Yellow Crazy Ants Kill Red Crab | Planet Earth II | BBC Earth

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Published 2021-05-22
For millions of years, Christmas Island has been a tiny crab utopia. However, in recent years an invader has begun attacking and killing the local inhabitants.
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All Comments (21)
  • @psramrod3
    You know they're trouble when Crazy is in their name.
  • I thought I was going to see an epic battle between a thousand ants and a giant crab on a rampage. Instead I literally watched some poor unsuspecting crab on a pilgrimage get subjected to chemical warfare and then blindly wander around as it slowly dies... Jeez.
  • @astick5249
    I feel really bad for the crabs desperately scraping their face. They cant even brush the ants off effectively since all they have are claws
  • @jamesburk8145
    1:38 the crab that pops up and is like "Camera! I'm on TV!" is my favorite crab.
  • @TheG119YT
    It sucks we never hear stories about how an invasive species came to a island and got their asses kicked.
  • @josephine.s2001
    “The crabs lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Yellow Crazy Ants attacked.”
  • @gordalot
    Love how even the crabs get a lil camera crazed! “Look ma! I’m on TV!”😂 1:38
  • @vineetverma4547
    My heartiest thanks to BBC Earth for showing so much so closely and clearly which brings awareness of so much around us which would have been difficult to see otherwise. So many channels do it now but I love BBC Earth.
  • @treestump7427
    Y’all ever wonder how they get such amazing film? Not necessarily this one, but almost every video they make they have insane footage that doesn’t even make sense how they capture
  • @BestOfAnimalss
    Ants are true definiteon of “ together we are stronger”
  • @nbagoats4819
    I like how they give the number of the population as if someone actually went through and counted them all.
  • @robj577
    It's ok, bring that fungus that makes ant zombies....
  • Those poor crabs... That was really heartbreaking to see that crab, completely incapacitated and dying and all because of something that shouldn't be there in the first place... I really hope that someone can figure out a way to eradicate those ants before drive the native animals to extinction.
  • @Aden068
    Poor crab ants are crazy strong together
  • @amosmaka6030
    1:38, It's like that one dude that takes over the live news for like a split second. Hahaha.