Ants vs Crab | Natural World: Ant Attack | BBC Earth

the raiding party has flushed out what seems an unassailable quarry freshwater crabs are common in the forest but a surprising target for ants at first the Raiders do what's natural their swarm all over their intended victim but there's no way they're tiny jaws are going to pierce the crabs thick outer skeleton instinctively they probed for its weak points one group examines the legs and claws for a weigh-in this has its dangers they search for the vulnerable joints and hack their way into the leg using knife-like mandibles they slice away the soft tissue and as the joint is ripped and the tear widened the smaller workers are able to climb right into the crabs legs to reach the muscles inside another group checks out the mouth they seem to work together the larger soldiers prise open the mouth parts so smaller workers can squeeze through and attack the softer tissues behind the ants are dwarfed by the crowd yet with so many attacking at one time even a fully armored crab doesn't stand a chance ants eat from inside out [Music]

Channel: BBC Earth

Views: 928,091

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Id: MfG0ZZg5Sk4

Length: 2min 18sec (138 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 02 2019