Termites do not have an architect's blueprint or a grand construction scheme.
白蚁没有建筑师的蓝图，也没有宏伟的建筑计划。
A South American bird that forages for winged termites and other small insects while swinging upside down form the foliage of tall trees.
一种南美洲的鸟，倒挂在高大的树上，觅食有翼的白蚁和其他小昆虫。
Indirect collaboration is the key principle behind information-sharing websites, just as it underlies the complex constructions that termites build.
间接协作是信息共享网站背后的关键原则，就像它是白蚁构建的复杂结构的基础一样。
His first home was a shack made of wooden railway sleepers, soaked in creosote to keep the termites out.
他的第一个家是一间用铁路枕木搭成的棚屋，木头浸泡在木馏油里以防白蚁进入。
Termites are a gourmet treat in Africa.
白蚁是非洲人的美味佳肴。
Termites have eaten the posts and mined the fence.
白蚁蛀坏木柱，毁了栅栏。
Termites are principally tropical in distribution.
白蚁主要分布在热带地区。
Termites are an important part of the diet of the nine-banded armadillo .
图片中的这个家伙是一只九带犰狳，白蚁是它最主要的食物。
"A mound is in many ways as alive as the termites that build it," says Turner.
特纳说：“一个白蚁丘在许多方面都是有机的，充满活力的。”
Three years earlier Jane had observed chimps fishing for termites with plant stems.
三年前珍妮发现大猩猩用植物茎吊食白蚁。
Termites ensure a similarly successful outcome using chemical signals called pheromones.
白蚁之间通过一种名为“信息素”的化学信号来保证巢穴的顺利完工。
It was David Greybeard who Goodall later watched making that leafy tool to obtain termites.
古德后来观察到制造叶状工具捕食白蚁的就是白胡子大卫。
Or you've been colonized by termites, carpenter ants, roaches, hornets, even small mammals.
或者呢，你的地盘也有可能成为白蚁、木匠蚁、蟑螂、黄蜂甚至更小的动物的栖身之所。
Termites are nature's master builders. They use mud mixed with saliva to build huge castles of clay.
白蚁是自然的伟大建筑师，他们用唾液混合泥土，从而建造了出庞大的粘土城堡。
Inside these fortresses, the termites rear their young - and in some cases even grow their own crops.
白蚁们在堡垒中抚养着幼蚁，有时甚至在堡垒中种粮食。
Like termites chewing away at the foundation of a strong building, doubt can undermine our strongest beliefs.
就像啃食大厦基座的白蚁，怀疑会暗中破坏我们最坚定的信仰。
Still, it was an intriguing case and diagnosis (and it's true that some termites do secrete naphthalene).
不过这次的诊断还算有趣。
Chimpanzees show particular enthusiasm for collecting and eating termites, which have high measured levels of B12.
黑猩猩对搜集和吃白蚁特别有兴趣，而白蚁富含B12。
They are mostly insects, such as ants, bees and termites, but they also include spiders, mites and parts of plants.
大多说是昆虫，例如蚂蚁、蜜蜂和白蚁，但是也含有蜘蛛、螨和零碎的植物部分。
There is another kind of “termites” in our society. 2. “Termites” of a different kind can also be found in our society.
在我们的社会里, 则有另一种“白蚁”。
Many of these mounds, in Namibia, have been modified to allow the scientists to monitor what the termites are doing.
在纳米比亚，科学家们重修了土墩，方便他们检测白蚁的动向。
Rather like blood circulating in our veins, inside the termites nest it is air that is moved by external temperature and pressures.
就像我们血管里的血液流动一样，在蚁穴里的空气也是由外界的气温和压力控制的。
Boric acid has been used to kill other insects including cockroaches, termites and ants inside homes since the middle of last century.
自上世纪中期以来，硼酸就一直被用来消灭家中的蟑螂，白蚁和蚂蚁等昆虫。
Boric acid has been used to kill other insects including cockroaches, termites and ants inside homes since the middle of last century.
自上世纪中期以来，硼酸就一直被用来消灭家中的蟑螂，白蚁和蚂蚁等昆虫。
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