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Here is unedited footage of a termite queen from the Macrotermes genus. The termite queen is surrounded by her faithful workers who attempt to push her into the darker part of her royal chamber. Although she can't really move due to her size, at the end of the video, she has managed to “move“ deeper into the darkness, as you can see, largely due to her worker's efforts in pushing and pulling her in. By the way, it takes years for a termite queen to achieve this size, in a process known as physogastry. Her spouse the king is much smaller than her, and is hiding somewhere in the darkness behind her; thus is not visible here. Note: After this footage was recorded, we restored the queen (and her royal chamber) back into her nest safely. The termites promptly sealed up and repaired the nest by the next day!
