This female pangolin is hunting an ant colony.

这只雌性穿山甲正在猎杀一个蚁群。

It's like comparing an ant colony to a human metropolitan area.

这就像是把一个蚁穴和一个人类大都市区作对比。

Ten of the 20 trees in the fire-suppression zone developed ant colonies in their wounds.

20棵防火区的树木中，有10棵的伤口上长出了蚁群。

All included a cuaniquil that hosted an active ant colony and six coffee bushes that were not touching one another.

每一处都有一棵蚁群寄居的cuaniquil树以及六个互不干涉的咖啡灌木。

Most ant colonies consist of just one reproductive individual - the queen - and many non-reproductive workers.

大多数蚁群仅由一个具有繁殖能力的个体（蚁后） 和许多不具有生育能力的工蚁组成。

Exactly like the ant beetle did millions of years ago, when it moved inside an ant colony.

就像数百万年前蚂蚁甲虫在蚁群中移动时所做的那样。

Just as she was abandoning hope, an ant colony took pity on her and helped with the work.

就在她万念俱灰之际，一只蚁群怜悯她， 帮助她完成了工作。

After all, if you see an ant colony on the ground, do you try to make contact with it?

毕竟， 如果您在地面上看到一个蚁群，您会尝试与它接触吗？

Ant colonies can be in charge of entire herds that they guard with devotion, systematically attacking any predator that threatens to rustle one of their chargers.

蚁群可能会放牧整群同翅目昆虫它们会尽全力保护有组织地进攻任何威胁到它们牧群的掠食者。

These four types of ants and their different roles demonstrate the clear social division of labors in an ant colony and the ants' highly social nature.

这四种品级的蚂蚁及其不同的角色展示了蚁群中明确的社会分工和蚂蚁高度社会化的本质。

This is called stochastic mechanics, and it's the basis of many biological systems — think ant colonies or groups of cells.

这称为随机力学，它是许多生物系统的基础——想想蚁群或细胞群。

A single ant can't do much on its own, but an ant colony can solve complex problems, like building a nest and finding the shortest path to a food source.

一只蚂蚁独自做不了太多事情，但一个蚁群可以解决复杂的问题，比如筑巢和寻找到达食物来源的最短路径。