A slingshot-shaped hunter digs in on Deep Look
Two new Shorts explore wormlion pit traps and the surprisingly noisy courtship of sharpshooter insects.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Watch a Clueless Ant Fall Into a Wormlion’s Lair | #DeepLook #Shorts
Wormlions curl their bodies like slingshots, flinging sand and pebbles aside to build a trap. That tiny feat of excavation supplies Deep Look's most-watched new upload, "Watch a Clueless Ant Fall Into a Wormlion's Lair | #DeepLook #Shorts," which has reached about 36,000 views.
These hunters are fly larvae, usually found beneath rock or log overhangs in dry, sandy places. The comments turn their hunting grounds into science fiction: viewers invoke the Sarlacc pit from Star Wars, pick out the flicking motion and ask how wormlions relate to the more familiar antlions. One viewer recalls similar pits in a grandparent's sandy Georgia driveway.
The week's other new Short, "These Vibrating Insects Send Strange Mating Calls | #DeepLook #Shorts," moves from ambush to courtship. Sap-feeding sharpshooters shake their abdomens to send signals through plants. Amplified in a laboratory, those calls can resemble chickens, monkeys or a revving motorcycle. A vineyard has quite a soundtrack if you have the equipment to hear it.
Across the channel, daily viewing is below its usual pace, while subscribers were unchanged over the week. Among nearby science channels, Dr Ben Miles had a much busier week; Captain Disillusion and NightHawkInLight were quieter.
Deep Look's strongest daily momentum among the highlighted uploads belongs to an older Short about a hissing cockroach's mite cleaning crew. The wormlion follows it, while the longer "This Fly's Face Does WHAT? | Deep Look" continues drawing views with its collection of animal transformations, from house flies to regenerating flatworms.
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What viewers say
Real life Sarlacc pit?
@athenatanyimin4035See it on YouTubeAs a kid, I remember these things were all over my grandparent's sandy driveway in rural Georgia.
@bigsarge2085See it on YouTubeYou guys have some of the best soundtracks to go along with your videos
@dont_take_it_personalSee it on YouTube
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The flick😂😂😂
@eleashapatricelliSee it on YouTubeFirst ant lions and now worm lions
@RamesisKerr-db9diSee it on YouTubeThe ant just went out to get milk
@TheNinjaMarmotSee it on YouTubeI thought you were going to say antlion
@donandres291See it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
The videos drawing views on Deep Look right now
- Channel
- Deep Look
- Subscribers
- 2,400,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 812,740
- Videos published this week
- 2
- Video published
- October 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 36,054
- Views on its first day
- 25,433
The numbers
Here is how Deep Look's uploads and audience moved over the week.
💡 Test your knowledge
What do the sharpshooter insects in Deep Look's new Short feed on?
The description identifies sharpshooters as sap-feeding insects found on plants such as grapevines.






