It's no surprise that Edward Wilson, in his essay, "In the company of ants", advises readers who ask what to do with the ants in their kitchen to: " Watch where you step. Be careful of little lives."

难怪 Edward Wilson 在他的文章《与蚂蚁为伴》中建议那些提问如何处理厨房中的蚂蚁的读者们：“注意你的脚下，小心小生命。”

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Next I began to watch ants from a safe distance.

接下来，我开始在安全距离外观察蚂蚁。

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They turned over stones to watch ants under them.

他们把石头翻开来观察下面的蚂蚁。

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He keeps ant colonies in little plastic boxes, and he paints his ants different colours (using a brush the size of a human eyelash) so he can watch what each one does.

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