The "female doctor" suppressed the weak "doctor" fiercely, her eyes full of angry fire. At this time, if she gently exerted force, her powerful jaws could easily cut off the "doctor's" slender neck. !
There will be no punishment for doing this. Other ants don't care about the internal strife of these immature breeding ants. Some nests with too many new breeding ants will definitely have bloody conflicts. At most two pairs of breeding ants can survive to participate in the wedding flight. .
Even if the "Doctor" is killed and no match is left, the "Female Doctor" is still confident that she can snatch a male ant from a weak female ant before the ceremony!
However, the "female doctor" saw the cowardice in the "doctor's" eyes, and she came back to her senses, and her murderous intention disappeared - the person in front of her was not the adult female ant that had just insulted her, but an insignificant male ant.
The "female doctor" released her jaws, but before doing so, she gave the "doctor" a hard shake and pushed the "doctor" to a corner. She left him shivering while she lay down to rest coldly and proudly.
The "female doctor"'s unruly failed challenge made her the laughing stock among the few female ants in the nest in the following days. "Female Doctor" has low self-esteem and is sensitive. Whenever she senses that she is being looked down upon, "Doctor" will become the target of her venting when she returns to the nest of unmarried flying breeding ants.
After a while of this, it was finally time for the "Female Doctor" and "Doctor" to set off to the main nest to participate in the wedding flight ceremony.
The journey went smoothly, and we spent several days walking through the rainforest. No creature dared to challenge the two bullet ant breeding ants and their more than 10 guards along the way.
The main nest of the bullet ant homeland is not much different from other nests. The tree is just slightly thicker. The number of ant colonies living in the main nest is just over a thousand. It is only slightly larger than the ordinary nest. The queen ants and female ants living in it are The ratio of ants to male ants is higher.
The habit of being highly dependent on special trees means that each nest of the bullet ant family cannot expand indefinitely, otherwise it will damage the tree itself.
However, due to the interference of ants, the proportion of trees favored by the bullet ants in the rainforest is much higher than normal. Many nests are only tens of meters or even a few meters apart. The nest density is very high. In this way, we can Maintain a high density of ant colonies in the territory.
The closer to the main nest, the denser the trees and bullet ant nests are, while the density of trees and nests is much sparser at the edge of the territory.
The bullet ants have strong fighting power and are not very interested in expanding their territory, because they feel that if they have the time, they might as well find ways to care for the new saplings to grow in the existing territory, clear out other plants that interfere with the saplings, and use their numbers to It can take years or even decades to build a new nest.
At this time, the small main nest welcomed thousands of unmarried female and male ants from all over the country. There was no room for them in the nest, and there were no plans to let these ants in.
These female and male ants can only huddle together and hide under nearby leaves and tree holes to avoid the frequent unexpected rainfall in the rain forest.
The "Female Doctor" and "Doctor" were once again discriminated against because of their unusual looks. They found a tree hole that clearly had an open space, but the ants from other nests that were already temporarily living in it did not allow them and their entourage to enter. , but then accepted another pair of female and male ants.
This is the price of being ugly! The "female doctor" clenched her jaws. Although ugly, there are advantages. For example, there will definitely be no other female ants who have lost their match and will take the initiative to snatch the "doctor"! But the "Female Doctor" originally didn't want to complete the ceremony with the "Doctor" in the end. She was angry but helpless, so she could only take the "Doctor" and his entourage, hang upside down under a nearby leaf, hold on to the veins of the leaf, and rest temporarily to calm her nerves. .
Heavy rain came, the sun hid in the clouds, the raindrops were dense, and the leaves crackled. Although the temperature was not low, the splashing water droplets still made the ants feel the discomfort of losing body temperature.
The "female doctor" and "doctor" were surrounded by the entourage of worker ants in the warmest position in the middle, while the worker ants on the outside endured the wind and rain. But not far away, there was warmth in the tree hole. With the bullet ant's good eyesight, he could clearly see the comfortable and active figures of the ants inside.
"Female Doctor" seemed to think that she also saw the sarcastic eyes of other female ants in the tree hole. At this moment, she was extremely angry and expressed her anger again - if there was no "Doctor", it would be just herself, and the birthmark would not be obvious! ? Can those ants be accepted into the tree hole? ?
For a moment, she had the idea of killing "Doctor", but she didn't dare. The female ants and male ants in each nest were born in pairs. Breeding ants who lost their companions before the wedding flight ceremony would lose their qualifications. This was also A test. After experiencing a storm that exhausted her physical strength, she had already fallen into low self-esteem because of the tree hole incident. She was no longer confident that she could grab a male ant in time!
"Crack", the slight sound of falling water was insignificant in the violent wind and rain, but it was heavy as if it hit the hearts of the "female doctor" and "doctor" directly. One of the worker ants protecting them froze and fell into the water. Without even a struggle, it was swept away by the torrent that formed on the ground.
If you look carefully, there are many ant corpses or struggling living ones in the water flow. Most of them are worker ants, and there are also a few breeding ants.
In the face of the test of nature, ants that have lost their nests and collective shelter are extremely fragile, even if they are as strong as bullet ants individually.
Fortunately, although the rain was fast, it passed quickly. The familiar light beams in the rain forest once again spread from the gaps between the trees. The "female doctor" and the "doctor" led their followers to find a patch of light, dry the water on their bodies, and increase their body temperature. .
Just now in the rain, facing the life and death test for the first time, "Doctor" was just glad that he survived. He didn't know that his twin sister "Female Doctor" had already made up his mind!
Unlike other ant tribes where the number of male ants is much greater than the number of female ants in the wedding flight ceremony, the bullet ant tribe, which can mate repeatedly throughout their lives, has roughly the same ratio of males and females in the wedding flight ceremony.
During the wedding ceremony, many female and male ants will choose someone from the same nest to hold the ceremony. Although the two are twins with the same genes, they can often retain some excellent characteristics after combining.
"Female Doctor" doesn't intend to do this! She wants to have a good meal before the ceremony, and then go to fight to grab a stronger, better-looking male ant with no birthmark from the back of other female ants.
She disliked the birthmark around "Doctor's" eyes, just as she disliked herself. Such ugly monsters must not be combined, and they must not tarnish the genes of their own offspring!
Tyndall's light beam shone on the carapace of "Female Doctor" and "Doctor", reflecting a dazzling and brilliant light. The light beam moved and the light dispersed. The two young ants suddenly felt lost. I wonder if they were thinking about tomorrow. Wedding flight ceremony!
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