Following the discovery of leafcutter ants, Yang Shubao followed the pangolin to discover other ants, the most sturdy of which was the hook-toothed ant.

Pegrine ants are a tough colony of marching ants, their soldier ants have exaggerated palates, and of course, they are also very reliable in combat.

They are domineering, with large sharp teeth and two spikes on the back of their heads, which protect their necks.

After seeing these hook-toothed migratory ants, Brian was surprised for a while: "They are Native Americans, how can you see them in South Africa?"

Yang Shubao told him about the many queens he had brought back, and he shook his head after knowing the answer: "No, queens are no different from other mammals, they can't survive in any environment, and the climate and environment in South Africa are not conducive to hatching a strong race." ”

But this group did appear, and they lived very freely in the reserve, and the marching formation was a characteristic, arrogant!

Unlike most ants, which diverge out to catch small insects, the foraging queue of hook-toothed migratory ants only takes a few main routes.

These ant paths are controlled by them, encountering insects and catching insects, encountering ant colonies and knotted ants, and one of them leads to a termite earthen castle, and they actually raise termites as pigs!

The scene is quite tyrannical, with tough hook-toothed ants lining up to kill a termite nest and then carry out their eggs, larvae, and pupae as military rations.

But they don't kill termites, they take eggs and larvae and then retreat.

The reason is very simple, keep them to lay eggs later, so that they can be grabbed later.

Yang Shubao was quite surprised when he saw this scene, but Brian and Tony said that they were used to it, and hook-toothed ants can raise pigs.

So the ant world is very wonderful, the leaf-cutting ants they met before will grow mushrooms, and this hook-toothed gummary ant will be engaged in breeding, Yang Shubao thinks that if they have another group that will ignite a fire, then the ants may be able to develop civilization.

However, in terms of species evolution, ants have evolved more successfully than humans.

Their genes have been on Earth for hundreds of millions of years, and their ancestors can be traced back to the Mesozoic Era.

Tony told him that the real power of hooktooth ants is not to raise termites, but to attack beehives, they are rare in nature that can kill hornets, killer bees and other killer insects, the hornets in the reserve build nests on the tree of life, which is their fate, the tree of life is far away from the nest of hooktooth ants, and the hooktooth ants can't find them, otherwise their nests would have been overturned.

But they can't deal with pangolins.

This group of overlords in the microcosm of the protected area is the world, and when they encounter the collapse of the pangolins, the pangolins catch them and lick them, licking from head to tail, like addicts sucking fans, and sliding forward.

The hook-toothed ants are fierce and brave, but this bravery has become an Achilles' heel in the face of pangolins, who do not like to eat ants outside their nests because they will flee when attacked.

But the hook-toothed ants do not run away, they find the pangolins attacking them, they pounce forward in groups, and also use pheromones to notify their comrades on the surrounding ant paths to let them come to support.

This way, the pangolin does not have to chase, it just lies there to protect its lower abdomen and waits for the food to run in front of it.

It's more exciting than eating a buffet!

The sharp teeth of the hook-toothed paragine ant can bite the lion rhinoceros and jump straight, but it is ineffective against the pangolin, which is covered with scales and is very smooth, and the hook-toothed paragine ant is not easy to climb.

Especially after the rain, pangolins like to roll in the water, and there are always water stains on their scales, and ants climb on them just like people climb on snowy mountains.

It is true that some people can climb the snow-capped mountains, and there are also hook-toothed ants that can climb the pangolin, but after climbing up, you can take a look at the pieces of phosphorus armor tightly inlaid and cover each other, they are dogs biting hedgehogs and have nowhere to put their mouths!

Yang Shubao and the three of them watched a one-sided massacre, and the hook-toothed rogues were relatively large, and the pangolin was able to survive.

They had to take the pangolin with them, leaving some seeds for the ants to develop.

After a few days of following the pangolins around the reserve, Yang Shubao discovered a new world.

It turns out that in addition to the animal world, the bird world, and the marine world, there is such an interesting microcosm in nature!

Brian and Tony also discover a new world, and it's not normal for them to see iconic colonies of ants from multiple continents around the world in the sanctuary.

They were incredulous about the inclusiveness of the reserve, and the two of them simply compiled the information they received and fed it back to entomologists in China, two of whom expressed great interest and wanted to bring the students over for a study.

Not long after the royal family's documentary crew left, a new research team came......

These are all nobles who can increase the reputation of the reserve, and as long as the reputation of the reserve increases, there will be more sponsorship and donations to be received.

Yang Shubao received an email from two experts, and then he approved the application of the two study groups to allow them to come to the reserve to carry out special research.

If the team is going to study insects, the reserve will have to protect the ants.

Aardvarks, armadillos, and ground pangolins all eat ants, and they can't wipe out the entire population, but they can exterminate an anthill.

Most of the ant species in the reserve come from the queen ant that Yang Shubao got from the smuggling gang, and their species are unique in the reserve, so when they destroy an anthill, they are likely to destroy a type of ant.

But it is natural for aardvarks to eat ants, and Lao Yang is a little helpless.

Hearing the news, Brian and Tony, who were about to leave, were dumbfounded.

Shooting themselves in the foot, they did not expect that the information they provided to their friends in domestic entomology on a whim would make their favorite pangolin hungry.

The two quickly discussed it, and then found a compromise for Yang Shubao: "You raise another kind of ant, marching ants!" They are very fierce, reproduce and grow quickly, and can eat rotten fruits, you can use rotten fruits to raise marching ants, and then use marching ants to feed pangolins. ”

Yang Shubao was surprised: "Do marching ants eat fruits? Don't they all eat meat?"

Even if the two don't give him ideas, he won't let the aardvarks and pangolins go hungry, and he plans to expand the size of the leaf-cutting ants.

Leafcutter ants love to eat leaves, and there is no shortage of leaves in protected areas.

Tony told him, "There is a kind of marching ant in China that likes to eat fruits and vegetables, they are called oriental marching ants, and the slogan is to eat vegetarian and not eat you." The number of marching ants is huge, even in the millions, enough to supply these anteaters. ”

"They are called sausage ants by your fellow citizens, because they have long, round bellies like sausages. Brian adds, "When we visited your South China Institute of Entomology, we saw that they were abundant and were the main food for the local pangolins. By the way, why do you compatriots in southern China like to eat pangolins so much? And say that their nails can be used as medicinal herbs? How is this possible, the nails of pangolins are the same composition as our fingernails!"

Yang Shubao said: "Because these people are stupid arms." ”