1 Ants

Ants.

蚂蚁。

Ant life. Ants are a type of insect. They live in nearly every country in the world. Like all ants, these red harvester ants live and work together in a large group.

蚂蚁的生活。蚂蚁是一种昆虫。 他们几乎生活在世界上每一个国家。 像所有的蚂蚁一样，这些红蚁在一个大群体中生活和工作。

Close up Ants have six legs. Their bodies are made of three main parts. A single ant is strong enough to carry 50 ants.

蚂蚁有六条腿。 它们的身体主要由三个部分组成。 一只蚂蚁足够强壮，可以携带50只蚂蚁。

Ants have feelers on their heads. They use them to touch and smell things. They have strong jaws that they use to dig, cut, carry and protect themselves. Their legs have hook-like claws that they use to climb plants. They can even walk upside-down.

蚂蚁的头上有触角。 它们用它们来触摸和闻东西。 它们有强壮的下颚，用来挖掘、切割、搬运和保护自己。 它们的腿上有钩状的爪子，用来爬上植物。 他们甚至可以倒着走路。

Busy ants. Ants live together in huge groups called colonies. The ants in a colony all have different jobs to do. The queen is the mother of all the ants in the colony. She lays lots of eggs. Worker ants take care of the other ants and bring food to them. Some types of colonies have soldier ants. They fight off attackers.

忙碌的蚂蚁。蚂蚁群居在一起，称为蚁群。 蚁群中的蚂蚁都有不同的工作要做。 蚁后是蚁群中所有蚂蚁的母亲。 她下了很多蛋。工蚁照顾其他蚂蚁并给它们带来食物。 有些类型的蚁群有兵蚁。 它们击退了攻击者。

This soldier ant has huge jaws. It uses them to attack its enemies and to chop up large pieces of food. Some queen ants can lay thousands of eggs in one day.

这种兵蚁有巨大的下颚。 它用它们来攻击敌人和切大块的食物。 有些蚁后一天能产下数千个卵。