Kaberi Dutta ChatterjeeDirector, KAA Media · Narrative Architect | Director, KAA Media Inc.

Where are these red ants going?

18 Jan 2021 · 3 min

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This content was created by Kaberi Dutta Chatterjee. This content was uploaded by Kaberi Dutta Chatterjee. This is a YouTube video titled "Where are these red ants going?" (created January 18, 2021). It contains a casual, first-person narration by a single speaker on a terrace in Kolkata who films and describes a long, disciplined line of red ants traveling across the terrace, onto a doorpost, and into a hole; the speaker comments on their movement, shows them eating a pea, and ends with a light-hearted remark that watching the ants gives a sense of purpose.

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Hey guys, how are you doing? So I'm in Kolkata right now. There's something I want to interest— something interesting I want to show you. Uh, just check out this line of red ants. Can you see them? They're going into that hole. They're coming out from that hole over there in the terrace. This is the terrace wall, and these red ants— why I would like to show you to you— they are coming out from their hole. Okay, okay, now watch. Okay, so there is this line. Okay, you can see the line of red ants, right? They're moving from there and from here down here on the red floor. They will disperse from this place and again they're collected over there. Now they are moving from here. It's like miles and miles of immigration for them. I was just checking out where they're going, and they're moving in a very disciplined manner. Over here, they are on a single piece of pea. They're trying to eat that pea. Okay, that's not the end of the journey. This will travel from here. Over here, beyond the railings, into the doorpost, onto the doorpost, up the doorpost, and up the doorpost. They're going into the hole at the end of the doorpost. That's the end of the journey. Hope you had a nice time watching red ants. It'll give you a sense of purpose in life.