Inside the slug, about 1 percent of the amoebas turn into police.

在鼻涕虫体内，大约1%的阿米巴原虫变成了警察。

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When the slug is ready to make a stalk, more amoebas must die so that others can live.

当鼻涕虫准备好要形成柄时，会有更多的阿米巴原虫必须死去，这样其他的才能存活。

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For one thing, most of the amoebas that form a slug are closely related to one another.

其中的一个原因是，形成“鼻涕虫”的大部分阿米巴原虫彼此关系密切。

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They coalesce and divide like amoebas, usually in response to the ambitions of individual politicians, not any expressions of desire by the electorate.

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