ANTS vs SPIDERS - Who is Stronger? | ULTIMATE FIGHTING WORDS

Welcome to Ultimate Fighting Words. Today, our rivals will fight for who is

stronger

:

ants

and

spiders

. In this corner we have Quincy. Quincy says

ants

are

stronger

than

spiders

. And waiting to hear what she says fills me with "anticipation." Ha, I see what you did there. But it is true. Ants are stronger than spiders and I'm getting anxious waiting to throw it at you, Zach. In this corner we have Zach. Zach says that spiders are stronger than ants and he's ready to end this debate once and for all. Ha ha, that's right, and I'm about to lay out some facts and walk out of here with a victory.

During this battle, you have three rounds to use your best

words

and prove it to me and the crowd. Who will be the Ultimate Fighting Words champion? The first round is called Wild Word, where I say the first word that comes to mind and each of you has 30 seconds to convince me who should get the point of the round. Welcome to the jungle, Zach. The wild word is "power." Go. Spiders have powerful silk-spinning organs called spinnerets in their stomachs, which produce silk to form an impressive web. Spider silk is thinner than human hair and is one of the most powerful and strongest fibers found in nature.

It is made up of tightly bound protein molecules, which gives it its powerful strength. Scientists have used the powerful silk to make bulletproof armor, violin strings, Band-Aids, surgical threads and artificial ligaments for humans. And if you collected enough until it was as thick as a pencil and stretched it far enough, it would be powerful enough to stop a commercial airliner in flight. So yes, spiders are more powerful than ants. Ants are powerful in many ways. Take fire ants, for example. They feed on plants and are so powerfully destructive that they can wipe out entire fields of crops, causing more than $5 billion a year in damage to the environment and agriculture.

And then there's the carpenter ant, which, at just half an inch long, is so powerful that it can chew and tunnel through wood, threatening our homes and other structures. Carpenter ants are known to destroy the structural foundation of a home in just a matter of months. So yes, ants are full of power and very strong. Interesting stuff, Zach, but Quincy is right. Having ants eat my house would be bad. That means, Quincy, you get the first point for Wild Word and lead 1-0. Now let's see who says it best in the second round, the Hot Potato round, where Zach and Quincy face off, spitting facts about ants and spiders.

Whoever gets caught in the net, that is, holding the potato, when the bell rings, loses. Hot Potato starts now. Ants are super strong and can carry up to 20 times their own body weight. If a human could lift 20 times his body weight, that would be about 4,000 pounds, which would be like holding a mid-sized car or a white rhino above his head. How much an ant can carry depends on the species, but the Asian weaver ant can lift 100 times its own mass. So yes, ants are strong. You know, I have a tarantula and not only is it super furry and cute, but it's also super strong.

Tarantulas have the strength to easily open a door or even open the lid of their enclosure and escape. The largest tarantula is known as the bird-eating Goliath and is so strong that it can knock down mice, birds and lizards and use them as food. Ants are not strong enough to do this. I'm sorry. By eating alone, ants work together and form a colony, which can do things like dig huge nests and intricate underground structures and use their bodies to form bridges and transport food. In a single year, the force of a colony can move up to 50 tons of soil.

That is the weight of 10 elephants. Well, spiders have strong bites. The venom of a black widow spider is said to be 15 times stronger than that of a rattlesnake. And for a human, a black widow bite can cause severe muscle pain, nausea, make breathing difficult, and could last for hours. And the Australian funnel-web spider, which the Guinness Book of Records calls the most dangerous spider to humans in the world, has extremely powerful venom that can kill a human within 15 minutes if left untreated. Did you know that the ant population is stronger than ours? There are 1 million ants for every human on our planet, and studies have shown that 40,000 ants working together can be as intelligent as a human.

Talk about strong. Oh. Quincy was crushed. That means, Zach, you'll get the point here and win the second round. With the score tied 1-1, it's time to convince the public. In this final round of the game, everyone will have 15 seconds to say it all one last time and convince the crowd who deserves the final point in this battle. You're awake, Spider Boy. Spiders weave their webs from silk, which is one of the strongest fibers found in nature. So strong that scientists use spider silk to make armor, violin strings, Band-Aids, surgical threads, and artificial ligaments for humans.

And tarantulas are so strong that they can open the doors of your house and knock down mice, birds and lizards and use them for food. The venom of a black widow spider is 15 times stronger than that of a rattlesnake, and the Australian funnel-web spider is the world's most dangerous spider to humans due to its super-strong venom. So, yes, I would say that spiders are stronger than ants. I like what you generated there, Zach. Quincy, take us home. Fire ants can devastate entire crop fields, causing more than $5 billion a year in environmental and agricultural damage. Carpenter ants can destroy homes and buildings by chewing and tunneling through their structural foundations.

Additionally, ants can carry up to 20 times their own body weight. Ant colonies can move up to 50 tons of soil per year, and 40,000 ants working together can be as intelligent as a human. Ants are stronger than spiders in many ways. Boom. Oh, that was some high quality stuff from you two. Both sound strong to me. But who is stronger? Ants or spiders? Who said it best? Quincy or Zach? Let's hear it for the ants. Listen to it by spider. It looks like ants. And with the final result of 2 to 1, we have convinced ourselves, ants are stronger than spiders.

Quincy, you are the Ultimate Fighting Words champion. Haha, who knew ants were so strong? I suddenly feel the need to go to the gym and lift some weights and bulk up, baby. We'll see what happens. See you soon.