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 месяца назад

@@oOJopapaOo He's from Canada, but now in Philippines

@dynamitejimi 3 месяца назад

It’s hilarious how the black crazy ants are the villains of this series 😂

@bowiedoctor9156 3 месяца назад

I thought they were the stars.

@Brooke_Corbyn 3 месяца назад

@@bowiedoctor9156 they're both, but perhaps no longer

@NeilsonBuntowa 3 месяца назад

until the invasive fire ants emerge and take that role.

@theonlychickensama8353 3 месяца назад

@@NeilsonBuntowaUntil the fire nation attacked

@Timboyxxx 3 месяца назад

I seriously love how you call the black crazy ants the dark hoard. Just hilarious

@jamie2686 День назад

Imagine falling to your death into a pit of acid and hearing a cartoon falling noise, that's rough

@claudealpha2090 3 месяца назад

Pitchers are the best, because the ants don't see them as a threat, but as a treat. So they signal for more ants to come and follow the pheromone trail to feed, which means most of those ants that follow end up having a similar fate.

@MarkThomas-yy4dk 3 месяца назад

Wait until he pulls an adult anteater out of the jungle with his bare hands, then introduces it to the Vivarium. Those crazy ants will regret their decisions.

@justinmorrison2075 3 месяца назад

@@MarkThomas-yy4dk😂😂😂😂😂

@daviddegrote5174 3 месяца назад

@@MarkThomas-yy4dk😂

@PriestofGluttony... 3 месяца назад

@@MarkThomas-yy4dkit'll be a complete chaos

@KA-om9oz 3 месяца назад

So you watched the video liked the rest of us. Your get a trophy

@Berd 3 месяца назад

i love binging these videos but holy moly theyve gotten completely insane youre the coolest ever canada ant person

@Neotenico 3 месяца назад

rip Philbert. dumb stinker fell in the pitcher plant looking for candy

@BlueFancyBoi 3 месяца назад

Berb

@Deccagon 3 месяца назад

No way waddup berd

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

🙏❤️🌿🐜

@eurked 3 месяца назад

Sup berd.

@kalindrossel5322 3 месяца назад

24:45 maybe you add more of these plants. The dark hoard nested close to them from the beginning. So this could be a rather simple way to reduce their population manually like you did if you get the chance again.

@RliperVideos 3 месяца назад

For getting into those tight spaces with a high quality camera, like the pitchers, you should really consider an earwax removal tool like the bebird r1. Great tiny camera that you can remove the tool head from so you get a clear shot.

@ape652_ 3 месяца назад

This is the type of show i expect when watching nature channels

@kingofxenos1974 3 месяца назад

The personal vibe makes it so much easier and fun to watch than any nat geo film.

@stubbztheman3052 3 месяца назад

Every episode just makes me want to cry tears of joy. This truly makes me have a better understanding of how beautiful life can really be.

@markrutte7705 3 месяца назад

Have you thought about adding Peacock spiders? They are beautiful and might be fun in pandora.

@Solenopsis_gaming 3 месяца назад

25:05 I immediately new he was gonna snatch up the plant before he even mentioned his plan 🤣🤣🤣

@Hungary_0987 3 месяца назад

*knew

@sal9871 3 месяца назад

@@Hungary_0987heres a gold star ⭐️

@meeponinthbit3466 3 месяца назад

This is the first thought all the gen-x's likely had. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pb8C7dxTGRM.html Oh look... They're really mad now. 😂

@lblust1031 3 месяца назад

Well, he really went in for that

@a_windowframe 3 месяца назад

my guy did it like he was the florida everglades man

@crisrobinson3092 3 месяца назад

Loving this series!!! Has to be the best project in your channel's history! I can't get enough of this vivarium. Lately I have watched every video twice before the week is over. Keep these coming! Can't wait to see how the Carpenter ants acclimate and impact everything.

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

Thank you for being part of Pantdora's journey. Glad you enjoy the seriea! Ant love forever! ❤️🐜🙏🌿

@midasproductions.592 3 месяца назад

I advise using demineralised water for the sprayer thays pointed on the glass and mineral rich water in the middle. This keeps the windows clean!

@JDeppFan2272 3 месяца назад

I never thought I would be rooting for spider, but here we are. Good job jumping spider!

@andrewlietz2798 3 месяца назад

Homie is going to make a 40min video on how he sneezed in there & it sets off a reaction of creating some super ants. And we are all going to be fully attached to it. Kidding of course, but I'm impressed how this channel has grown!

@jbbattles3885 3 месяца назад

I'm not sure that you are wrong! I could full on see him making that video

@The_one_and_only-eq2wl 3 месяца назад

You should add sundew plants or fly trap plants to the ecosystem to help eat more bugs. You should also make update videos of every species in the vivarium every month or 2 months.

@user-ss6cy1do4t 3 месяца назад

23:38 There’s a queen in there right in the middle. You can see striped abdomen.

@gambitaku6179 3 месяца назад

Mannn this was an amazing episode. The tension was real. The removal of the dark horde and watching them get eaten by the pitcher plants felt like a season 1 finale where the main ANTagonists were finally defeated.

@arturo_cruz 3 месяца назад

THIS IS PLANTDORA! *kicks ant into picher*

@Willi9500 3 месяца назад

Dude maybe you could do a second video series Pandora chill or something like that. By just taking long shots of the creatures with less voiceover and a relaxed melody in the background. Just looking at the creatures and their behavior is really relaxing. I fell in love with Pandora

@Brooke_Corbyn 3 месяца назад

I think there are also plans for a livestream!

@peanutdecided6256 3 месяца назад

14:15 for guppy control, use bettas, they love to eat baby guppies 😁 i have a betta sorority with my guppies, and before i added the bettas i had waaaay too many guppies on my hands, now they stay at a manageable number if you don’t want to use bettas, angel fish would also be an excellent choice

@AJ-so6gd 3 месяца назад

Female bettas would be by far the best in this case

@airaa6904 3 месяца назад

one thing i noticed about the baby grasshoppers were that they were slant-faced grasshoppers babies

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

Yes, true!!!

@meeponinthbit3466 3 месяца назад

The falling sound is just perfect.

@nycstreetpoet 3 месяца назад

Carpenter Ants I believe are one of a handful of ant species that can enter a pitcher plant and drink its nectar without being digested. In fact, carpenter ants and pitcher plants in the wild have a symbiotic relationship, so if your black crazy ants are still around they’ll have to contend with carpenter ants living near the pitcher plants.

@alaynahoskins3299 3 месяца назад

Yup you're right! I just learned this the other day! Camponotus schmitzi, the diving ant, is a type of carpenter ant that sets up its nest inside the pitcher plants. When it's time to eat they quickly run down the inner wall of the pitcher plant and dive into the nectar to eat the anthropods that have fallen to the bottom. It's pretty neat! 🐜

@ziariakagler7292 3 месяца назад

Wow thanks for the info didn’t. Know that

@ziariakagler7292 3 месяца назад

@@alaynahoskins3299 thanks for the info didn’t know that

@yomommashaus 3 месяца назад

Crazy ants: YOU WILL DEFEND STALINGRAD IF IT COSTS US A HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN< NO A MILLION MEN!!!!

@makootithebionicman3612 3 месяца назад

and THIS is why I love plants. such versatile organisms.

@pikabolt5196 3 месяца назад

Interesting that the pitchers were so effective when last time you added some to a tank the ants simply fed them with their dead. I was expecting something similar to happen here but I’m glad to have been proven wrong! Hopefully it’ll just be the remaining crazies and any of their queens these things catch and not the other ants

@robertlane6431 3 месяца назад

I have said it before and I will say it once more. This is hands down the best channel on YT by far, and it is better than ANYTHING that Hollywood puts out. This is the only channel on YT that I turn notifications on for and the only channel that I actually rewatch videos on. You could make a fortune teaching master classes in YT video production.

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

Thank you for being part of Pantdora's journey. Glad you enjoy it and your kind feedback is appreciated! Ant love forever! ❤️🐜🙏🌿

@Angelsilhouette 3 месяца назад

Pitcher plants have microscopic hairlike structures on the interior surface of the pitchers. These structures are incredibly slick and all point inward, making any insect that can fit into the mouth slip and fall in. Some of the "intoxication" you're seeing is inebriation from the nectar, but some is simply like watching a human walk on ice. The only insect I know of that can successfully grab onto these hairlike structures is the mosquito, which can actually lay its eggs within the pitcher of some species.

@jikemusic8081 3 месяца назад

Some species of carpenter ants and tiny species of frogs also can develop relationships with pitcher plants and successfully dwell inside of them, with the carpenter ants being able to swim through the digestive juices.

@Kodrakable 2 месяца назад

The Cricket and the Beetle reminds me of Timon and Pumbaa

@lasercraft32 2 месяца назад

This series does an amazing job at getting me invested in these random (usually) nameless creatures. I was hyping like crazy over that Jumping Spider eating the ant. Its like something out of a spy movie.🤣

@AntsCanada 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching!

@Justin85perrine 3 месяца назад

I used to only watch Ants Canada every now and then, but when Pandora was introduced I can't stop watching and can't wait for the next upload. I even subscribed a month ago after seeing videos for the past couple yrs and finally joined/subscribed when Pandora came to being. Love the Knowledge your teaching and also learning yourself. Keep up the great work.

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching!👍

@s-vo2vc 3 месяца назад

you should check your facts, the vivarium is named PANTDORA, there is a T in the word, i thought he said pandora as well then noticed how it was spelled and realized

@comfortablynumb9342 3 месяца назад

Those are going to be some happy pitcher plants. They'll probably start growing like crazy with all the food. You might want to take a net and bucket to a local pond or river and catch more insect larvae and aquatic predators. They should help the ecosystem and be interesting to film. This series is awesome.

@user-ww4ks8hk4i 3 месяца назад

I suggest 1 or 2 pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus) for predator in your pond area - or 1 or 2 Rope fish ( Erpetoichthys calabaricus). Both should do the job once your guppies have populated the pond area well. I also suggest adding platyfish to add colour and movement and provide extra nutrients and food for your predators.

@stargazermoon7225 3 месяца назад

Hi just wanted to warn you about grasshoppers. If their population stays small nithing will happen but if their population gets out of control they can single handedly destroy all the plant live. LOVE you channel and you videos ❤ keep going can't wait for the next video!

@cindersofcreation 3 месяца назад

20:13 When you are microscopic in spore tryna feed off a nice veggie source and an absolute monster cell comes by

@craigapache8639 3 месяца назад

I’ve looked like every hour wondering what time zone a “Saturday video release” gets dropped on RU-vid, glad I was awake when it dropped. It’s my favourite so far. Craig Montréal Quebec 🇨🇦

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

Sorry for being late... AGAIN! So much happened this week! Ant love forever! ❤️🐜🌿

@craigapache8639 3 месяца назад

@@AntsCanadaLike I said, this is my favourite of your series. But I do have a question… how long do you expect to have this series or “Tank”? [Edit: vivarium series] I hope it’s an ongoing series. Even if you need more time to drop the next video, don’t stress it… I’m just glad I didn’t miss something or miss an announcement you went on a trip/vacation. You ever coming to Montreal for a meet & greet? Ant ❤ forever!!!

@erickblackkwell4587 3 месяца назад

Yes agree th8s is like your best series ever ive waited like ever week for the update on pantdora

@infowazz 3 месяца назад

This is such a genius idea. The channel pays for the vivarium. Genius.

@joshagre3319 3 месяца назад

You're filming, editing,commentary and storytelling and knowledge of you're craft is top shelf. I cant wait until you expand even more. I could picture you creating a desert habitat. And every room of your house becomes a full ecosystem. Lol I know a addiction when I see it. Don't ever lose this one.

@victorvictor3026 3 месяца назад

This is the best RU-vid series I’ve ever watched. I have zero knowledge on all this stuff but it’s giving me a whole new appreciation for nature. I’m going to build one of these one day!

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

🙏🐜🌿❤️

@ligangwang8158 Месяц назад

Yeah😊

@Wobbegxng 3 месяца назад

I think that Congo tetras would be a cool addition as a predator to deal with overpopulation of the guppies. I think you’d have to be careful not to add something like a cichlid which would destroy the whole population.

@fathercrim 3 месяца назад

Congo tetras will also breed out of control needing another predator. Maybe a turtle will work

@jaydensaw2947 3 месяца назад

Pair of rams of apistos 👌👌

@atdarcilla 3 месяца назад

dwarf frogs :o

@jobjacobs1260 3 месяца назад

Angelfish would be great too, so would gourami

@imp8453 3 месяца назад

as someone whos turtle absolutely annihilates 50+ goldfish in like 10 mins i dunno @@fathercrim

@boywithoutaname9335 3 дня назад

Pitcher plants are actually really really fascinating kinda like Venus fly traps

@LaikaTheG 6 дней назад

Omg, that use of Finding the Balance by Kevin Macleod gave me a whiplash of nostalgia

@adithiyaab.b4145 3 месяца назад

This is so freaking good that you can just make a TV show out of it

@MrVovansim 3 месяца назад

David Attenborough has entered the chat. (Not a diss on AC's voiceovers, of course)

@AntsCanada 3 месяца назад

🙏❤️🌿🐜

@marsshhman 3 месяца назад

HE EVEN DOES THE AFTER CREDIT SCENES like this is just a tv show at this point between the voice over the weekly episodes and the cliffhangers AND I LOVE IT

@bennymami 3 месяца назад

TRUE

@MetsterAnn 3 месяца назад

Like Meercat Manor. How do you sell it to a network?

@mistybehaviours 3 месяца назад

You are a genius on how you have evolved your channel into a type of tv series, I have been watching since the the early days and it’s been a pleasure to see the channel grow into what it is now. I love it and have learned so much, I always look forward to the next episode.

@Autshroomie 3 месяца назад

For everyone in California he posts at 5:00 AM

@TheMadHexa Месяц назад

I owened some of these plants myself, never experienced a flesheating plant that was more effectiv than these.

@retrojames4226 3 месяца назад

I love this channel because there's no intrusive sponsorships from shady sponsors. Just a guy who thoroughly enjoys what he does and wants to share it with the world. When I'm having a bad day, I watch your videos and it fills me with positivity.

@poppythedogofwonders 3 месяца назад

Yo, if you're sick of sponsors there's a browser add on that skips them, it's called "SponserBlock" I have it on mine and it works, just wanted to inform you since you seem irritated by sponsors. Oh and if you're seeing ads, UBlock Origin is an adblock that works on youtube.

@michaelyoung3388 3 месяца назад

That Jumping Spider playing assassins creed IRL

@papi-tjulo 3 месяца назад

Those carnivorous pitcher plants, dont like water/mist touching them, they rot. They do like to have ‘wet feet’ as like a swamp. Also you will need special ground soil if u want to keep them over a month