leafcutter

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Leafcutter ants, which can dice up tough fruit with their strong jaws
切叶蚂蚁，它们可以用自己强壮的下颚把坚硬的水果切成小块。
Currie’s team investigated the mystery of where the ants were getting their extra nitrogen by raising leafcutter colonies in airtight boxes.
库里的小组通过在密闭的盒子中饲养蚁群来调查它们是从何处获取这些多余的氮元素的谜团。
Currie added that leafcutter ants are the subject of thousands of papers authored over the last century, “yet this critical aspect of their success was completely unknown.”
库里补充道：切叶蚁上个世纪以来数千页作品的主角。但是到目前为止它们成功的重要一面还完全未被人所知。

Leafcutter ants diligently march by in long lines, carrying greenery on their backs, creating the illusion that the leaves are walking by themselves.
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