The nest's population dwindles, and eventually, they're taken over by a neighboring colony.

蚁巢蚂蚁的数量逐渐减少，最终被邻近蚁群占领。

And, buried in the safety of the nest, those seeds will germinate.

同时，这些种子被保存在了安全的蚁巢里，它们将会发芽。

Powerful forelegs enable it to rip apart a termite hill with ease.

有力的前肢让它们能够轻易地掰开白蚁巢。

A keen sense of smell enables her to detect the presence of ants and termites in their nests beneath the sand.

穿山甲凭借敏锐的嗅觉，能够发现黄沙下面的蚁巢，挖掘蚂蚁白蚁。

We know there's around a hundred thousand in every nest, and scientists counted the number of journeys they made every day carrying pieces of leaf.

每个蚁巢里大约有10万只蚂蚁科学家们计算出它们每运输叶子的次数。

Every day, younger ants feed the queen and tend to the brood, while older workers forage for food and defend the nest.

每，年轻的蚂蚁负责喂养蚁后并照顾幼蚁，而年长的工蚁负责寻找物并保卫蚁巢。

But it does heat and humidify the nest.

但它确实能加热湿润蚁巢。

And we talked about ants who are hardwired to defend the nest or not.

我们还讨论了哪些蚂蚁生就具有保卫蚁巢的本能。

Their small colonies  have around 100 individuals but no queens – instead they ruthlessly compete for status within the nest, which can reach 1.2 meters deep.

它们的小型蚁群大约有100个个体， 但没有女王——相反， 它们在巢穴内激烈竞争地位，蚁巢深度可达1.2米。

Inside the leafcutter nest, they're undercover: closely mimicking the ants' signature scent, they frolic and feed in the fungal gardens, mostly undetected.

在切叶蚁巢内，它们是卧底：模仿蚂蚁的标志性气味，它们在真菌花园里嬉戏，大部分时间未被发现。

It's an anteater and it uses its long tongue to catch ants from the termite nests.

它是一只蚁兽，利用长长的舌头从白蚁巢中捕蚂蚁。

This sentence doesn't mention insulating the microclimate in one part of the nest from another.

这句话并未提及将蚁巢某部分的微气候与另一部分隔绝开来的情况。

Or another example, think about ants with an ant nest, imagine this ant nest has been attacked by I don't know what, some other creature.

或者另一个例子，想象一下蚂蚁有一个蚁巢，想象这个蚁巢受到了不知道是什么的其他生物的攻击。

We all know from watching endless nature shows as children on TV that actually lions do cooperate when they go after antelope, and actually ants do defend the nest when it's invaded by a spider or something.

我们小时候从电视上看过无数的自然节目中知道， 狮子在追捕羚羊时确实会合作，而当蚁巢被蜘蛛或其他动物入侵时， 蚂蚁确实会保卫蚁巢。

It says the nests are 16 feet tall and 16 feet in diameter at their base.

文章提到，这些蚁巢高16英尺，底部的直径也是16英尺。

According to paragraph 5, what happens to the air in the ridge tunnels of MacReturn's Netherlands' nests?

根据第五段内容，MacReturn's Netherlands蚁巢的脊状隧道内空气发生了什么变化？

The text says that the nests have air conditioning, which serves three functions.

文章提到蚁巢具备空调功能，此功能主要承担三项任务。

The interior of the nest is kept as humid as possible.

蚁巢内部尽可能保持高湿度。

According to paragraphs 3 and 4, all of the following are true of the nest of macro-terms natalenses except This is a negative factual information question because it includes the word except.

根据第三第四段，关于马科特姆斯·纳塔伦西斯蚁巢的描述，以下所有选项中除了哪一项外都是正确的？这是一个否定事实信息题，因为它包含了“除了”这个词。

So choices 1, 2, and 3 are incorrect, but it does clearly say that the nest is well supplied with oxygen, which matches answer choice 4, provide the oxygen needed in the nest.

因此， 选项1、23是错误的，但文中明确指出蚁巢氧气供应充足，这与选项4“提供蚁巢所需的氧气” 相符。