How I Made an Ant Think It Was Dead—The Zombie Ant Experiment
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Published 2018-07-15
In this video I show you how I made an ant think it was dead by putting a specific chemical on it that ants use to signal when they have died. This is how ants know to put the ants that have passed away into the ant graveyard.
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All Comments (21)
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“Hey, Dave! Get Over Here And Work!” “I Can’t I’m Dead!” “Oh, Ok!”
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"A weird thing picked me up, and then I felt really sleepy, I died man I'm telling you"
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“Don’t worry, it doesn’t hurt the ant” Ant: has hardcore psychedelic death experience in the graveyard
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When that dead ant woke up 2 days later and returned to the colony, all the other ants hailed this resurrection and accepted this ant as their One True Prophet.
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+ "Hey, what are yo-" - "I can't talk, I'm dead" + "Oh, ok"
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"I was doing my duty, protecting the colony, I was taken away by an alien force which I fought against. I found myself in a place of terrible cold. I felt sleepy, I laid down, and I died." "You *died*?!" "...well I got better."
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I love how he not only accepts his fate, he volunteers for it. He's like "OK, I'm dead, cool. This is where the dead guys go, I'm just gonna hang out here. Sounds great."
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Ant 1: "Yo, ain't you die last week?" Ant 2: "Yeah, but I got better." Ant 1: "Aight, dope."
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Has Oleic Acid on its back Ant: Guess I’ll die
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"Hey Timmy, why didn't you call in sick yesterday? We had a math test." "Sorry Ms. Angela I was just dead for a little bit."
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"does not hurt the ants at all" - Ants in full blown existential crisis might disagree :D
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“You smell funny” “What?” “SEND HIM TO THE DIE PILE!” “ A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A “
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Ant: What are you doin? Ant 2: going to the graveyard Ant: Y? Ant 2: cuz im ded Ant: oh k, good day . . . Ant: wait a dam minute...
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"Ah darnit, bobby died again" "Really? This is like the third time this week!"
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"HE'S NOT DEAD HE'S JUST COLD!" awesome cast! Keep it up, lol!
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Ant : accidentally steps in oleic acid Other ants: Well, I guess that's it for you Joe👀 start dragging Joe away Joe: AY! AYYO GUY'S I'M NOT DEAD PLEASE BELIEVE ME YOU CAN SEE ME TALKING AND BREATHING! Ants: Sorry Joe we didn't make the rules Joe: 🪦⚰️
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Police: You killed him Me: he's not dead he's just... cold
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Poor ant, he fell asleep because he was cold, then he woke up and thought he was dead
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"Hey how's it going?" "..." "Steve?" "I'm dead" "Oh sorry, need some help getting to the graveyard?" "Please"
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Ant 1 : so, what're you doing here? Ant 2 : bro, apparently I'm dead Ant 1 : nice, wait wh-
