Aired (September 24, 2023): Isang sanggol sa Cebu nagkaroon ng allergic reaction sa kagat ng langgam, makaligtas kaya ito? Habang ang kababayan nating si Mickey Bustos, may nadiskubre na bagong species ng langgam. Panoorin ang video.
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00:00 Here in Cebu, the shocking thing happened when the baby bumble was caught.
00:06 3 months old baby bumble was found with no body parts.
00:11 And there were some bruises on her skin.
00:13 After the baby bumble was bitten by a cockroach.
00:16 So, I think there are some cockroaches on her arms and forehead.
00:23 So, I took her immediately.
00:25 So, when we checked, she was already bitten.
00:28 And within 4 minutes, the baby bumble's temperature went up.
00:33 She was in a coma because of the bite.
00:35 I just pinched her pedia.
00:37 And the pedia said that we should immediately run to the ER.
00:42 [Music]
00:58 There's no bite here.
00:59 Oh, wow!
01:11 Hi, my fellow "Aha" (Fellow Filipinos)
01:12 I'm just looking for insects.
01:14 Who knows, I might discover a new species just like our fellow "Mighty" Bustos.
01:19 This here is what we call the Ant Room.
01:27 Mikey Bustos is a vlogger and an ant enthusiast.
01:36 He has a wide range of interests in insects.
01:39 On his YouTube channel, Ants Canada,
01:42 not only does he feel like a main character,
01:44 but the ants are also very active.
01:47 It's like the online community is paying attention to him
01:50 and his subscribers reached 4.95 million.
01:53 I do feel like ant keeping is a great hobby because it inspires young people.
01:59 That's why he's so happy that he accidentally discovered
02:02 a new species of ants in his backyard in Cavite.
02:06 A movement on the ground nearby caught my eye.
02:09 I knew this was something I hadn't seen before.
02:12 This small but terrible insect,
02:15 a "balaibo",
02:16 has two spikes on its back
02:18 and a red and black body.
02:21 I loved how they looked, how they walked.
02:25 Mikey immediately sent the specimen to an "Mermicologist" or "Ant Expert"
02:30 and after the verification process,
02:32 it was confirmed!
02:33 The opportunity came.
02:35 It was discovered in the Philippines just recently.
02:37 This is the Meranoplus Bicolor.
02:40 It's a native species in many Asian countries.
02:44 It's present in East Asia,
02:47 Southeast Asia,
02:49 and the Middle East.
02:50 So, it's present in the majority of Asian countries.
02:53 But there are no recorded Meranoplus Bicolors in the Philippines
02:57 until now.
02:59 The official declaration of the 555th ant species in the country
03:03 is also official.
03:04 That's why it's called Species 555.
03:06 It was still awesome that we on the channel
03:09 were the first in the world
03:10 to discover that Meranoplus Bicolor
03:13 existed in my country.
03:15 High five, Mikey, for your ant-mazing discovery!
03:19 Here in Cavite,
03:25 where Mikey saw the Species 555,
03:27 it's one of the few ant colonies we discovered.
03:30 This colony was taken care of by Mark
03:35 for 3 years.
03:36 Mark was quiet at first,
03:39 but his ambition as an ant keeper was marked.
03:42 I was also from exotic keeping before.
03:45 I planned to focus on studying.
03:47 When I was studying on our campus,
03:50 we were able to have a study about insects
03:53 and especially about ants.
03:55 That's when I became interested in ants.
03:58 He's now the one running after other keepers.
04:02 He's making a formicarium,
04:05 or a house of insects.
04:07 It's called a nest.
04:08 I use plaster and wood and nest.
04:13 According to a study from Harvard and Florida State Universities,
04:16 around 130 million years ago,
04:19 the first insects existed in the world.
04:25 The ants were true survivors
04:27 because they were able to defeat the dinosaurs
04:29 that were left behind during the Cretaceous Extinction.
04:31 Did you know that in an ant colony,
04:35 there are different types of ants?
04:37 To continue their species,
04:40 the queen ant is the egg for the colony.
04:43 The other female ants
04:44 are looking for food as worker ants.
04:47 While the male ants,
04:48 their only job is to mate with the queen.
04:53 Huh?
04:54 They're not peeing,
04:57 because of the adage of trivia.
04:59 Did you know that ants have no ears?
05:01 I heard ants through vibrations on the ground.
05:04 They have a special sensor in their feet
05:07 that they use to interpret signals around them.
05:12 That must hurt, bro.
05:16 I mean,
05:17 it's like a bite of an ant.
05:21 But don't be fooled by their bite.
05:23 Did you know that in Cebu,
05:25 there's a snake that was put in a nest
05:27 because of the bite of an ant?
05:29 After being bitten by ants,
05:33 it became red
05:35 and the temperature of baby bumblebees went up.
05:37 I've already knotted our Pidya
05:39 because it's already red.
05:42 It's body is hot,
05:44 its ears are swollen,
05:46 and the Pidya said that
05:48 we should immediately run to the ER.
05:51 So they didn't hesitate
05:53 to take the baby to the hospital.
05:55 Thankfully,
05:56 she immediately got better.
05:59 We took home medication for one week
06:02 that has steroids and antihistamine.
06:06 We also cleaned the room.
06:10 It's faster to bring the baby.
06:16 Especially if the baby's bite is already on the body.
06:19 Of course,
06:20 we should wash the bite first.
06:24 Then we can put ice
06:27 to cool it down
06:29 because the cold will make the pain go away.
06:32 Ants or bumblebees
06:39 also have stings.
06:42 Aside from their mandibles
06:45 or their teeth,
06:46 they will go up on our skin
06:48 and bite using their mandibles.
06:52 When they bite our skin,
06:55 they anchor themselves
06:59 to get stings.
07:01 Ants have stings
07:05 that have venoms
07:06 in the form of formic acid.
07:09 Formic acid reacts with our skin cells
07:13 and that's why we get bruises.
07:15 Because of formic acid,
07:17 baby bumblebees have what's called ant allergy.
07:21 Ant allergy is called
07:25 ant sting allergy
07:27 or ant sting hypersensitivity.
07:29 There are two types.
07:30 One is called local reaction
07:33 or just on the site.
07:34 It can be red,
07:36 bruised,
07:37 or it can be itchy.
07:40 There's also systemic allergy.
07:42 Systemic is when they bite our hands
07:47 but they can feel something far away.
07:51 For example,
07:52 they can't breathe,
07:53 they can feel dizzy,
07:55 their teeth fall off,
07:56 or their jaw hurts.
07:57 To avoid their bites,
08:00 we should be careful
08:02 when we touch their ant colonies.
08:04 Like when we see
08:07 crawling ants
08:08 or the ground that they step on.
08:11 These ants have a sign
08:13 that they have a nest
08:15 that serves as their food.
08:17 But in the other side of the nest,
08:20 they have a bigger role to play.
08:23 First,
08:25 they are decomposers.
08:27 They break down living organisms
08:31 that are dying
08:33 to make them rot.
08:35 Second,
08:37 they break down the ground
08:39 to help with the erasure of the soil
08:41 for the plants.
08:43 No big deal,
08:45 but I'm sure
08:46 there are small things like ants
08:48 that we should avoid touching.
08:52 Ah!
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