Ze Frank | True Facts: Army Ant Riders @zefrank | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
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CREDITS:

Philipp Hönle for the phone call and for introducing me to Eciton army ants and to their wonderful associates. Also for allowing me the use of fantastic footage.

Daniel Kronauer for the chat and use of the amazing images from his new book! (link above) - the image in the thumbnail is also his!

Dr. Christoph von Beeren for all of the amazing research on ant mimics, and ant hangers-on. Also thank you for the use of your images of Nymphister k.

Kaitlin “Ant Girl” Baudier - kmbaudier.com
youtube.com/channel/UCPuQHwZTnKKPbNevO7h_I9w
For the fantastic footage of the bivouac, the scorpion and the raid front! So much amazing research and footage.

Matthew Lutz - vimeo.com/matthewlutz
For the wonderful footage of bridge building as well as other beautiful shots of the ants doing their thing!

Ernesto Carman - getyourbirds.org
For the use of the creepy swarm raid footage!

Primates Peru - Field Projects International
instagram.com/fieldprojectsorg
For all of the incredible footage of the ant death spiral! Donate to the Future Black Scientists Fund: flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODY4OTg=

Andrew Core et al. for images from: A New Threat to Honey Bees, the Parasitic Phorid Fly Apocephalus borealis

Thank you to all of my Patreon patrons for the patience, support and feedback

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Additional footage used under license from:
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