00:00:04lions no not this kind of lion this kind
00:00:10of lion you’re looking at the predatory
00:00:13larvae of the ant lion this creature can
00:00:17remain in the larval stage for up to
00:00:19three years like the big cats this
00:00:23specimen is in Africa although antlion
00:00:25species can be found in warm regions
00:00:28around the world these Lions have
00:00:31ferocious jaws only these jaws are
00:00:34hollow allowing it to suck the life
00:00:36juices out of what else ants or whatever
00:00:40it can trap the sand has to be just
00:00:50right fine grain soft for this crafty
00:00:54critter to rig a trap that will make
00:00:55catching a meal Aslam duck
00:01:05the antlion makes like a steam shovel
00:01:08lobbing the sand and pebbles out of the
00:01:11pit he burrows into the bottom ready to
00:01:18use those awesome choppers on whatever
00:01:21bumbles into this ambush sure enough an
00:01:26ant slips into his ditch it tries to
00:01:38escape but the antlion larva doesn’t
00:01:41give up that easily he pummels the ant
00:01:49with sand
00:01:50just as it’s about to get out of there
00:01:52no matter what the ant does its doomed
00:01:55to slide back into the jaws of death
00:02:08the larval antlion maybe a heck of a lot
00:02:11smaller than its namesake but it is
00:02:14every bit the voracious predator
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