AC Family,

Due to overwhelming request, we introduce a new water beast to the spring pool of the Hacienda Del Dorado. Will our Blue Empress breed with her new suitor? The outcome will shock you!

Kraken vs. Kraken (Breeding of the Water Beasts)

Clearly startled, he regathered his composure and sort of sat there in a daze.

I felt as though, at this point, he was realizing that he had come in contact with someone beautiful inside that cave.

If crayfish release pheromones into the water, I was positive our Prince here was reacting to our Empress’s love potion.

In a trance, he once again, but this time more cautiously, approached the back cave, but suddenly out of the shadows reared the powerful claws of our Empress.

They locked and began to spar! In a sudden cloud explosion, our Platinum Prince retreated. This was not a friendly greeting from our Empress.

The rough play had now stirred up a blinding cloud of debris. My heart was racing!

But I didn’t want to assume just yet that this was a claw snap away from a bloody meeting. Could this be part of the crayfish courtship ritual?

I wasn’t sure, but my heart beat loudly in my chest as I filmed the rest of this great meeting of royals.

All I could see of our Empress was her antennae waving from within the darkness of the pool.

Our Platinum Prince decided to retreat to a quiet corner of the pool to recollect, but bang!

Out of nowhere, the Empress came shooting out from a hidden opening from her cave!

Our Empress knew every inch of these waters inside and out!

If our Platinum Prince was going to successfully find a moment to win her heart, he would need to do it tactfully.

I looked back at where the Empress had ambushed the male, and she had disappeared.

I caught her patrolling around in the shadows, seemingly looking for her unscheduled guest.

It was crazy to see her like this! Could this be her weird crayfish way of showing she’s interested?

The Prince sat there not moving. The ants could definitely feel from the surface disturbance that something intense was happening below the water!

It was an underwater battle of beasts!

For a while, I watched as the Platinum Prince remained in stealth mode, away from our Empress who was clearly looking for him.

This, to me, seemed like a good tactic.

If this male was going to survive the wrath and power of our Empress, the best thing for him to do was to wait until she calms…

Woah! Out of nowhere, the Empress came lunging out of the shadows, but strangely, instead of turning to him, she took a turn in the opposite direction, only to disappear into her cave again!

OK, was this her way of displaying interest now?

If so, I’ve decided that crustacean love games are indeed quite confusing.

It now looked like the Platinum Prince, a bit more composed, was ready once again to make his advance and approach our Empress.

He seemed to be looking for where she disappeared to. But I watched as she stared at him like a growling she-wolf from her den.

She suddenly shifted into the shadows to meet him.

The Platinum Prince, now confused as to her whereabouts, shifted around a bit. Where did she go now?

Woah! Out of the shadows, she shot out at him claws first, and in a total panic, the Prince was determined to call it quits!

He climbed the glass wall. Completely shocked, I watched as he crawled out of the waters and plunged deep down into the pits of the Golden Empire!

No! My heart dropped! The Golden Empire would surely kill him. He was going to die!

I shot up and grabbed my giant tweezers in a scramble to save him. My heart was in my throat as I clamored about in desperation to fish him out from the dark caverns of the Golden Empire.

The angle was so tight! It was hard to see him or even reach him.

The ants, now fully aware of this giant in their nest, had sounded the alarm and were all over him!

The situation had gone from bad to dire in a split second… and then…

He was saved. By a miracle, I managed to grab the Platinum Prince by his claw and drop him into aquatic safety.

Oh man! Thank God! He was a little dirty now, but no worries! At least he was alive.

Had he been left there for a few minutes longer, he would have been completely devoured by the ants.

Utterly numb from panic, I could not believe what we had just witnessed.

I resolved to place our Platinum Prince back into his own aquarium.

It was sad, but it seems the Empress of the Hacienda Del Dorado’s Spring Pool was not interested in sharing her home nor her heart.

Lights off. By morning, I gave the Empress a leaf to apologize for the traumatic evening we had subjected her to the night before.

As for the male, it seems, he’ll just have to remain a recluse for now in his own kingdom.

I realized that loneliness is perhaps a very human emotion, or at least an experience felt by animals that are naturally social, who by nature are drawn to their own kind and live in groups.

There’s no doubt in my mind that if I were to separate one of the ants of the Golden Empire into its own container, it would be the loneliest ant ever because biologically it is so wired to live with its own kind.

But as for our sharp-clawed Empress here, I felt she was perfectly happy being alone, being the sole ruler of her aquatic palace.

She had all she needed to be fulfilled and perform her service within these waters.

If any of you out there are experts or experienced at crayfish breeding, do feel free to leave your thoughts.

Well, I learned today that sometimes it takes a lot more than a romantic ambiance and an attractive appearance to win the heart of an Empress.

Perhaps another day. For now, our Empress was to remain a happy recluse.

Now AC Family, speaking of being reclusive and going away, I am sad to announce that I will not be here to narrate next week’s episode, as I will be partaking in a big event called YouTube FanFest.

But wait, have no fear, AC Family, because for our Mother’s Day special of the AntsCanada ant channel, I have arranged for a very special guest to come in and, for the first time ever, be your storyteller for next week’s epic ant story.

I’m certain you will love whom I’ve arranged to come in.

Alright AC Family! Can you guess which very famous individual I’m having to guest narrate next week’s ant video?

Well, you won’t want to miss this first-time event, so be sure to hit that SUBSCRIBE button and bell icon so you don’t miss out on our grand Mother’s Day Ant episode, and hit the LIKE button every single time, including now!

And about this YouTube FanFest event, do feel free to tune in to the live stream whose link I will place here to catch yours truly performing on stage.

It would be awesome to see you, AC Family, representing in the comments!

AC Inner Colony, I have left a hidden cookie for you here if you would like some clues as to whom this mystery guest is narrating next week’s ant video. Let’s see who can figure it out!

Before we continue to the AC Question of the Week, I wanted to plug my daily vlogging channel! That’s daily vlogs of my travels around the world, which often include lots of nature stuff!

Alright, and now it’s time for the AC Question of the Week!

Last week, we asked:

What is the term used to describe a preference for dark or night?

Congratulations to Megasaurus, who correctly answered:

Nyctophilia

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In this week’s AC Question of the Week, we ask:

What is our crayfish’s duty in the Spring Pool of our Golden Empire?

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