Ants: Tales from the Underground

Science Vs

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Education, Science, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 12.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On today’s show, three f-ant-astic stories of survival, friendship and courage about some of the most underrated creatures in the animal queendom. Produced with our friends at Every Little Thing, another Gimlet podcast. We spoke with behavioral ecologist Dr. István Maák, biologist Dr. Erik Frank, entomologist Dr. Christina Kwapich, and biologist Prof Derrick Brazill. Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/38cDgoU Selected references: István’s study on ants surviving in a nuclear bunker: http://bit.ly/2rkR2Fb Erik’s study on ants helping each other in a termite hunt: http://bit.ly/2YlH6Y9 Christina’s study on ants destroying spider webs: http://bit.ly/2RnOMrt Review on “dicty”- the amoeba we talk to Derrick about: http://bit.ly/2DQFoVk Credits: Science Vs is produced by Wendy Zukerman along with Meryl Horn, Rose Rimler, Michelle Dang, and Lexi Krupp. Every Little Thing’s piece was produced by Gabby Bulgarelli, Emily Forman, Phoebe Flanigan, Annette Heist and Flora Lichtman. This episode was edited by Caitlin Kenney and Jorge Just. Fact checking by Diane Kelly and Nicole Pasulka. Mix and sound design by Peter Leonard and Dara Hirsch. Music written by Dara Hirsch, Dan Brunelle, Peter Leonard, Emma Munger, Bobby Lord and erm, Wendy. A big thanks to Dr. Nathalie Stroeymeyt, Dr. Gema Trigos-Peral, Dr. Jack Neff, and recording help from Wojciech Oleksiak And special thanks to the Zukerman family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus from Gimlet.
0:06.0	On today's show, we're doing something a little different.
0:09.0	We're bringing you a couple of stories about one of the most underrated creatures in the animal kingdom.
0:22.0	Is it every time someone does a survey about people's favourite animals?
0:27.0	You know who wins? Tigers, dolphins, maybe gorillas.
0:32.0	But you know who you don't see on these lists?
0:36.0	Ants.
0:37.0	Yeah, ants.
0:40.0	But in the last few years, scientists have documented some rather unexpected and very cool behaviour in ants.
0:47.0	And it's making us see these little creatures in a whole new light.
0:52.0	So in this episode, we're going to tell you those stories.
0:56.0	They're stories of survival, heroism, and how on earth can an ant do thatism?
1:02.0	The first story comes from us here at Science Versus.
1:06.0	And our second story comes from our friends at another Gimlet podcast called Every Little Thing.
1:11.0	Then, to top it all off, we'll take you to a creature that's even more curious than an ant.
1:17.0	So strap in as we crawl into the ants nest.
1:23.0	Our first story called Ant Wars.
1:27.0	So, just a few weeks ago, a scantilist paper was published.
1:32.0	It described the story of an ant colony that persevered through extreme conditions.
1:38.0	And their incredible ability to survive took scientists by surprise.
1:46.0	Hello.
1:47.0	Hello.
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