March 12th 2010 09:14 am
Termites – Life’s Ultimate Architects
DVD this is pulled from only available from the UK: bit.ly This bit about termites is so amazing, that it completely altered my understanding of the social order and man’s supposed dominance of it. This termite colony’s complex and unlikely construction is truly a testament to the incredible power of natural selection. The structure has air conditioning, a sewage system, food storage, fungus cultivation, and would be over a mile high if built to human scale. Truly astounding. Watch for the creepy shots of the termite queen near the end to see James Cameron’s obvious inspiration for the queen at the end of Aliens.
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Tags: amazing, architecture, behavior, colony, documentaries, documentary, emergence, hive, insects, nature, science, termite, termites
25 Comments »
MSLuver09 on 19 Sep 2009 at 9:17 pm #
how does the camara get inside there?
Blooberry95 on 20 Sep 2009 at 6:49 pm #
the queen is FAT!
MrGibert0 on 20 Sep 2009 at 10:30 pm #
Truely amazing!
saneeakbarchaudhry on 29 Sep 2009 at 5:48 am #
send a drone to bomb their ass.
boundtogetdown on 01 Oct 2009 at 5:27 pm #
im sure humans could make one if we really wanted to
AripX8 on 02 Oct 2009 at 8:59 pm #
they queen is obesity,fill gas into the hole and burn it.only save The Architecs.
S1587915G on 18 Oct 2009 at 4:15 am #
Now I know David Attenborough is a voyeur. He sneaks inside a termite’s castle to take a peek at what they’re doing.
blueblade301 on 13 Nov 2009 at 10:59 am #
Lol if he got stuck in there.
beeftoons on 15 Nov 2009 at 7:29 am #
it’s a trap!
BrunolRamos on 21 Nov 2009 at 6:30 am #
What is the name of this documentary?
Ridderheim7 on 06 Dec 2009 at 7:44 pm #
Of course he isn’t crawling around inside a real termite nest. It’s human built structure just for the fotage. The same goes for filming the queen. Do you really think they searched all the tunnels with a mini-camera to find her? It’s a huge terrarium.
hudson on 08 Dec 2009 at 2:21 am #
you post like you are some kind of authority on the subject when you have no idea what you’re talking about. typical troll.
BehrGoneWild on 20 Dec 2009 at 10:20 am #
You are right. I used to work for National Geographic and though this was not NG – they did crawl into some termite houses – often had to wreck a portion to get into them – oh from what I hear – a small man can get into them and Richard shown here in the video isn’t a big man – shows what the troll knows lol
12ock on 24 Dec 2009 at 5:59 am #
i dont know…. about much of evolution….. but among the insect kingdom antz, bees wasp and termites…. are what i could say theyre amazing to perfectize it eons and eons of practice buildship of colonizess… how about us?
Zemery1 on 31 Dec 2009 at 11:03 pm #
we are just cheap bastards xD
Makakios on 02 Jan 2010 at 4:41 pm #
Yeah ants are bloodthirsty and hunger for battle!
DiscoSamurai7 on 02 Jan 2010 at 5:44 pm #
@Makakios
Vikings of the insect world, kinda.
Cheesepickles22 on 25 Jan 2010 at 7:22 am #
SHIIIIIIT
JerhasMiNiBUNZ on 26 Jan 2010 at 6:05 pm #
WTF? This fool is in the ground!? lol
marcolotr on 09 Feb 2010 at 6:17 pm #
hahaha LOL, he just pops out of a hole, and starts talking! lol
tall32guy on 11 Feb 2010 at 1:19 am #
Very interesting! Bugs and so many things in nature are set just perfectly, each having their own purpose. Very cool indeed!
tall32guy on 11 Feb 2010 at 1:21 am #
yeah. Poor queen, she is trapped and only there just to make more workers and keep everything going. What a life! LOL
31rS3RP3N7 on 25 Feb 2010 at 6:00 am #
amazing creatures.
predatora on 27 Feb 2010 at 3:16 pm #
Absolutely amazing insects! I can’t calculate completely how they are building that buildings.
Iwiehavo on 01 Mar 2010 at 1:40 am #
Damn I need a termite to make a heatsink for my pc.