Deadly fire ants spreading across Australia

• Our unlikely heroinesقهرمانان زنare fire ants
• a colony several hundred thousand strong.
• Rapaciousدرنده خو, tenaciousسرسختand industriousکوشا
• They are impossible to eradicateریشه کن کردنas long as their queen is alive
• But their colony faces just such a threat
• The river beside it is flooding
• The delugeسیلابrushes in
• What else to do that but swimراهی جز شنا کردن نیست
• The colony floats out as a living raftقایق
• The most preciousبا ارزش ترین members of the colony, the larvae and the queen ant are kept safely dry in the middle
• The queen ant can give birth to some three million ants over her lifetime
• If they can reach dry land they stand a good chance of rebuilding, but there is danger below.
• The fish pick off the ants one by one if enough ants are pulled downبه پایین کشیده شوند, the raft will collapse and the colony will be destroyed.
• The ants grimly hold onبه شکل سرسختانه ای دوام می اوردند and reach the other side.
• They hoistبه بالا کشیدنthe ant larvae up to dry ground ensuring the survival of the colony for future generations
• and with their survival secure, the fire ants revert to typeرفتار قبل خود را تکرار می کنند attacking every living thing in sight.

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