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Insects have developed sophisticated societies that, in compexity,are the closest thing in nature to our own cities.
昆蟲已經進化發展為成熟的社會而且復雜，實際上已經接近我們的生活
The insects that built this structure in Argentina
在阿根廷打造這種結構的昆蟲
dominate the surrounding grasslands
主宰了周遭的草原
thanks to skills that seem almost more human than insect.
這種技術幾乎像人類 甚于像昆蟲
It's a metropolis, a home to millions of ants.
這是一個大都會 數百萬只螞蟻棲息在這兒
The colony needs a huge supply of food.
這個蟻群需要大量食物供應
It's surrounded by grass,
周圍全是青草
but the ants themselves can't digest a blade of it.
但螞蟻本身連一根也消化不了
Nonetheless, they collect it.
盡管如此，還是照樣收集
Although they're all the same species,
雖然它們都是同一個物種
they exist in different shapes and sizes.
形狀和尺寸卻各自不同
The heads of these big-jawed individuals
這一只只大顎螞蟻
are not full of brain... but brawn.
腦袋算不上聰明 力氣倒是不小
They give the species its name. They are grass cutters.
它們是這種螞蟻名稱的由來 叫做割草蟻
