Ants Solve the Impossible Puzzle

That time they tested the problem-solving skills of ants

A swarm of ants repeatedly moves and rotates a red H-shaped object across a white surface, apparently trying to navigate obstacles. After several increasingly dramatic attempts, the clip cuts to a close-up of a bespectacled man looking on, as if overwhelmed by their elaborate strategy. Hans Zimmer’s “Time,” a sweeping cinematic orchestral piece, makes the ants’ simple struggle feel intensely epic and serious, which creates the joke. EN: A swarm of ants repeatedly moves and rotates a red H-shaped object across a white surface, apparently trying to navigate obstacles. After several increasingly dramatic attempts, the clip cuts to a close-up of a bespectacled man looking on, as if overwhelmed by their elaborate strategy. Hans Zimmer’s “Time,” a sweeping cinematic orchestral piece, makes the ants’ simple struggle feel intensely epic and serious, which creates the joke.

♪ Hans Zimmer — Time

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