Military Science of Sun Zi

an army of ants. attack!

一支蚂蚁大军。进攻！

or if, like my group, you are completely obsessed with army ants,

或是像我的团队一样，你完全着迷于行军蚁，

in south america they are known as army ants, in africa as drivers.

在南美，它们被叫做行军蚁。而在非洲则称矛蚁。

An army of ants worked at my feet.

一群蚂蚁在我脚边忙碌着。

you may have seen films of huge numbers of south american army ants zooming across the grass on raids and coming back with all sorts of goodies to eat.

你可能曾看过电影里成群结队的南美洲军蚁“行军”穿过草丛，而后满载而归。

But in the same drawing, she incorrectly lumped together army and leaf-cutter ants.

但在冋一幅画中，她把行军蚁和切叶蚁错误地混在了一起。

An army of ants marched across the path.

一大群蚂蚁浩浩荡荡地穿过小径。

one answer: couzin found is that army ants follow a simple procedure: everybody coming home has the right-of-way.

Couzin发现有个原因能解释：军蚁行进的方式很简单，所有蚂蚁回家都有“优先权”。

wherever army ants go, they leave a chemical trail for other ants to follow.

行军蚁所到之处都会留下化学痕迹以便让其他蚂蚁追随。

The butterfly, in turn, followed the birds who followed the army ants.

而在紧随行军蚁大军的飞鸟身后,蝴蝶又接踵而至.

so if you think about mound-building termites or you think about army ants,

如果你想到了白蚁丘或者是行军蚁，

A swarm of army ants can be up to 20 million strong!

一窝蜂的军蚁可以达到两千万倍强!

the army ants are on the move.

蚂蚁大军浩浩荡荡的出发了。