There what is, termites on a desert?

那什么，沙漠里的白蚁吗？

West Bengal is one of the places where Mr Shah has railed against termites.

西孟加拉邦沙阿斥责“白蚁”的地方之一。

At least the termites weren't my fault.

至少入侵的白蚁不我的错。

One tiny animal called the termite builds big towers out of mud called termite mounds.

一种名为白蚁的小动物用泥土建造出被称为白蚁丘的大型塔状结构。

In northern Australia, termites memorialize their industry in sculpture.

大利亚北部白蚁辛勤的劳作体现雕塑上。

Some tropical termites use cultivated fungi to predigest food rather than microorganisms.

一热带白蚁使用培养的真菌来预先消化食物，而不微生物。

Fennec foxes use their large, swiveling ears to rapidly home in on activity beneath Sahara sands, while bat-eared foxes can pick up savanna sounds as slight as termites crawling and munching on grasses.

廓狐用它们旋转的大朵迅速定位撒哈拉沙漠下的活动，而蝠狐可以捕捉到热带草原上白蚁爬行嚼草的声音。

Like primates that use sticks to fish for termites in trees, or some octopuses, which assemble collected coconut shells around themselves as a sort of portable armor to hide from enemies.

就像灵长类动物用树枝来钓鱼或抓树里的白蚁，或章鱼，把自己关捡来的椰子壳里，当作携带式装甲来躲避天敌那样。

The Ministry of Finance says most of the funds will be used to repair conservation projects damaged by floods and the remaining will be used to repair the damage caused by termites.

财政部表示，大部分资金将用于修复被洪水破坏的保护项目，其余资金将用于修复白蚁造成的破坏。

And it's hard to believe but that snap jaw was just knocked out of first place by a termite that can snap its jaw three times faster.

尽管难以置信，但陷阱颚蚁被一只白蚁击败了，而这只白蚁的下颚弹击速度它的三倍。

We can say that the social life of termites began more than 20 million years ago as shown by this brave soldier died on the field with honor.

我们能说白蚁的社会生活两千多万年前就开始了这名光荣捐躯的勇敢兵蚁就很好的说明。

So Jabu, the African elephant from Botswana, he actually fell into a termite hole and he twisted his wrist really bad.

来自博茨瓦纳的非洲象Jabu，掉进了一个白蚁洞里，它的腕关节扭得很厉害。

The termites were flying, this is when they eat them, mostly, so the next day, I actually saw David Greybeard again.

白蚁到处都，这它们吃白蚁的时候，所以第二天，我又看到了灰胡子大卫。

Because living inside their digestive systems are amazing nitrogen-trapping bacteria, and it's this that gives termites their special powers.

它们的消化系统里面有让人惊讶的吸氮细菌，这种细菌赋予了白蚁特殊的能力。

At the base of many of these acacias are colonies of African termites.

许多金合欢树的根部都非洲白蚁的领地。

And as the sun bakes the grass, the termites face new danger.

太阳炙烤草原，白蚁面临着新的危险。

Digestion of wood occurs by bacteria and protozoans in the intestinal tract of many termites.

木材的消化由许多白蚁肠道中的细菌和原生动物产生的。

And I suddenly saw this dark shape hunched over the golden soil of a termite mound and a black hand reaching out and pushing a straw piece of grass down into the termite mound and withdrawing it.

我突然看到这个黑影金色土壤的一个白蚁堆上弓着背，一只黑手伸出来，把一根草塞进白蚁堆里，然后把它抽出来。

But pangolins are crucial for their local ecosystem because they protect trees that serve as habitats for numerous other creatures by keeping termites in check.

但穿山甲对其当地生态系统至关重要，因为它们通过控制白蚁的数量来保护作为众多其他生物栖息地的树木。

These astonishing mounds are 10 feet tall.

这令人叹为观止的白蚁丘有三米高。