We're talking about the same man that told his girlfriend's kitten to look at itself in the mirror - which it apparently did. I assume that lengthy and complicated negotiations between him and representatives of the ants took place. They ended with a treaty agreeing to relocate several ant settlements from his kitchen in exchange for a guarantee of weekly deliveries of sugar, and the permission to use building materials from his backyard for the construction of new settlements and roads.
can you point me to the interview where he talks about the cat experience ?