Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This Valentine's Day, woo your boo with sexy entomology words! "Spermatheca"..."aedeagus".... "oral-anal social trophallaxis"...

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Emily Graslie

Created By:
Hank Green

Directed, Edited, Animated, and Scored by:
Michael Aranda

Production Assistant:
Katie Kirby

Filmed on Location and Supported by:
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Learn more about Dr. Corrie Moreau's scientific research here:
moreaulab.org
fieldmuseum.org/users/corrie-moreau

Read Corrie's life story as a cartoon:
moreaulab.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/AntsComicbook.pdf

Turtle ants - Field Revealed video:
fieldmuseum.org/explore/multimedia/video-turtle-ants
youtube.com/watch?v=4N_YXoa3Dzc

Want to know more about ants:
antweb.org/antblog

Field Museum Women In Science:
fieldmuseum.org/explore/field-museum-women-science

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@CorrieMoreau

Additional related videos on YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=mTGjg2ZOHso
youtube.com/watch?v=WEtDd30s7eA
youtube.com/watch?v=KLLrNtvJhsc
youtube.com/watch?v=4N_YXoa3Dzc

Fossil ant photo (1:12) courtesy of Vincent Perrichot (Univ. Rennes, France)

Huge thanks to Alex Wild for letting us use some of his beautiful photographs! See more of his artwork here: alexanderwild.com

Thanks to Andrés García Molero, Martina Šafusová, Evan Liao, and Seth Bergenholtz for translating. U r0ck mai sox, d00dz.