His first home was a shack made of wooden railway sleepers , soaked in creosote to keep the termites out .
他最初的家由铁路枕木搭起的棚屋,为了防白蚁,只能拿木馏油浸泡这些木头。
Rather like the planter 's house koestler read about in the book on termites , european structures are eaten away by debt .
就像库斯勒读到的关于白蚁的书中那样,欧洲的结构已经被债务侵蚀掉了。
Three years earlier jane had observed chimps fishing for termites with plant stems .
三年前珍妮发现大猩猩用植物茎吊食白蚁。
It was david greybeard who goodall later watched making that leafy tool to obtain termites .
古德后来观察到制造叶状工具捕食白蚁的就是白胡子大卫。
Ever used an exterminator to get rid of mice , termites , fleas or cockroaches ?
曾经用药除过老鼠,白蚁,跳蚤和蟑螂吗?
A few primates , like chimpanzees , do eat a few ounces of termites or other animals each day .
一些灵长类动物,例如黑猩猩,每天会吃几盎司白蚁或其它动物。
These individuals - called termites , if you like bad puns - have been followed ever since .
这些人一直被跟踪观察如果你喜欢恶搞的双关语,可称之为白蚁。
The enzymes are usually made by gene-modified bacteria or fungi and resemble the saliva of termites , which is notoriously good at dissolving cellulose .
酶是由基因改性的细菌或者真菌生产的,与白蚁的唾沫,而白蚁因为能分解纤维素而臭名昭著。
We 're the only one that uses tools then-but that 's if you don 't count otters smashing mollusks with rocks or apes stripping leaves from twigs and using them to fish for termites .